published mar 24, 2026
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This guide teaches you how to use Dispatch to hand Claude a task from your phone or desktop and have it finish the work on your computer. You will set up Dispatch, pair it with your phone, and run a simple remote task so small admin work can keep moving while you are away from your desk.
You will build one repeatable Dispatch workflow for remote computer use. The workflow can be reused for tasks like email cleanup, file organization, or an end-of-day work summary.
If you go to Settings > General > Computer Use, you can toggle on an experimental feature that allows Claude to use your keyboard and mouse to use any app on your computer. This is worth experimenting with, but leaving it off by default can reduce workflow slowdowns and avoid giving Claude too many options, as well as limit security concerns.
Start on your computer. Open Claude Desktop and make sure it is current before you do anything else. On Mac, click Claude > Check for Updates in the menu bar.
Update the Claude mobile app on your phone too.
Once both apps are current, open Cowork in Claude Desktop, click Dispatch, and click Get started.
During setup, Claude will ask for permissions. Turn on file access if you want Claude to read and write inside a local folder. Turn on keep-awake if you want the task to keep running while you step away.
Make sure you have the Claude in Chrome extension installed and logged in.
Optional: Set up a dedicated local project folder before your first run. It is easier to monitor what Claude touched, easier to review outputs, and much safer than giving access to your whole machine.
After the desktop setup, you will be asked to pair Dispatch in the Claude mobile app. Once the connection is live, send Claude a simple task from your phone and let it continue the work on your computer.
Good first tasks are:
Start with something reversible and easy to review. Dispatch is strongest when the task is useful but not high risk. Remember, you do not want to create more work for yourself when you come back to your desk.
To make the review easier, tell Dispatch to write a log file of what it did on your computer.
When Claude finishes, check the output on desktop and in the same synced conversation on mobile. You should be able to see what it did, where it saved the result, and what still needs your input.
Dispatch currently keeps everything inside one continuous thread on your phone. That makes it easy to pick back up later, but it can also feel messy if you expect every mobile request to behave like a clean new chat.
In the desktop app, Dispatch will start new threads under Cowork, and they will be labeled as Dispatch threads.
Dispatch gets more valuable when it becomes a habit instead of a stunt. The core pattern is simple: send a task from your phone, let Claude do the desktop work, then come back to something cleaner and more organized than you left it.
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