{"slug":"claude-code-email-a-task-to-the-computer-on-my-desk","title":"Email a task to Claude Code on the computer at my desk","summary":"Claude Code handles this as a draft: You mail a task to your own +agents address. A runner on your computer reads your Sent folder, runs Claude Code, and replies in the thread. It does not read other people's mail, and it does not push.","agent":"Claude Code","agentSlug":"claude-code","category":"Coding","categorySlug":"coding","roles":["Software engineer"],"roleSlugs":["software-engineer"],"industries":["Software"],"industrySlugs":["software"],"jobs":["shipping-code"],"topic":"Dev & Coding","topicSlug":"dev-and-coding","score":18,"difficulty":"medium","estCost":"The atgent runner is described as free. Claude Code uses the sign-in already on that computer. Gmail is the account you already have.","costTier":"low","timeSaved":"Starting a task while you are away from the desk. An estimate, not a measurement.","prompt":"Work on the task in this email, in the project named in the subject. Reply with what you changed and how I can check it.\n\nConstraints:\n- Use only this repository and the files attached to the email.\n- Do not push, open a pull request, or merge.\n- Do not read an inbox. This task arrived because I sent it.\n- If a step needs a secret that is not already in the environment, stop and say so.\n\nWhen I reply status, report progress. When I reply stop, stop. Leave any edits already made in the working tree.","steps":[{"title":"Install the runner on the computer that already has Claude Code","detail":"The product page shows uv tool install atgent. You send mail from your own Gmail to the same address with +agents added. No new mailbox."},{"title":"Put the agent name in the subject","detail":"The page says a subject like Claude: improve the signup form runs Claude Code in the default project. Claude/website: names a project. A model in square brackets, such as [opus], selects that model. The task itself goes in the body."},{"title":"Read the reply, then continue at the desk if you want","detail":"The runner replies Queued, Started, and the result in the same thread. status and stop are replies. atgent list on the computer resumes the session in the terminal. You push only after you have read the diff."}],"sourceUrl":"https://atgent.dev","sourceNote":"atgent product page. It returned HTTP 200 on 17 Oct 2026. The same product is listed as changed on 16 Oct 2026 at https://thecompound.tech, which also returned HTTP 200. The page says the runner reads the authenticated Sent folder, not the Inbox, and that mail from other people cannot start a task. Prompt and stop rules are an AI Playbook Gems adaptation, not a vendor quote; unverified.","date":"2026-10-17","verified":false,"status":"unverified","sponsorUrl":"","metrics":[{"label":"Hands-on time","value":"Writing the email and reading the diff"},{"label":"You still approve","value":"Push, pull request, and merge"}],"faq":[{"question":"Has this Claude Code playbook been re-run for the catalog?","answer":"No. Status is unverified. atgent.dev and the Compound Labs listing were checked on 17 Oct 2026. The prompt is an adaptation."},{"question":"What stays human?","answer":"You send the task from your own account, and you push. The runner does not read other people's mail."}],"url":"https://aiplaybookgems.com/usecases/claude-code-email-a-task-to-the-computer-on-my-desk","jsonUrl":"https://aiplaybookgems.com/api/usecases/claude-code-email-a-task-to-the-computer-on-my-desk"}