Enables automation and interaction with Android applications through accessibility trees and screenshots, supporting both emulators and physical Android devices.
Enables searching for events, registering, and RSVP'ing to events on the Eventbrite platform.
Enables sending emails and sharing content through the Gmail email service.
Enables automation and interaction with iOS applications through accessibility trees and screenshots, supporting both simulators and physical iOS devices.
Enables sending messages and content through the Slack collaboration platform.
Allows searching, reading, highlighting, commenting on, and saving Substack articles.
Enables sending messages and content through the Telegram messaging platform.
Allows interaction with WhatsApp for sending messages and sharing content with contacts.
Allows scheduling meetings and sharing invitations through the Zoom video conferencing platform.
Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Mobile Next MCP open the Settings app on my connected Android device"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables scalable mobile automation, development through a platform-agnostic interface, eliminating the need for distinct iOS or Android knowledge. You can run it on emulators, simulators, and physical devices (iOS and Android). This server allows Agents and LLMs to interact with native iOS/Android applications and devices through structured accessibility snapshots or coordinate-based taps based on screenshots.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c4e89c4f-cc71-4424-8184-bdbc8c638fa1
Join us on our journey as we continuously enhance Mobile MCP! Check out our detailed roadmap to see upcoming features, improvements, and milestones. Your feedback is invaluable in shaping the future of mobile automation.
How we help to scale mobile automation:
📲 Native app automation (iOS and Android) for testing or data-entry scenarios.
📝 Scripted flows and form interactions without manually controlling simulators/emulators or physical devices (iPhone, Samsung, Google Pixel etc)
🧭 Automating multi-step user journeys driven by an LLM
👆 General-purpose mobile application interaction for agent-based frameworks
🤖 Enables agent-to-agent communication for mobile automation usecases, data extraction
🚀 Fast and lightweight: Uses native accessibility trees for most interactions, or screenshot based coordinates where a11y labels are not available.
🤖 LLM-friendly: No computer vision model required in Accessibility (Snapshot).
🧿 Visual Sense: Evaluates and analyses what’s actually rendered on screen to decide the next action. If accessibility data or view-hierarchy coordinates are unavailable, it falls back to screenshot-based analysis.
📊 Deterministic tool application: Reduces ambiguity found in purely screenshot-based approaches by relying on structured data whenever possible.
📺 Extract structured data: Enables you to extract structred data from anything visible on screen.
Related MCP server: Playwright MCP
More details in our wiki page for setup, configuration and debugging related questions.
Setup our MCP with Cline, Cursor, Claude, VS Code, Github Copilot:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mobile-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@mobilenext/mobile-mcp@latest"]
}
}
}
Cline: To setup Cline, just add the json above to your MCP settings file. More in our wiki
claude mcp add mobile -- npx -y @mobilenext/mobile-mcp@latestAfter adding the MCP server to your IDE/Client, you can instruct your AI assistant to use the available tools. For example, in Cursor's agent mode, you could use the prompts below to quickly validate, test and iterate on UI intereactions, read information from screen, go through complex workflows. Be descriptive, straight to the point.
You can specifiy detailed workflows in a single prompt, verify business logic, setup automations. You can go crazy:
Search for a video, comment, like and share it.
Find the video called " Beginner Recipe for Tonkotsu Ramen" by Way of
Ramen, click on like video, after liking write a comment " this was
delicious, will make it next Friday", share the video with the first
contact in your whatsapp list.Download a successful step counter app, register, setup workout and 5-star the app
Find and Download a free "Pomodoro" app that has more than 1k stars.
Launch the app, register with my email, after registration find how to
start a pomodoro timer. When the pomodoro timer started, go back to the
app store and rate the app 5 stars, and leave a comment how useful the
app is.Search in Substack, read, highlight, comment and save an article
Open Substack website, search for "Latest trends in AI automation 2025",
open the first article, highlight the section titled "Emerging AI trends",
and save article to reading list for later review, comment a random
paragraph summary.Reserve a workout class, set timer
Open ClassPass, search for yoga classes tomorrow morning within 2 miles,
book the highest-rated class at 7 AM, confirm reservation,
setup a timer for the booked slot in the phoneFind a local event, setup calendar event
Open Eventbrite, search for AI startup meetup events happening this
weekend in "Austin, TX", select the most popular one, register and RSVP
yes to the event, setup a calendar event as a reminder.Check weather forecast and send a Whatsapp/Telegram/Slack message
Open Weather app, check tomorrow's weather forecast for "Berlin", and
send the summary via Whatsapp/Telegram/Slack to contact "Lauren Trown",
thumbs up their response.Schedule a meeting in Zoom and share invite via email
Open Zoom app, schedule a meeting titled "AI Hackathon" for tomorrow at
10AM with a duration of 1 hour, copy the invitation link, and send it via
Gmail to contacts "team@example.com".More prompt examples can be found here.
