fix remote clients command

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from types import SimpleNamespace
+import os
 import sys
 
 from click.testing import CliRunner
@@ -140,6 +141,32 @@ def test_clients_exits_cleanly_when_registry_is_missing():
     assert result.exit_code == 1
     assert "No browser clients found" in result.output
 
+def test_clients_remote_uses_remote_endpoint_without_local_registry():
+    def fake_send_command(command, args=None, profile=None):
+        assert command == "clients.list"
+        assert profile is None
+        return [{"name": "Chrome", "version": "1", "extensionVersion": "2.3.4"}]
+
+    with patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True), patch(
+        "browser_cli.cli.REGISTRY_PATH", Path("/nonexistent/browser-cli-registry.json")
+    ), patch("browser_cli.cli.send_command", side_effect=fake_send_command) as send_command:
+        result = CliRunner().invoke(main, ["--remote", "127.0.0.1:8765", "--token", "test", "clients"])
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    send_command.assert_called_once()
+    assert "remote" in result.output
+    assert "Chrome" in result.output
+    assert "2.3.4" in result.output
+
+
+def test_clients_remote_respects_global_browser_route():
+    with patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True), patch("browser_cli.cli.send_command", return_value=[]) as send_command:
+        result = CliRunner().invoke(main, ["--remote", "127.0.0.1:8765", "--browser", "work", "clients"])
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 1
+    send_command.assert_called_once_with("clients.list", profile="work")
+
+
 def test_clients_shows_named_profile_and_uses_socket_uuid_for_default(tmp_path):
     registry_path = tmp_path / "registry.json"
     default_socket = tmp_path / "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000.sock"