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RN Agent Observer

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RN Agent Observer 2.4.0 es un puente de observabilidad de runtime local para React Native/Expo. La herramienta usa un mismo núcleo TypeScript para CLI y MCP, controla Android a través de ADB/UIAutomator, recibe telemetría de la instrumentación de desarrollo, exporta perfiles de consola/excepciones/heap/CPU de JS mediante el Chrome DevTools Protocol de Metro, captura tráfico de red por petición sin instrumentación, genera comprensión de pantalla con estado/titular/acciones/hallazgos de UI para el agente, proporciona refs de snapshot estables por sesión + diff + replay de auto-grabación, graba vídeo de pantalla, guarda la sesión en SQLite y mantiene imágenes/trazas/árbol de UI como artefactos en disco.

La versión actual completa Android v1 en Windows: 45 herramientas MCP, CLI correspondiente, demo Expo con laboratorios deterministas, diagnóstico heurístico transparente y comparación de imágenes + estructura de UI.

Requisitos

  • Node.js 22.12 o superior

  • pnpm 9.6

  • Android Platform Tools (adb)

  • Emulador de Android o dispositivo físico con depuración USB habilitada

  • Compilación de desarrollo de Expo si se necesita telemetría específica de la aplicación

Related MCP server: React Native MCP Server

Inicio rápido

pnpm install
pnpm check
adb devices -l
pnpm rn-observe --help
pnpm mcp:check

Apunta el observer a tu app de Expo/React Native:

$env:RN_OBSERVER_PROJECT_ROOT = 'C:\path\to\expo-app'
$env:RN_OBSERVER_DEVICE_ID = 'emulator-5554'
# Có thể bỏ qua nếu app.json chứa expo.android.package
$env:RN_OBSERVER_APP_ID = 'com.example.app'

pnpm rn-observe launch
pnpm rn-observe observe
pnpm rn-observe understand-screen
pnpm rn-observe ui-model
pnpm rn-observe tap --test-id buy-button
pnpm rn-observe performance
pnpm rn-observe diagnose

Los artefactos y los datos de SQLite se crean en <projectRoot>/.artifacts/; los binarios grandes nunca se incrustan en las respuestas de MCP.

Demo determinista

pnpm --filter @rn-agent-observer/demo-expo android -- --device <device-name>

La demo incluye PerformanceLab, NetworkLab, RenderLab, AnimationLab, ErrorLab y VisualLab. NetworkLab usa fixtures internos (0/500/2000ms y 503) por lo que no depende de servicios de Internet. PerformanceLab reporta con precisión su tarea JS larga de 100ms mediante instrumentación.

MCP

pnpm mcp:check
pnpm mcp:start

El servidor usa stdio. La configuración del cliente y la lista de las 45 herramientas están en docs/protocol.md.

Integración para agentes de IA

Hay 3 formas para que un agente (OpenCode/Claude Code/Cursor/Codex...) use el observer:

1. Servidor MCP (recomendado — herramientas estructuradas)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rn-agent-observer": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "C:\\abs\\rn-agent-observer\\packages\\mcp-server\\dist\\server.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RN_OBSERVER_PROJECT_ROOT": "C:\\path\\to\\expo-app",
        "RN_OBSERVER_DEVICE_ID": "emulator-5554"
      }
    }
  }
}

2. Instalar como skill (enseña al agente el flujo de depuración mediante comandos)

npx skills add GinzaTech/rn-agent-observer

La skill está en skills/rn-agent-observer/SKILL.md — enseña al agente el ciclo observe -> understand-screen -> reproduce -> diagnose -> fix -> understand-screen -> compare, cómo leer las métricas con honestidad y manejar errores comunes. Después de instalarla, basta con decir "depurar la app X que va lenta" y el agente sabrá usar rn-observe.

3. AGENTS.md (si el agente trabaja directamente en este repo) — ya está en la raíz del repo; los agentes lo leen automáticamente.

Las 3 formas se pueden usar a la vez: la skill/AGENTS.md enseña el workflow, MCP proporciona herramientas llamables directamente.

