Choose Claude Code Desktop, CLI, or Web according to how you inspect work and where the task must execute. A graphical interface, terminal, and browser are interaction styles—not interchangeable guarantees about files, credentials, or cloud execution.
The most useful starting question is: “Where must this task read files and run commands?” Only then decide which interface makes the result easiest to review.
Use the interface that matches the review task
Claude's Desktop documentation describes its supported workflows. Feature availability changes; use the current app and official requirements rather than assuming that every control exists for every account.
For example, reviewing a patch may be more comfortable beside a visual diff. Investigating a build may be easier beside the terminal output. Neither preference proves that the underlying agent is more capable in that interface.
Do not confuse browser access with cloud execution
A browser can display a remotely controlled local session. In that case, the original machine remains responsible for execution. A cloud task uses a different runtime. Anthropic describes this distinction in its Remote Control guide.
That distinction matters when your repository depends on a private file, a local service, or macOS software. A cloud environment should not be assumed to contain those resources merely because the browser displays the same account name.
Before continuing, ask the session to identify its current project location and available checks. Avoid printing environment variables or credentials while doing so.
Move a task with an explicit handoff
Changing the interface is easy to mistake for moving the entire working environment. Prepare a handoff that identifies the repository revision, uncommitted changes, task goal, acceptance test, missing dependencies, and actions already performed.
Do not assume that local secrets, running servers, or terminal state move with a conversation. Check the destination independently. The persistent-session guide explains why a transcript, file tree, and process are separate forms of state.
An effective handoff might say: “The failing test is documented in this file; the patch is on this branch; no deployment has happened; rerun this existing check before editing.” That is more reliable than asking a second interface to “continue where we left off” without evidence.
Keep billing and permission choices visible
A different interface does not make a different account's allowance available. Identify the active subscription or API route and the organization that owns it. Use Claude Code pricing to compare payment paths instead of assuming a desktop download includes usage.
Keep the same approval boundary across interfaces. If a task requires confirmation before deleting data or changing production, a more convenient remote interface should not erase that requirement.
Where Agent.Space belongs in the comparison
Agent.Space is a separate workspace product, not another official Claude client mode. Its value should be evaluated through supported harnesses, project files, execution environments, and the ability to review and continue work.
Read Claude Code on Agent.Space, check the current supported route, and start a bounded workspace task if that workflow fits. Choose an official Claude surface when you specifically need its native feature; choose a managed workspace when the project workflow is the reason for switching.