Start
$5a month
One agent on one repo, all night long
- vCPU
- 2
- RAM
- 4 GB
- disk
- 50 GB
- Internet
- 50 Mbit
Your agent asks a question. You answer from the bus
The agent runs on your box, so your phone only has to show it. See which tab needs you, reply in one line, check the result at its preview URL. Remote Control and Happy come preinstalled. $5 a month.
From $5 a month · Docker and sudo included · Cancel from the dashboard any time
Phone apps go dark when the laptop sleeps
Remote-control apps relay to a session running somewhere. When somewhere is your laptop, closing the lid ends the conversation.
So the laptop rides in your backpack with the lid cracked open, or the agent stops when you leave the desk.
A day away from the desk
- 08:30
Start at the desk
Open a tab on the box and hand the agent the task. Run claude remote-control or happy in it to pair your phone.
- 08:45
Leave
Close the laptop. The session stays on the box and keeps working.
- 11:20
The agent needs you
The tab goes quiet and the Terminals list marks it Needs you. Open the dashboard on your phone and answer.
- 18:00
See the result on the phone
Open the preview URL: the dev server on the box, over HTTPS, private to you.
What your phone gets
The same session, pocket-sized
Nothing runs on the phone. It shows the tmux session your laptop showed, with the full scrollback.
Remote Control and Happy, ready
Both are installed on every box. Start one in a tab and pair your phone the way its docs describe.
The app itself, over HTTPS
Preview URLs open on the phone with hot reload, so you check the mobile layout on a real device.
One list for every agent
Terminals mode shows every tab across your boxes as Working, Needs you, Done or Idle.
The box for this job
Start · $5
One agent on one repo fits in Start's 2 vCPU and 4 GB. $5 a month.
- Box
- Plan
- Start · 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 50 GB · $5/mo
- Agent
- Claude Code
- Tabs
- 2
- Services
- None needed
- Preview
- https://5173-pocket.detachbox.dev
- Runs
- Around the clock, lid closed
Questions about this
Do I need a special app?
The dashboard runs in your phone's browser. Remote Control needs a Claude Pro or Max plan; Happy is a free app for iOS and Android. Both are already on the box.
Can I type into the terminal from my phone?
The same terminal opens in your phone's browser. For longer replies, Remote Control and Happy give you a chat view of the session.
Will my phone tell me when the agent needs me?
Turn on browser notifications in the dashboard and it tells you when a tab switches to Needs you.
The parts of the box this job uses
Your agent asks a question. You answer from the bus
Start a box, hand the agent the job and close the tab. Come back to finished work.
Start my boxCharged when the box starts · Cancel from the dashboard; the box runs to the end of the paid month