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1515The Dispatch agent appears as **Dispatch** in the left sidebar. Selecting it opens a single conversation with the agent.
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17<Steps>
18 <Step title="Open Dispatch from the sidebar">
19 Select **Dispatch** in the left side panel.
20 </Step>
17**1. Open Dispatch from the sidebar**
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22 <Step title="Describe the outcome">
23 Tell the agent what you want done, the same way you'd brief a colleague. For
24 example: "Summarize the open Linear issues tagged reliability and draft a
25 status update for the team channel."
26 </Step>
19Select **Dispatch** in the left side panel.
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28 <Step title="Let Dispatch plan and run">
29 The agent decides how to split the work and starts one or more child tasks.
30 Each child task appears under the Dispatch group in the sidebar with its own
31 status.
32 </Step>
33</Steps>
21**2. Describe the outcome**
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23Tell the agent what you want done, the same way you'd brief a colleague. For
24example: "Summarize the open Linear issues tagged reliability and draft a
25status update for the team channel."
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27**3. Let Dispatch plan and run**
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29The agent decides how to split the work and starts one or more child tasks.
30Each child task appears under the Dispatch group in the sidebar with its own
31status.
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3533You converse with one Dispatch agent, but it can run many child tasks beneath that conversation. Child tasks don't spawn further children of their own.
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3735## How Dispatch routes work
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7371When Claude Desktop is running, your computer registers as a Dispatch host. From the Claude mobile app, you can start a Dispatch conversation that runs on your desktop, then check results from either device.
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75<Steps>
76 <Step title="Keep your desktop ready">
77 Leave Claude Desktop open with your computer awake and online.
78 </Step>
73**1. Keep your desktop ready**
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80 <Step title="Open Dispatch on mobile">
81 In the Claude mobile app, open Dispatch and describe the task. The work runs
82 on your desktop.
83 </Step>
75Leave Claude Desktop open with your computer awake and online.
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85 <Step title="Review on either device">
86 Progress and results appear in the Dispatch sidebar on desktop and in the
87 mobile app.
88 </Step>
89</Steps>
77**2. Open Dispatch on mobile**
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79In the Claude mobile app, open Dispatch and describe the task. The work runs
80on your desktop.
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82**3. Review on either device**
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84Progress and results appear in the Dispatch sidebar on desktop and in the
85mobile app.
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9187## Related
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