Claude appEasiest. Phone or bad WiFi.
Code › New session › ThinkPad › Folder
Esc
Stop Claude
ThinkPad
TermiusNeeded for keys and sudo.
Tailscale on › Tap ThinkPad ›
Mac TerminalCtrl r finds your last ssh.
Tailscale on › Ctrlr ssh return ›
See a Tailscale link? Open it and sign in.
Closing your phone or Mac stops nothing.
In Termius, Esc and Ctrl are above the keyboard.
Chats from cl also show in the Claude app.
GitHub ping
A daily scan found something. Tell Claude "Handle the open security-check issue".
"Nothing from the devbox": ThinkPad is off or needs a login at its screen.
Keeping it running
Ubuntu, Chrome, Tailscale and Claude update themselves. No ping means all is well.
Keep the charger in. After a reboot, log in at its screen.
Terminal: cl
Main chat
Chat in one project
Several tasks at once
Second Claude, same project
Move an app chat here
Two projects side by side
Sessions and project names
End a session
In cl agents: Enter opens, Space replies, Esc closes.
Inside a session
Ctrlb›d
Plain terminal, keeps running
Ctrlb›s
Jump to another session
Swipe or use the trackpad to scroll back.
Claude in a terminal
Type in plain English and press Enter. Answer questions with the arrow keys.
Keys
EscEsc
Clear typing
\Enter
New line
@
Point at a file
!
Run a command
Commands
Switch model
Faster or smarter
Reopen a chat
Fresh chat
Undo, code too
Shrink chat now
Plan usage
Renew login
Leave Claude
In /model and /effort, Enter saves it for new chats and s changes this chat only.
Help
Say to Claude
"Run it so I can open it on my phone"
"Commit and push this" Live apps deploy on push
"Check the inbox" After Share › Tailscale
"I have an idea for..." Plans only until you say build
Plain terminal only
Press Ctrlb›d first, then to go back.
Paste keys here, never in chat
sudo: paste what Claude gives you, then your password.
Stuck
Can't connect: Tailscale on? ThinkPad plugged in?
$ prompt, no Claude: type cl
Dead app chat: new chat, same folder.
Claude went wrong: Esc, then /rewind
Login expiring: /login, then open its link.