Claude Desktop over SSH: Giving the Remote Claude Its Own Proxy

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0800

The Code tab in Claude Desktop can add an SSH connection and run Claude Code on a remote server. The app uploads the program to the server itself and takes care of authentication, so you don’t need to install Claude on the server or sign in there.

The catch: if the server’s outbound connection can’t reach Anthropic (a server in a region Anthropic doesn’t serve, such as Hong Kong, gets refused), or you want to pin it to a specific egress, the remote Claude can’t send its requests. The fix is to give Claude on the server its own proxy. It only affects Claude and leaves the rest of the machine’s networking alone.

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Claude Desktop over SSH: Giving the Remote Claude Its Own Proxy