Claude Code Remote Control or BCD? Use your computer from your phone
Remote Control lets claude.ai/code or the Claude phone app drive a Claude Code session that keeps running on your computer. BCD connects the computer itself to your AI apps through a small background agent: ask from an ordinary Claude chat, ChatGPT or Claude Code, with no terminal or session to keep open, and one computer free with 20,000 tool calls a month.
BCD runs on Mac and Linux, and on Windows in beta. Try the Windows beta ›
One computer free, with 20,000 tool calls a month. No card required. Your AI app’s subscription is separate.
Side by side
| BCD | Claude Code Remote Control | |
|---|---|---|
| What runs on the computer | A small background agent that starts when you log in. No terminal or app window to keep open. | A Claude Code process in a terminal, the Desktop app or VS Code. If it stops, the session goes offline until you start it again. |
| Where you ask from | Ordinary Claude chats on the web, desktop and phone, ChatGPT (paid plan with Developer mode), Claude Code, Codex and other MCP clients | claude.ai/code, or the Code tab of the Claude app for iOS and Android |
| What it is for | Asking the computer to do things: files, commands, PDF, Word and Excel, and apps | Continuing a Claude Code session, with its project, tools and MCP servers, from another device |
| What you need | A free BCD account. Your AI app’s plan is separate. | Claude Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise. API keys and cloud providers such as Amazon Bedrock are not supported. On Team and Enterprise an Owner turns it on first. |
| Computers | Mac, Linux, Windows (beta) | Wherever Claude Code runs: Mac, Linux and Windows |
| Setting up | Paste one line into Terminal or PowerShell, approve in the browser, then add the connector in your AI app | Run claude remote-control in the project folder, or /remote-control in a session, then open the session URL or scan its QR code |
| Price | One computer free with 20,000 tool calls a month. Personal is $7.99/month for 3 computers and unlimited tool calls; Plus, Pro and Team plans too. | Part of Claude Code on those Claude plans |
| Permissions | New computers start read-only. Turn on write, commands, screen control and clipboard per computer in the dashboard. | Claude Code’s own permission modes and prompts. Trusted Devices (beta) can require a verified device. |
| Network | The computer connects out; no open ports | Outbound HTTPS only; no inbound ports |
| Several computers and teams | Several computers on one account with a default; name one in your request. Teams share access. | Each computer runs its own sessions, listed at claude.ai/code |
| PDF, Word and Excel | Read, write and edit them with built-in tools | — |
| When the connection drops | Long jobs keep running, and BCD can report the outcome of a call whose result was lost | Reconnects when the computer comes back online |
Claude Code Remote Control details as of October 2026, from Anthropic’s “Remote Control” documentation. “—” means we didn’t check it; see Anthropic’s documentation.
Set up BCD in 3 steps
Create a free BCD account.
Paste this line into Terminal on your Mac or Linux computer, then click Approve in your browser (on Windows, the dashboard shows a PowerShell line instead):
curl -fsSL https://bcd.snack-wrap.com | bashIn Claude or ChatGPT, add
https://bcd.snack-wrap.com/mcpas a connector and sign in to BCD when asked. Then ask from any device where you use that app, including your phone.
If you mostly code in Claude Code and want to keep going from your phone, Remote Control may be all you need. They also work together: add BCD to Claude Code, and a Remote Control session can use your other computers through it.
What BCD adds
PDF, Word and Excel: read, write and edit documents and spreadsheets.
Video editing on your Mac with AVFoundation; no ffmpeg needed.
iOS apps: build, run tests and upload to TestFlight.
Undo: see the file changes the AI made and roll one back.
Saved workflows: save a series of steps and run it again later, or on a schedule such as every weekday at 8:00 with no chat open, with an email if a run fails. Schedules are not in ChatGPT until OpenAI approves them.
Files and your phone: ask for a file and get a download link; get a link that saves photos from your phone into a folder on the computer. Not in ChatGPT until OpenAI approves it.
Dropped chats: long jobs keep running, and the outcome of a lost call can be checked.
Several computers can share one account, with one set as the default, and teams can share access.
Questions
Can I use both?
Yes. Add BCD to Claude Code as an MCP server, and a Remote Control session can use it too, for example to work on another computer.
Do I need to keep a terminal open?
No. The BCD agent runs in the background on its own; the computer only needs to be on and online. Ask from an ordinary Claude chat or from ChatGPT, on the web, your desktop or your phone.
Do my files get uploaded?
BCD doesn’t copy your folders anywhere. When the AI reads a file, that content passes through BCD’s relay in memory to reach your AI app, and BCD doesn’t store it. Your AI app handles it under its own policy.
Is BCD free?
One computer is free with 20,000 tool calls a month. Personal is $7.99 a month for up to 3 computers with unlimited tool calls, and Plus ($9.99), Pro ($13.99) and Team ($29) are also available. New accounts get Personal free for a month, no card needed. Your AI app’s subscription is separate.
One computer free, with 20,000 tool calls a month. No card required. Your AI app’s subscription is separate.