claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix Mobile companion for Claude Code — chat from phone, execute on laptop [1 comments, 2 participants]

The use case

I use Claude Code on my laptop as my primary development tool. When I'm away from the laptop (commuting, walking, thinking on the couch), I want to fire off ideas, ask questions, and queue up work — and have my next Claude Code session pick them up automatically.

What exists today (the workaround)

I'm using GitHub Issues as a bridge. I file issues from GitHub mobile with labels (idea / question / try-this), and my project's CLAUDE.md has a session-start instruction that makes Claude Code check the issue queue and report what's open. It works, but it's duct tape — the ideas lose the conversational context of how they came up, and I can't have a back-and-forth from my phone.

What would be native

A way to chat with Claude from the mobile app (or claude.ai) that's connected to a Claude Code project. Specifically:

• I select a project (e.g., trusted-marketplace) from my phone
• I chat with Claude — brainstorm, ask questions, plan, review
• Claude has read-only awareness of the project (CLAUDE.md, docs, maybe recent git log) but does NOT execute commands
• When I open Claude Code on my laptop, the conversation context from my phone session is available — Claude knows what I discussed and can act on it
• Execution (file edits, terminal commands, git) only happens on the laptop

The key insight

Separate thinking/planning (works anywhere, phone-friendly) from execution (needs a terminal, laptop-only). The bridge is shared project context + conversation continuity across devices.

Why this matters

Developers don't stop thinking when they leave the keyboard. The ideas that come up at dinner, on a walk, in the shower — those are often the best ones. Right now they go into Notes apps and get lost. A project-aware mobile chat would capture them in context.

Current workaround details (for anyone who wants to try it today)

1. Create labels on your repo: idea (green), question (purple), try-this (red)
2. Add a session-start instruction to your project's CLAUDE.md:

   ## Session Start — Check the Issue Queue
   Before doing anything else, check for open GitHub Issues the user filed from mobile:
   gh issue list --state open --json number,title,labels,createdAt
   Report what you find. Act based on label: question = respond, try-this = do it, idea = evaluate.

3. Install GitHub mobile on your phone
4. File issues with labels from your phone whenever inspiration strikes
5. Next Claude Code session picks them up automatically

It works. But native support would be transformative.