Documentación

Límites actuales

  • Android/Windows es el único objetivo compatible de Observer 2.4.0.

  • ADB no tiene una señal de JS FPS confiable; el campo se devuelve como available: false — los valores nunca se adivinan.

  • El bloqueo de JS, la ruta, los renders de React y los metadatos de red requieren instrumentación de desarrollo dentro de la app.

  • Las funciones de DevTools vía CDP (devtools-export, devtools-profile) y el tráfico de red por petición (metro-network) requieren Metro en ejecución y la app conectada a Metro (adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081); no se pueden usar mientras otra sesión de React Native DevTools mantenga la conexión.

  • reload --fast usa CDP Page.reload (solo JS); recurre automáticamente a force-stop cuando Metro no está disponible.

  • App sin instrumentación: usa metro-network (CDP), app-state (actividad en primer plano, PID) y device-network (contadores de bytes a nivel de dispositivo, no atribuidos a la app) como evidencia de respaldo.

  • record (screenrecord) está limitado a 180s por clip por Android.

  • El trazado de Perfetto está soportado en Android; el análisis profundo de trazas sigue en Perfetto UI/Android Studio.

  • Los comandos CDP se ponen en cola entre procesos; React Native DevTools externo debe cerrarse porque no usa el bloqueo del observer.

  • session stop genera automáticamente un replay; los refs de sesión sobreviven a reordenamientos/scroll; las sesiones faltantes producen EVIDENCE_NOT_RECORDED.

  • understand-screen/MCP understand_screen devuelve la ruta instrumentada cuando está disponible, el estado de pantalla, el titular, las referencias de texto/acciones, los hallazgos de UI y la evidencia de captura/árbol de UI; las llamadas repetidas detectan cargas sin cambios. La clasificación es heurística y los valores de los campos de texto siempre se redactan.

  • ui-model/MCP runtime_ui_model analiza TSX con el AST de TypeScript para obtener el componente + file:line, y luego lo correlaciona con la instrumentación y el árbol nativo. El resultado distingue rendered, visible/offscreen/hidden/unmounted/flattened-or-unobserved, enabled y canPress con su razón.

  • El plugin de Babel solo para desarrollo añade automáticamente un testID derivado del código fuente y envuelve onPress; session stop recopila interacciones start/success/error y promueve los taps con testID al replay. Los argumentos de handler, las props y los valores de entrada nunca se registran.

  • El observer no captura el cuerpo de la red por defecto. La opción de solo desarrollo usa listas blancas fail-closed y debe limitarse solo a fixtures de desarrollo.


RN Agent Observer (English)

RN Agent Observer 2.4.0 is a local runtime observability bridge for React Native/Expo. It uses one shared TypeScript core behind both a CLI and an MCP server, drives Android through ADB/UIAutomator, receives telemetry from development instrumentation, exports console/exceptions/heap/JS CPU profiles through Metro's Chrome DevTools Protocol, captures per-request network traffic without app instrumentation, produces structured screen understanding (state/headline/actions/UI findings) for agents, provides session-stable ref snapshots + diffs + automatically recorded replay scripts, records on-screen video, persists sessions in SQLite, and keeps screenshots/traces/UI trees as on-disk artifacts.

The current release completes Android v1 on Windows: 45 MCP tools, the matching CLI, an Expo demo app with deterministic labs, transparent heuristic diagnosis, and pixel + structural UI comparison.

Requirements

  • Node.js 22.12 or newer

  • pnpm 9.6

  • Android Platform Tools (adb)

  • An Android emulator or physical device with USB debugging enabled

  • An Expo development build if you need app-specific telemetry

Quick Start

pnpm install
pnpm check
adb devices -l
pnpm rn-observe --help
pnpm mcp:check

Point the observer at your Expo/React Native app:

$env:RN_OBSERVER_PROJECT_ROOT = 'C:\path\to\expo-app'
$env:RN_OBSERVER_DEVICE_ID = 'emulator-5554'
# Optional when app.json contains expo.android.package
$env:RN_OBSERVER_APP_ID = 'com.example.app'

pnpm rn-observe launch
pnpm rn-observe observe
pnpm rn-observe understand-screen
pnpm rn-observe ui-model
pnpm rn-observe tap --test-id buy-button
pnpm rn-observe performance
pnpm rn-observe diagnose

Artifacts and SQLite data are created under <projectRoot>/.artifacts/; large binaries are never embedded in MCP responses.

