how to run long-lived claude code agents from your phone

Description and use

Running long‑lived Claude Code agents from a phone requires keeping the host awake, using remote control, and storing state in git‑backed memory to prevent context degradation.

Problem

Running Claude Code agents for extended periods while steering them from a phone requires keeping the host awake, maintaining healthy sessions, and preventing context degradation.

Outcome

Agents ran continuously for weeks, controlled from a phone over satellite, with context maintained via aigent-os and host kept awake by OS commands.

Workflow

• 1. Ensure a Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise plan and log in via claude.ai.
• 2. Run "claude remote-control" in the agent’s project directory or use "/remote-control" in an existing session.
• 3. Connect from the Claude app (scan QR or select session).
• 4. Keep the host computer awake using OS-specific commands (e.g., macOS: caffeinate -dimsu; Linux: systemd-inhibit --what=idle:sleep --why="agents running" sleep infinity; Windows: powercfg /change standby-timeout-ac 0 /change hibernate-timeout-ac 0).
• 5. Run sessions inside tmux, plug in power, disable auto-restarts, and test remote control before leaving.
• 6. Use aigent-os to periodically save a context capsule, clear the session with "/clear", and resume from the capsule plus git-backed long-term memory to avoid context window exhaustion.

Evidence

i ran my newsletter business from my phone for 14+ days in september while elk hunting. phone, Starlink Mini, no laptop. the agents ran on my computer at home and i steered them from the Claude app.

Source

the loop is simple: 1) the agent saves a context capsule; 2) it runs /clear; 3) it resumes from the capsule plus its long-term memory, which is git-backed.

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for multiple agents, i run one session per agent, each in its own directory, so each shows up as its own session in the app.

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