Remote coding agents
Keep agents running while you are away.
Start an agent on your workstation, then check it from another device. Read its output, answer a question or send the next prompt through your browser.
Short answer
How do I keep a coding agent running when I close my laptop?
Run the agent in tlbx on a machine that stays awake and online. Connect from your laptop, tablet or phone. Closing the browser on that device leaves the agent running on the host.
Install on the host
Install tlbx on the workstation or server where the repository, credentials and tools already live.
Keep routing private
Use a trusted LAN or a point-to-point VPN such as Tailscale. Do not publish an administrative terminal directly to the internet.
Reconnect in a browser
Open the same workspace from another device. The terminal and process remain on the host.
What follows you
Return to the same work.
- Terminal
- The real PTY, full-screen application state and server-side scrollback remain on the machine.
- Work context
- Repository status, files, prompt history, pasted images and attention signals stay associated with the session.
- Screen size
- One leading browser owns canonical PTY geometry; phones and secondary browsers follow without reflowing the running application.
- Runtime
- Model calls, credentials, tools and source files do not move into a tlbx cloud. The provider CLI still runs locally.
From a phone
Use touch scrolling, soft-keyboard-aware terminal sizing, modifier controls and screenshot paste from the camera roll.
From another desktop
Open your terminals, files, Git changes and app preview on another desktop. Other browsers can stay connected too.
After a disconnect
Reconnect to the same session. The host can replay retained terminal output and restore the current application state.
Common questions
Remote coding-agent FAQ
Does tlbx upload my repository?
No. Repositories, credentials, tools and processes stay on the host machine unless you separately configure another service to move them.
Do I need an SSH client on the phone?
No. The client is a modern web browser. Network routing to the host should still remain private.
What happens if the browser loses connection?
The host keeps the PTY running. When the browser reconnects, tlbx restores the session from retained state and output.
Should I expose port 2000 publicly?
No. Use authentication on a trusted LAN or route privately through a VPN such as Tailscale.