When you run several Claude Code tasks at once, checking how far each one has come and giving the next instruction gets tedious too. Claude Code Projects coordinates multiple task threads in a project conversation, and lets you check progress and adjust direction from your phone as well.
Here, cloud threads and threads that run on your own computer work under different conditions. Cloud threads keep going even if you close your laptop, but tasks that need local files or Chrome require the computer connected through Remote Control to be awake.
Coordinate several tasks from a project conversation
Projects centers on one project conversation and handles multiple Claude Code cloud sessions. You can organize the flow by creating threads or attaching existing tasks. You can check the details of the features in Anthropic's official Claude Code Projects docs. From the project conversation, you can create a new thread or link an existing one, check on work in progress, and send the instructions you need. You keep each task's context while looking at the flow of the whole project.
On your phone, too, you can open the project conversation and individual threads to check status and adjust direction. While on the move, you can check progress and leave what to do next. This is a Claude Code Projects cloud thread feature.
This post is a product guide that Anthropic employee Dan Fein shared on his personal account. Please read it as separate from an announcement on Anthropic's official account.
Cloud threads that keep going when you close your laptop
Projects' cloud threads run as Claude Code cloud sessions. So the work isn't running on the user's laptop. Cloud threads keep running even after you close your laptop, and from your phone you can check progress or send additional instructions through the project conversation.
For example, you can hand a cloud thread a task like looking through a codebase or working out an implementation direction, then close your computer and check the status while you're out. Because the project conversation handles related work in one place, it is also easier to follow what goal several threads are working toward.
If you need local files and Chrome, the place it runs changes
If a task needs files, tools, or settings from your computer, you can run that thread on your local computer. In that case the thread doesn't work on local folders directly from the cloud; it runs in Claude Code on the computer connected through Remote Control. You can see the connection flow in the official Remote Control guide.
A local thread runs only when the connected computer is awake and Remote Control is on. If the computer goes to sleep, local work stops. Cloud threads in the project can continue separately, so you need to tell the status of the two execution paths apart.
You can read more about how to continue using Claude Code remotely from a local computer and its connection conditions in the post on Claude Code Remote Control stability improvements.
Tasks that use Chrome also run in local threads
When a project thread runs on a local computer, it can also use that computer's Chrome. In a reply to his post, Dan Fein described a local session connected to Claude in Chrome. That explanation applies to the local execution path, and it doesn't mean a cloud thread directly controls the user's browser.
Choose cloud or local execution to fit the task
To coordinate a project's many tasks and keep them going after you close your computer, cloud threads are the fit. Conversely, if you need resources tied to your own computer, like local files or Chrome, use a local thread, and check that the computer is awake and Remote Control is on.
You can use both inside Projects, but where they run and what keeps them going differ. Cloud threads continue as remote cloud sessions, and local threads follow the state of the connected computer. Group the work in the project conversation, but check where each thread is running, and you can manage progress more accurately on mobile too.
You can also see the execution context of Claude Code cloud sessions in the guide to Claude Code cloud session credits.