Deterministic demo

pnpm --filter @rn-agent-observer/demo-expo android -- --device <device-name>

The demo ships PerformanceLab, NetworkLab, RenderLab, AnimationLab, ErrorLab, and VisualLab. NetworkLab uses internal fixtures (0/500/2000ms and HTTP 503) so it never depends on Internet services. PerformanceLab reports its intentional 100ms long JS task precisely through instrumentation.

MCP

pnpm mcp:check
pnpm mcp:start

The server speaks stdio. Client configuration and the full list of 45 tools are documented in docs/protocol.md.

Documentation

AI agent integration

Three ways for agents (OpenCode/Claude Code/Cursor/Codex...) to use the observer:

1. MCP server (recommended — structured tools)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rn-agent-observer": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "C:\\abs\\rn-agent-observer\\packages\\mcp-server\\dist\\server.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RN_OBSERVER_PROJECT_ROOT": "C:\\path\\to\\expo-app",
        "RN_OBSERVER_DEVICE_ID": "emulator-5554"
      }
    }
  }
}

2. Install as a skill (teaches the agent the debugging workflow via CLI)

npx skills add GinzaTech/rn-agent-observer

The skill lives at skills/rn-agent-observer/SKILL.md — it teaches the observe -> understand-screen -> reproduce -> diagnose -> fix -> understand-screen -> compare loop, how to read metrics honestly, and common failure recovery. After installing, just say "app X feels laggy" and the agent knows to reach for rn-observe.

3. AGENTS.md (when the agent works inside this repo) — already present at the repo root; agents read it automatically.

All three can be combined: the skill/AGENTS.md teach the workflow, MCP provides directly callable tools.

Current boundary

  • Android/Windows is the only supported target of Observer 2.4.0.

  • ADB has no trustworthy JS FPS signal; the field is returned as available: false — values are never guessed.

  • JS blocking, route, React renders, and network metadata require development instrumentation inside the app.

  • CDP features (devtools-export, devtools-profile, metro-network) need Metro running for the right app and the app connected to it (adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081); they cannot attach while another React Native DevTools session holds the connection.

  • reload --fast uses CDP Page.reload (JS-only) and automatically falls back to force-stop when Metro is unavailable.

  • Observer CDP commands queue across processes; external React Native DevTools must still be closed because it does not participate in the observer lock.

  • session stop automatically writes a replay, session refs survive reorder/scroll, and missing sessions produce EVIDENCE_NOT_RECORDED.

  • understand-screen/MCP understand_screen returns the instrumented route when available, screen state, headline, text/action refs, UI findings, and screenshot/UI-tree evidence; repeated calls detect unchanged loading. Classification is heuristic and text-field values are always redacted.

  • ui-model/MCP runtime_ui_model parses TSX with the TypeScript AST for component + file:line, then correlates source with instrumentation and the native tree. It distinguishes rendered, visible/off-screen/hidden/unmounted/flattened-or-unobserved, enabled, and evidence-backed canPress states.

  • The development-only Babel plugin injects a source-derived testID and wraps onPress; session stop collects interaction start/success/error and promotes testID taps into replay. Handler arguments, props, and input values are never recorded.

  • Network body capture is off by default. Development-only opt-in uses fail-closed allowlists and should still be limited to fixtures.

  • Apps without instrumentation: use metro-network (CDP), app-state (foreground activity, PID), and device-network (device-level byte counters, not app-attributed) as fallback evidence.

  • record (screenrecord) is limited to 180s per clip by Android.

  • Perfetto tracing is supported on Android; deep trace analysis remains in Perfetto UI/Android Studio.

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