Agents & Machines
startRemoteSignIn
Start Remote Sign In
Ask one of your machines to open a Claude sign-in so you can move it onto an account from anywhere, with no Screen Sharing.
Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "sign the Mini into my other Claude account", and it calls startRemoteSignIn.
Example call
The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.
{
"arguments": {
"machineId": "<machineId>"
},
"name": "startRemoteSignIn"
}Arguments
machineIdstringrequiredWhich machine to sign in (machineId from listMachines).
Returns
The registry does not declare a return shape.
Ask for it
The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.
- sign the Mini into my other Claude account
- switch this machine's Claude account
- log the box into Claude remotely
- re-auth Claude on the machine
Pair it with
The verbs that finish the job.
Questions
What does startRemoteSignIn do?
Ask one of your machines to open a Claude sign-in so you can move it onto an account from anywhere, with no Screen Sharing. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use startRemoteSignIn from Claude or ChatGPT?
Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "sign the Mini into my other Claude account", and it calls startRemoteSignIn.
Is startRemoteSignIn safe to let an AI call?
startRemoteSignIn changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.
Connect
One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.