universal-remote-control: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

universal-remote-control CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from sidkandan/universal-remote-control. It costs 3,795 tokens per session, scanned C, original, MIT.

A guide for Universal Remote Control, a bridge that connects command-line coding sessions with other sessions or a phone. It uses terminal panes to relay communication.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to start or connect Codex and Gemini sessions, relay messages, follow the project's tmux rules, and validate plugin changes.
Why use it?
It provides the project's commands, architecture, and safety rules so agents can connect sessions without breaking the communication setup.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: UserPromptSubmit hook event. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions .claude-plugin; positional $N argument.

This is sidkandan/universal-remote-control's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on universal-remote-control itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything universal-remote-control configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to sidkandan/universal-remote-control. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sidkandan/universal-remote-control

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Opus 5.5 $0.01518 $0.01518
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00759 $0.00759
Haiku 4.5 $0.00380 $0.00380

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Grade C, and why

universal-remote-control CLAUDE.md scanned grade C with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

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CLAUDE.md · 181 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 181 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

URC — RC Bridge + CLI-to-CLI Communication

Quick Start

  • /urc codex — spawn Codex pane + bridge it to your phone
  • /urc gemini — spawn Gemini pane + bridge it to your phone
  • /urc %NNN — bridge an existing pane by ID
  • Aliases: /rc-bridge, /rc-any, /rc-relay all work
  • From Codex: activate rc-bridge skill — spawns relay, bridges back to Codex pane
  • From Gemini: /rc command — spawns relay, bridges back to Gemini pane

Development Rules

  • Git: All work on master branch
  • Core edits (urc/core/) require planning first — read docs/design-decisions.md before modifying core (tmux timing lessons, rejected approaches)
  • Never use raw tmux send-keys — always use send.sh
  • Commit frequently with descriptive messages
  • Plugin validation: Run bash scripts/validate-plugin.sh (23 checks, works from any context)
  • Never claude --plugin-dir . from inside Claude Code — the CLAUDECODE env var blocks nested sessions. Use the validation script instead.

Architecture (v3)

  • Coordination server: urc/core/server.py (11 MCP tools)
  • Teams protocol: urc/core/teams_protocol.py (DORMANT — removed from .mcp.json)
  • Teams MCP server: urc/core/teams_server.py (DORMANT — removed from .mcp.json)
  • RC Bridge agent: .claude/agents/rc-bridge.md (Haiku passthrough — hook-based dispatch + push reading via additionalContext, Bash fallback for terminal/error paths)
  • Bridge push hook: hooks/scripts/bridge-push-hook.sh (UserPromptSubmit — dispatches messages via send.sh, reads push files, returns via additionalContext. Registered in .claude/settings.json, NOT plugin hooks — project-level hooks fire on independent sessions, plugin hooks do NOT)
  • URC Spawn script: urc/core/urc-spawn.sh (fire-and-forget bash spawner — pre-sets tmux state + DB registration, /rename for session naming, no text bootstrap)
  • RC Bridge skill: .claude/skills/urc/SKILL.md (thin dispatcher → runs urc-spawn.sh in background)
  • CLI adapter: urc/core/cli-adapter.sh (CLI-specific field mapping)
  • Dispatch composite: urc/core/dispatch-and-wait.sh (atomic dispatch + wait + read)
  • Response schema: urc/schemas/response.md

Read the full file on GitHub · 181 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 181 lines · 3,795 tokens per session scan C f5c87bcfe12a

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universal-remote-control CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository sidkandan/universal-remote-control (14 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 3,795 tokens to every session, about $0.0152 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it C with 1 finding (hidden instructions). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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