15 Hidden & Under-Utilized Features in Claude Code — From Boris Cherny

A summary of tips shared by Boris Cherny (@bcherny), creator of Claude Code, on March 30, 2026.

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Context

Boris shared a bunch of his favorite hidden and under-utilized features in Claude Code, focusing on the ones he uses the most.

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1/ Claude Code Has a Mobile App

Did you know Claude Code has a mobile app? Boris writes a lot of his code from the iOS app — it's a convenient way to make changes without opening a laptop.

• Download the Claude app for iOS/Android
• Navigate to the Code tab on the left
• You can review changes, approve PRs, and write code directly from your phone

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2/ Move Sessions Between Mobile/Web/Desktop and Terminal

Run claude --teleport or /teleport to continue a cloud session on your machine. Or run /remote-control to control a locally running session from your phone/web.

• Teleport: pulls a cloud session down to your local terminal
• Remote Control: lets you control a local session from any device
• Boris has "Enable Remote Control for all sessions" set in his /config

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3/ /loop and /schedule — Two of the Most Powerful Features

Use these to schedule Claude to run automatically at a set interval, for up to a week at a time. Boris has a bunch of loops running locally:

• /loop 5m /babysit — auto-address code review, auto-rebase, and shepherd PRs to production
• /loop 30m /slack-feedback — automatically put up PRs for Slack feedback every 30 mins
• /loop /post-merge-sweeper — put up PRs to address code review comments he missed
• /loop 1h /pr-pruner — close out stale and no longer necessary PRs
• ...and lots more!

Experiment with turning workflows into skills + loops. It's powerful.

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4/ Use Hooks to Deterministically Run Logic

Use hooks to run logic as part of the agent lifecycle. For example:

• Dynamically load in context each time you start Claude (SessionStart)
• Log every bash command the model runs (PreToolUse)
• Route permission prompts to WhatsApp for you to approve/deny (PermissionRequest)
• Poke Claude to keep going whenever it stops (Stop)

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5/ Cowork Dispatch

Boris uses Dispatch every day to catch up on Slack and emails, manage files, and do things on his laptop when he's not at a computer. When he's not coding, he's dispatching.

• Dispatch is a secure remote control for the Claude Desktop app
• It can use your MCPs, browser, and computer, with your permission
• Think of it as a way to delegate non-coding tasks to Claude from anywhere

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6/ Use the Chrome Extension for Frontend Work

The most important tip for using Claude Code: give Claude a way to verify its output. Once you do that, Claude will iterate until the result is great.

• Think of it like asking someone to build a website but they aren't allowed to use a browser — the result probably won't look good
• Give Claude a browser and it will write code and iterate until it looks good
• Boris uses the Chrome extension every time he works on web code — it tends to work more reliably than other similar MCPs

<a href="https://x.com/bcherny/status/2038454347156398333"></a>

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7/ Use the Claude Desktop App to Auto-Start and Test Web Servers

Along the same vein, the Desktop app bundles in the ability for Claude to automatically run your web server and even test it in a built-in browser.

• You can set up something similar in CLI or VSCode using the Chrome extension
• Or just use the Desktop app for the integrated experience

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8/ Fork Your Session

People often ask how to fork an existing session. Two ways:

1. Run /branch from your session