/remote-control (/rc) not recognized as built-in command in existing session

[ashvin-verma]

Description

/remote-control (and /rc) is not recognized when typed inside an existing Claude Code session. It returns "Unknown skill: rc" / "Unknown skill: remote-control".

Starting a new session with claude remote-control works fine.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Start Claude Code normally: claude
2. Inside the session, type /rc or /remote-control
3. Get error: Unknown skill: rc

Expected Behavior

/remote-control should start a Remote Control session from within the existing session, as documented at https://code.claude.com/docs/en/remote-control#from-an-existing-session

Environment

• Claude Code version: 2.1.52
• Plan: Max
• Platform: Linux (Ubuntu, kernel 6.8.0-101-generic)
• Authentication: logged in via /login

Workaround

Starting a new session with claude remote-control from the terminal works correctly.

[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. [BUG] Slash commands not working - "Unknown skill" error for all built-in commands #18754
2. [BUG] Built-in commands treated as unknown skills in v2.0.74 #18677
3. [Bug] /exit command not recognized #18756

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[iChenwin]

same problem, even claude remote-control not works:

~/projects$ claude remote-control
Error: Remote Control is not enabled for your account. Contact your administrator.
~/projects$ claude update
Current version: 2.1.53
Checking for updates to latest version...
Claude Code is up to date (2.1.53)

I'm in a wsl:

~/projects$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Release:        24.04
Codename:       noble

[inkuxuan]

$ claude --update
Current version: 2.1.56
Checking for updates to latest version...
Claude Code is up to date (2.1.56)

$ claude remote-control

           Claude Code v2.1.50
 ▐▛███▜▌   Sonnet 4.6 · Claude Max
▝▜█████▛▘  ...
  ▘▘ ▝▝    [✻] [✻] [✻] · 3 guest passes at /passes

❯ remote-control

● Recalled 1 memory, read 1 file (ctrl+o to expand)

● Could you clarify what you mean by "remote-control"? Are you looking to:

  1. Add a remote control feature to the bot (e.g., admin commands via Discord or HTTP API)?
  2. Something else entirely?

  A bit more context would help me understand what you'd like to implement.

[MartinCura]

Max-only for now
#28471 (comment)

[inkuxuan]

Active Max subscription, did not work

Tried in Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi OS, Windows

Tried claude --update

Tried curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash

Nothing worked

[pannal]

Same here, on Max, skill not available.

[inkuxuan]

Good news people, Max subscription explicitly bans you from using remote-control :)

[AshleyFang]

same question, in 2.1.59

[halitbatur]

Same here, in 2.1.62