Remote Agent Workflow, Part 4: In the Repository, Not in the Chat

Sun, 24 May 2026 16:12:12 +0800

This is Part 4 of the Remote Agent Workflow series.

The first layer of my remote AI development setup was connectivity.

Phone -> Tailscale -> SSH -> Mac -> tmux -> Codex

That let me reach my Mac from a phone and keep long-running local tasks alive.

The second layer was control.

Phone -> Telegram Bot -> local Codex runtime -> selected repository

That made the phone a control surface instead of a tiny terminal.

Spec-Driven-Development on Armstrong Yan