diff --git a/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/build.py b/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/build.py
index 3e18535268..33b8346f10 100644
--- a/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/build.py
+++ b/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/build.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def __init__(self, filename: str, *args, **kwargs):
         self._filename = pathlib.Path(filename).resolve()
 
     def list_commands(self, ctx):
-        entities = get_entities_in_file(self._filename.__str__())
+        entities = get_entities_in_file(self._filename.__str__(), False)
         return entities.all()
 
     def get_command(self, ctx, exe_entity):
diff --git a/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/constants.py b/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/constants.py
index 67391abb4d..8059d4d14d 100644
--- a/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/constants.py
+++ b/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/constants.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 CTX_MODULE = "module"
 CTX_VERBOSE = "verbose"
 CTX_COPY_ALL = "copy_all"
+CTX_FILE_NAME = "file_name"
 
 
 project_option = _click.option(
diff --git a/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/run.py b/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/run.py
index 336ffbdad6..3753b237f9 100644
--- a/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/run.py
+++ b/flytekit/clis/sdk_in_container/run.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     CTX_CONFIG_FILE,
     CTX_COPY_ALL,
     CTX_DOMAIN,
+    CTX_FILE_NAME,
     CTX_MODULE,
     CTX_PROJECT,
     CTX_PROJECT_ROOT,
@@ -626,7 +627,7 @@ def all(self) -> typing.List[str]:
         return e
 
 
-def get_entities_in_file(filename: str) -> Entities:
+def get_entities_in_file(filename: pathlib.Path, should_delete: bool) -> Entities:
     """
     Returns a list of flyte workflow names and list of Flyte tasks in a file.
     """
@@ -646,6 +647,8 @@ def get_entities_in_file(filename: str) -> Entities:
         elif isinstance(o, PythonTask):
             tasks.append(name)
 
+    if should_delete and os.path.exists(filename):
+        os.remove(filename)
     return Entities(workflows, tasks)
 
 
@@ -666,6 +669,8 @@ def _run(*args, **kwargs):
         if not ctx.obj[REMOTE_FLAG_KEY]:
             output = entity(**inputs)
             click.echo(output)
+            if ctx.obj[RUN_LEVEL_PARAMS_KEY].get(CTX_FILE_NAME):
+                os.remove(ctx.obj[RUN_LEVEL_PARAMS_KEY].get(CTX_FILE_NAME))
             return
 
         remote = ctx.obj[FLYTE_REMOTE_INSTANCE_KEY]
@@ -711,6 +716,9 @@ def _run(*args, **kwargs):
         if run_level_params.get("dump_snippet"):
             dump_flyte_remote_snippet(execution, project, domain)
 
+        if ctx.obj[RUN_LEVEL_PARAMS_KEY].get(CTX_FILE_NAME):
+            os.remove(ctx.obj[RUN_LEVEL_PARAMS_KEY].get(CTX_FILE_NAME))
+
     return _run
 
 
@@ -721,10 +729,19 @@ class WorkflowCommand(click.RichGroup):
 
     def __init__(self, filename: str, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self._filename = pathlib.Path(filename).resolve()
+
+        ctx = context_manager.FlyteContextManager.current_context()
+        if ctx.file_access.is_remote(filename):
+            local_path = os.path.join(os.path.curdir, filename.rsplit("/", 1)[1])
+            ctx.file_access.download(filename, local_path)
+            self._filename = pathlib.Path(local_path).resolve()
+            self._should_delete = True
+        else:
+            self._filename = pathlib.Path(filename).resolve()
+            self._should_delete = False
 
     def list_commands(self, ctx):
-        entities = get_entities_in_file(self._filename)
+        entities = get_entities_in_file(self._filename, self._should_delete)
         return entities.all()
 
     def get_command(self, ctx, exe_entity):
@@ -754,7 +771,8 @@ def get_command(self, ctx, exe_entity):
 
         ctx.obj[RUN_LEVEL_PARAMS_KEY][CTX_PROJECT_ROOT] = project_root
         ctx.obj[RUN_LEVEL_PARAMS_KEY][CTX_MODULE] = module
-
+        if self._should_delete:
+            ctx.obj[RUN_LEVEL_PARAMS_KEY][CTX_FILE_NAME] = self._filename
         entity = load_naive_entity(module, exe_entity, project_root)
 
         # If this is a remote execution, which we should know at this point, then create the remote object
diff --git a/tests/flytekit/unit/cli/pyflyte/test_run.py b/tests/flytekit/unit/cli/pyflyte/test_run.py
index e33aeebe56..6629eb245b 100644
--- a/tests/flytekit/unit/cli/pyflyte/test_run.py
+++ b/tests/flytekit/unit/cli/pyflyte/test_run.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 from flytekit.remote import FlyteRemote
 
 WORKFLOW_FILE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "workflow.py")
+REMOTE_WORKFLOW_FILE = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flyteorg/flytesnacks/8337b64b33df046b2f6e4cba03c74b7bdc0c4fb1/cookbook/core/flyte_basics/basic_workflow.py"
 IMPERATIVE_WORKFLOW_FILE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "imperative_wf.py")
 DIR_NAME = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
@@ -77,6 +78,16 @@ def test_copy_all_files():
     assert result.exit_code == 0
 
 
+def test_remote_files():
+    runner = CliRunner()
+    result = runner.invoke(
+        pyflyte.main,
+        ["run", REMOTE_WORKFLOW_FILE, "my_wf", "--a", "1", "--b", "Hello"],
+        catch_exceptions=False,
+    )
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+
+
 def test_pyflyte_run_cli():
     runner = CliRunner()
     parquet_file = os.path.join(DIR_NAME, "testdata/df.parquet")
@@ -181,7 +192,7 @@ def test_union_type_with_invalid_input():
 
 
 def test_get_entities_in_file():
-    e = get_entities_in_file(WORKFLOW_FILE)
+    e = get_entities_in_file(WORKFLOW_FILE, False)
     assert e.workflows == ["my_wf"]
     assert e.tasks == ["get_subset_df", "print_all", "show_sd", "test_union1", "test_union2"]
     assert e.all() == ["my_wf", "get_subset_df", "print_all", "show_sd", "test_union1", "test_union2"]