What you will need to connect MCP with your agent and mobile devices:
node.js v22+
MCP supported foundational models or agents, like Claude MCP, OpenAI Agent SDK, Copilot Studio
When launched, Mobile MCP can connect to:
iOS Simulators on macOS/Linux
Android Emulators on Linux/Windows/macOS
Physical iOS or Android devices (requires proper platform tools and drivers)
Make sure you have your mobile platform SDKs (Xcode, Android SDK) installed and configured properly before running Mobile Next Mobile MCP.
When you do not have a physical phone connected to your machine, you can run Mobile MCP with an emulator or simulator in the background.
For example, on Android:
Start an emulator (avdmanager / emulator command).
Run Mobile MCP with the desired flags
On iOS, you'll need Xcode and to run the Simulator before using Mobile MCP with that simulator instance.
xcrun simctl list
xcrun simctl boot "iPhone 16"
Click on the screen at given x,y coordinates. If clicking on an element, use the list_elements_on_screen tool to find the coordinates.
Inputs: device (required), x (required), y (required).
Double-tap on the screen at given x,y coordinates.
Inputs: device (required), x (required), y (required).
Get the current screen orientation of the device
Inputs: device (required).
Get the screen size of the mobile device in pixels
Inputs: device (required).
Install an app on mobile device
Inputs: device (required), path (required).
Launch an app on mobile device. Use this to open a specific app. You can find the package name of the app by calling list_apps_on_device.
Inputs: device (required), packageName (required).
List all the installed apps on the device
Inputs: device (required).
List all available devices. This includes both physical devices and simulators. If there is more than one device returned, you need to let the user select one of them.
Inputs: noParams (required).
List elements on screen and their coordinates, with display text or accessibility label. Do not cache this result.
Inputs: device (required).
Long press on the screen at given x,y coordinates. If long pressing on an element, use the list_elements_on_screen tool to find the coordinates.
Inputs: device (required), x (required), y (required), duration.
Open a URL in browser on device
Inputs: device (required), url (required).
Press a button on device
Inputs: device (required), button (required).
Save a screenshot of the mobile device to a file
Inputs: device (required), saveTo (required).
Change the screen orientation of the device
Inputs: device (required), orientation (required).
Swipe on the screen
Inputs: device (required), direction (required), x, y, +1 more.
Take a screenshot of the mobile device. Use this to understand what's on screen, if you need to press an element that is available through view hierarchy then you must list elements on screen instead. Do not cache this result.
Inputs: device (required).
Stop and terminate an app on mobile device
Inputs: device (required), packageName (required).
Type text into the focused element
Inputs: device (required), text (required), submit (required).
Uninstall an app from mobile device
Inputs: device (required), bundle_id (required).
Recent tool additions, removals, and schema changes observed during successful MCP inspections.
Loading tool schema changelog…
Scored across 19 tools
Every tool has a clearly distinct purpose with no ambiguity; actions like click, double-tap, long press, swipe, and type are well-differentiated, and resource targets (e.g., apps, screen, orientation) are specific. The descriptions provide clear guidance on when to use each tool, preventing misselection.
All tool names follow a consistent 'mobile_verb_noun' pattern with snake_case throughout, such as mobile_click_on_screen_at_coordinates and mobile_list_apps. This predictability makes the set easy to navigate and understand at a glance.
With 19 tools, the count is well-scoped for mobile device automation, covering essential actions like interaction, app management, and device control. Each tool earns its place by addressing a specific need without redundancy, fitting the domain's complexity appropriately.
The toolset provides complete coverage for mobile automation, including CRUD-like operations for apps (install, launch, terminate, uninstall), screen interaction (click, swipe, type), device management (orientation, screen size), and diagnostics (screenshot, element listing). No obvious gaps exist for core workflows.
A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to interact with yo…
Melaya is a remote MCP server. It gives an assistant hands on your own Android phone and browser: it reads the screen through the accessibility tree, then taps, types and navigates inside the apps and sites you allow-list, with no per-app API. It also builds, schedules and runs agent pipelines across 6k+ connected tools. OAuth 2.1, nothing to install.
Let AI agents control Android and iOS devices on Mobilerun Cloud: screen, input, apps, workflows.
A Model Context Protocol server for Wix AI tools
