make it easyer to connect to a remove browser allow it with --browser ip alias too

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ def test_install_windows_registers_native_host(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     assert any("@echo off" in text for text in wrapper_writes)
 
 def test_clients_exits_cleanly_when_registry_is_missing():
-    with patch("browser_cli.cli.REGISTRY_PATH", Path("/nonexistent/browser-cli-registry.json")):
+    with patch("browser_cli.cli.REGISTRY_PATH", Path("/nonexistent/browser-cli-registry.json")), patch(
+        "browser_cli.cli.active_browser_targets", return_value=[]
+    ):
         result = CliRunner().invoke(main, ["clients"])
 
     assert result.exit_code == 1
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ def test_clients_reads_registry_with_trailing_garbage(tmp_path):
 
     with patch("browser_cli.cli.REGISTRY_PATH", registry_path), patch(
         "browser_cli.cli.send_command", side_effect=fake_send_command
-    ):
+    ), patch("browser_cli.cli.active_browser_targets", return_value=[]):
         result = CliRunner().invoke(main, ["clients"])
 
     assert result.exit_code == 0
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ def test_clients_shows_named_profile_and_uses_socket_uuid_for_default(tmp_path):
 
     with patch("browser_cli.cli.REGISTRY_PATH", registry_path), patch(
         "browser_cli.cli.send_command", side_effect=fake_send_command
-    ):
+    ), patch("browser_cli.cli.active_browser_targets", return_value=[]):
         result = CliRunner().invoke(main, ["clients"])
 
     assert result.exit_code == 0
@@ -238,6 +240,25 @@ def test_tabs_list_multi_browser_shows_browser_column():
     assert "work" in result.output
 
 
+def test_tabs_list_with_remote_uses_only_remote_targets():
+    with patch(
+        "browser_cli.commands.tabs.active_browser_targets",
+        side_effect=AssertionError("local targets should not be used for explicit remote"),
+    ), patch(
+        "browser_cli.commands.tabs.remote_browser_targets",
+        return_value=[BrowserTarget("work", "remote-host:work", "", remote="remote-host:8765", token="secret")],
+    ), patch(
+        "browser_cli.commands.tabs.send_command",
+        return_value=[{"id": 1, "windowId": 1, "active": True, "title": "Remote", "url": "https://example.com"}],
+    ) as send_command, patch("browser_cli.cli.save_remote_token"):
+        result = CliRunner().invoke(main, ["--remote", "remote-host:8765", "--token", "secret", "tabs", "list"])
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert "remote-host:work" in result.output
+    assert "Remote" in result.output
+    send_command.assert_called_once_with("tabs.list", {}, profile="work", remote="remote-host:8765", token="secret")
+
+
 def test_tabs_list_with_explicit_browser_does_not_show_browser_column():
     with patch(
         "browser_cli.commands.tabs.active_browser_targets",