How to Remote-Control an AI Coding Agent from Your Phone (BFBT Code + DTworkeasy)
How to Remote-Control an AI Coding Agent from Your Phone Most AI coding tools assume you are sitting at the keyboard. That is fine for deep work. It is awkward when you are away from the desk but still want to nudge a long-running task: fix a failing test, sketch a refactor, or ask the agent to kee
Posted on Oct 16 • Originally published at dtrony.com
Most AI coding tools assume you are sitting at the keyboard. That is fine for deep work. It is awkward when you are away from the desk but still want to nudge a long-running task: fix a failing test, sketch a refactor, or ask the agent to keep going on a repo that already lives on your machine.
This post is a practical guide to phone-directed remote sessions: your AI coding agent stays on the PC; your phone sends instructions into that session. We will use BFBT Code (desktop / Linux TUI) and DTworkeasy (phone companion) from Dongfutong. Full disclosure: we build these products. The steps mirror our public docs.
You are not streaming the entire desktop (though some teams still do that with classic RDP/VNC). The model here is narrower:
That is the product wedge: remote-control the AI coding assistant, not “replace the IDE from a phone keyboard.”
If the PC prompts for permission, approve it on the PC or phone so the task can continue.
On Linux, install the terminal client, log in, set the API key, then pair:
curl -fsSL 'https://www.dtrony.com/install-tui.sh' | sudo sh bfbtcodetui # after first login + API setup, optional daemon for always-on remote: bfbtcodetui --daemon install bfbtcodetui --daemon pair Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Paste or scan the printed pair link in DTworkeasy. Details: Remote TUI and Install TUI.
If those tools already run on your machine, optional DT Agent Bridge can stay resident and let DTworkeasy continue their sessions from the phone. Bridge does not sell models; usage stays with Cursor/Codex. See Agent Bridge.
If your AI coding agent already lives on a real workstation, putting a thin remote control on your phone is often more useful than pretending to code on a 6-inch screen. BFBT Code + DTworkeasy are one way to get there; the docs are public and we publish an llms.txt map for assistants.
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