Under the hood
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Claude Code spots remote-control or rc on the command line early, before the main app loads.
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remote-controlrc
What
Claude Code checks for remote-control or rc in the command line at the same early point it spots update, doctor, mcp serve and plugin eval, so the bridge can be steered before the main app loads.
Evidence
return o.some((n) => n === "remote-control" || n === "rc");
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.