ADB MCP Server

Inspect, manage, debug, and run commands on connected Android devices and emulators — through natural language.

Demo

Related MCP server: Enhanced ADB MCP Server

Supported Features

📱 Devices & Networking

Manage connection, state, and port-forwarding rules of connected devices.

Discovery — List connected devices and emulators with models, products, and connection details.

Wi-Fi Connections — Connect and disconnect devices over TCP/IP (Wi-Fi).

State & Reboot — Check online/offline states and reboot into recovery or bootloader modes.

Privilege Control — Restart the ADB daemon with or without root privileges (adb root).

Port Forwarding — Forward local host ports to the device (forward_port) or reverse ports from the device to the host (reverse_port), critical for bundlers like React Native Metro.

📦 Apps

Install, run, and manage application packages.

Install / Uninstall — Install APKs from the host (supporting reinstall and downgrade flags) and uninstall packages.

List & Filter — List installed packages on the device, filtered by system, third-party, enabled, or disabled categories.

Application Control — Launch apps (either directly using a main activity path or triggering launcher intents) and force-stop packages.

Permissions — Grant or revoke runtime permissions dynamically on the fly.

📂 File Transfer

Move files to and from the Android filesystem.

Push — Copy local host files or folders onto the device.

Pull — Retrieve files or folders from the device filesystem back to the host.

📋 Logs & Diagnostics

Access debugging logs and capture device media.

Logcat Logs — Dump snapshots of recent system logs with custom limits and logcat tag/level filter criteria.

Clear Logs — Flush logcat buffers before running tests.

Screenshots — Capture device screen and return it directly as a renderable PNG image to the MCP client, or save it to a host path.

Screen Recording — Record screen videos as MP4 files (1 to 180 seconds) and pull them directly to the host machine.

Diagnostics — Run dumpsys diagnostics for any service (battery, cpuinfo, window) and read system properties (getprop).

UI Hierarchy — Dump screen layout tree XMLs (dump_ui_hierarchy) using uiautomator to allow the AI to inspect and locate on-screen components.

Performance — Read app memory RAM statistics (get_app_memory) and live device CPU load stats (get_cpu_usage).

🖱️ User Input Simulation

Automate actions and simulate user interactions on the screen.

Taps & Swipes — Tap coordinates (tap_screen) and perform swipes or drag-gestures (swipe_screen).

Hardware Buttons — Simulate hardware key presses (BACK, HOME, POWER, MENU, VOLUME) using send_keyevent.

Text Input — Type strings directly into focused input fields (type_text) with automatic space-escaping.

🗄️ Database & Storage Tools

Inspect SQLite database states and app configurations.

Database Diagnostics — Dump database statistics, open connections, query caches, and memory details using dumpsys dbinfo.

SQLite Queries — Run SQL commands (e.g. SELECT, .tables, .schema) directly on an app's sandboxed databases using run-as (requires a debuggable app or rooted environment, runs safely without host command injection).

Shared Preferences — List preferences files (list_shared_preferences) and read preference XML contents (get_shared_preferences) inside sandboxed apps.

⚙️ Raw Execution

Run low-level commands that are not exposed as high-level tools.

Raw ADB — Execute arbitrary ADB arguments as safe process argument arrays.

Device Shell — Run arbitrary shell commands directly inside the device.

Quick Start

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adb": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "adb-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

Ensure adb is installed on your machine and available in your shell PATH.

Setup Instructions

Claude Desktop

Config file path:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adb": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "adb-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

Antigravity (Google AI IDE)

Config file path:

• macOS/Linux: ~/.gemini/config/mcp_config.json

Add the server to your mcp_config.json under the mcpServers block:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adb": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "adb-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

Alternatively, configure via the UI:

1. Open the Agent Panel in the top right.

2. Select Manage MCP Servers or go to Settings → Customizations.

3. Add a custom MCP server:

   • Command: npx

   • Arguments: -y adb-mcp-server

Cursor

1. Open Settings → Features → MCP

2. Click + Add New MCP Server

3. Set:

   • Name: adb

   • Type: command

   • Command: npx -y adb-mcp-server

Windsurf

Config file: ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adb": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "adb-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code (Cline / Roo Code)

Config file path:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adb": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "adb-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (CLI)

claude mcp add npx -- -y adb-mcp-server

Example Prompts

List all connected Android devices. What are their model names?

Take a screenshot of my connected emulator and show it to me.

Install the app APK located at /Users/user/Downloads/app.apk and start its main activity.

Get the last 100 logcat lines from my device. Filter logs by "MyReactAppName" tag.

Run "SELECT * FROM settings WHERE value = 'dark';" on the database "app_prefs.db" inside the package "com.example.myapp".

Read the shared preferences file "user_settings" for package "com.example.myapp".

Press the power button on the device using keyevent.

Reverse port 8081 for React Native Metro bundler.

Dump the layout UI hierarchy XML of the current screen to inspect the visible components.

Tap the screen at coordinates (300, 750) and then type the text "hello world" into the input.

License

MIT