CodeDroid MCP

Let Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, or any MCP client use your Android phone. Read the screen, interact with apps, take screenshots, and test what you build through CodeDroid. Your phone and computer can be on different networks.

Get started

You'll need Node.js 20+ and CodeDroid on your Android phone, signed in with its accessibility service enabled. Both devices need internet access.

1. Install for your coding client

Claude Code — run inside Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add codedroid-team/codedroid-mcp
/plugin install codedroid@codedroid

Codex — run in your terminal:

codex plugin marketplace add codedroid-team/codedroid-mcp
codex plugin add codedroid@codedroid

Gemini CLI — run in your terminal:

gemini extensions install https://github.com/codedroid-team/codedroid-mcp

Each installation includes the MCP server and skills for phone control and Android app testing. Restart your coding client after installing.

Using another client? See manual MCP setup.

2. Pair your phone

1. Open CodeDroid → Settings → Computers → Pair a computer on your phone.

2. Run the command shown there in your computer's terminal. For example:

   npx -y @codedroid/mcp pair ABCD-EFGH

3. Tap Allow on your phone when prompted.

Use the command exactly as shown. Pairing codes expire after 10 minutes and work once.

3. Ask your agent

Read the screen on my phone and describe what is open.

Then try:

• “Open Android Settings and check the Android version.”

• “Open my app, navigate to sign-in, and take a screenshot.”

• “Install this APK, launch it, and check for crashes.”*

*Installing APKs and using adb also requires turning the adb tool on, Android platform-tools, and a USB or wireless debugging connection. See adb setup.

Related MCP server: phone-control

What it includes

• MCP tools to read the screen, take screenshots, tap, type, swipe, open apps, and hand CodeDroid's agent a multi-step task, on one phone or several. See the tool list.

• Skills: codedroid-phone teaches the agent to drive the phone one checked step at a time, and test-on-device walks it through building, installing, and verifying an Android app change.

• An optional adb tool, off by default, that runs adb commands on your computer.

Privacy and security

The plugin runs npx -y @codedroid/mcp@<version>, which downloads this exact release from npm and starts a local MCP server. Everything it sends goes over TLS to the CodeDroid server, orchestrator.codedroid.com unless the pairing command shown on your phone names another:

• Pairing sends the one-time code, your computer's name, and its OS (for example darwin), so the phone can show which computer is connected.

• Tool calls are relayed between your agent and the phone: screen contents, screenshots, text you ask it to type, clipboard reads and writes, and task progress. The phone asks you to Allow a computer the first time, shows when one is in use, and can stop or revoke it.

The local server listens on 127.0.0.1 only and requires a per-user token. Pairing credentials, the token, and logs stay in ~/.codedroid on your computer. The adb tool runs only on your computer and is off unless you turn it on. The plugin collects no analytics. See Architecture for details.

Need help?

Check your connection:

npx -y @codedroid/mcp status

Manage or revoke computer access in CodeDroid → Settings → Computers.

See the reference guide for tools, manual setup, configuration, troubleshooting, and development.

License

MIT © 2026 CodeDroid