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by reassess_blind 40 days ago
Is there a native way to work remotely with Claude/Codex on a local folder or git repo on your main machine without having to connect it to GitHub? For creating apps for personal use I’d rather just keep the files local.

Edit: Running into issues setting it up on Windows. There's no "/remote-control" command in the CLI, so I installed the Windows Codex app. Then I updated the iOS app which now has the "Codex" feature in the sidebar, which should allow remote access to the Windows machine's instance - except it doesn't connect. The iOS app shows my desktop's hostname, so it knows there's an instance there, but refuses to connect. Issues like this would persuade a lot of folks to switch back to Claude.
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barrkel 40 days ago
This is what /remote-control does in Claude Code, once it's running on your main machine. You can open it up in the phone app.
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vardalab 40 days ago
It flakes out in less than 24 hrs. I tried leaving a session open on remote control mode in a VM but it inevitably stopped with some token auth error.
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wahnfrieden 40 days ago
That’s this announcement.
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reassess_blind 40 days ago
I ask because I tried the other week to use /remote-control in Claude, and it prompted to connect a Github repo with no local alternative. Things may have changed since then.

My experience today with the new Codex remote control has been that it doesn't connect at all.

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nsonha 40 days ago
I tried apps that do this workflow (happy coder being one), but the workflow itself is rather clunky. You have to first start the session inside the remote machine. I now only do ssh, I can start or resume on whatever device suits at the time. The only downside is latency and connection drops, mosh solves it.
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iamjs 40 days ago
I think the `/remote-control` feature does this, if I understand you correctly.
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DonsDiscountGas 40 days ago
It's supposed to. I've always found it buggy and unreliable but maybe that's just me. (This command exists in Claude btw not sure about Codex)
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rovr138 40 days ago
Looks like codex has it too since last week, https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/tag/rust-v0.130.0
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rovr138 40 days ago
You can also connect remotely. Tailscale to connect to your network/machine. Then use SSH to login. Then use tmux to persist the session even if you log out.
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maille 40 days ago
Does it work on windows? And how do you then remote in?
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wolfoftheweb 40 days ago
You can run Codex and Claude on mobile from https://github.com/happier-dev/happier
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Salgat 40 days ago
I wish codex supported this, I use it all the time for claude.
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