Domain 4Computer Use, Dispatch & Automation
Dispatch
TL;DR
A remote control feature that lets you send task instructions to your Mac from the Claude mobile app on your phone.
Definition
A remote control feature that lets you send task instructions to your Mac from the Claude mobile app on your phone. Dispatch is not a separate AI — it is a walkie-talkie to your desktop assistant. All actual work (file access, Computer Use, connector calls) happens on the host computer, not on your phone.
Exam Context
Know that Dispatch requires the host computer to be awake and running Claude Desktop, that it maintains a single persistent conversation thread (no multi-threading), and that it communicates through Anthropic's servers (not local Wi-Fi).