Remote Control: add permission mode cycling from mobile app

[billyclawson]

Feature Request

When using Claude Code via Remote Control (/rc) from the Claude iOS/web app, there is no way to change the permission mode mid-session. On the CLI terminal, users can press Shift+Tab to cycle through permission modes (Default → Accept Edits → Plan → Default), but the mobile Remote Control interface has no equivalent control.

Problem

This creates a workflow gap for users who primarily interact via mobile Remote Control:

• Cannot grant edit permissions: If you start in a restrictive mode, you're stuck — every tool call gets denied with no way to approve
• Cannot enter Plan mode: Useful for switching to read-only analysis mid-session
• Cannot toggle Accept Edits: The most practical mode for hands-off mobile usage
• /permissions command is not recognized from the mobile interface either

Current Workaround

The user must physically go to the machine running the CLI session and press Shift+Tab on the terminal. This defeats the purpose of Remote Control.

Proposed Solution

Add a UI element in the mobile Remote Control interface that allows cycling or selecting permission modes, equivalent to Shift+Tab in the terminal. This could be:

1. A mode selector/dropdown in the mobile chat UI
2. A special /mode command recognized from Remote Control
3. A button/toggle in the session controls area

Related Issues

• Remote Control: mobile app shows permission prompts despite --dangerously-skip-permissions #29214 — Mobile app shows permission prompts despite --dangerously-skip-permissions (permission mode inheritance is broken)
• Enable Remote Control for Claude Code sessions in Claude Desktop App #29006 — Enable Remote Control for Claude Desktop App

Environment

• Claude Code CLI on macOS
• Claude iOS app (Remote Control)
• Affects all permission modes when accessed via Remote Control

[chadfurman]

YES PLEASE! Why does it not respect permissions... it's asking me to allow... but in my terminal I have bypass permissions :(

[LeonardMH]

Github bot don't you dare close this! This is very much needed. Randomly ending up manually approving tools and having no way to change permissions completely kills the usefulness of the session and there is no way to recover without going back to the remote machine.

[ihorml]

Up vote. Very very need it

[wmayner]

This is essential, please implement this 🫪

[spiky02plateau]

Makes the remote sessions completely unusable with this bug. Urgent fix required.

[bcherny]

Good news — this is available now. When you're connected to a Remote Control session from the Claude mobile app or claude.ai, the permission-mode dropdown lets you switch between Manual, Accept edits, and Plan, and it stays in sync with the mode the local session is in (including changes made with Shift+Tab in the terminal). Bypass permissions and Auto can't be selected from the app.

Details: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/permission-modes#switch-permission-modes and https://code.claude.com/docs/en/mobile

Make sure your CLI is on a recent version (2.1.202 or later for the mode sync fix): https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

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