Anthropic has launched Claude Dispatch for Cowork, a mobile-controlled AI agent rivaling OpenClaw. We test the new feature against the open-source competitor.

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Anthropic has launched Claude Dispatch for Cowork, a mobile-controlled AI agent feature designed to compete with OpenClaw — the open-source tool that drew nearly 1,000 engineers to line up outside Tencent's Shenzhen headquarters. Claude Dispatch adds mobile control to Claude's existing Cowork agent capabilities, creating a persistent thread accessible from both laptop and phone. A hands-on test shows the remote control aspect works but is still rough around the edges, requiring a dedicated app install and struggling with multi-step tasks like finding a passport scan via Google Drive. The author questions whether Anthropic's more guarded, infrastructure-heavy approach can close the gap with OpenClaw's freewheeling flexibility, noting that users want outcomes, not walkie-talkies.

Anthropic’s response to the AI tool that caused lines around the block in Shenzhen