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AOSP Platform Builder MCP

by goyaljai

AOSP Platform Builder MCP

MCP server that connects to a GCP-hosted AOSP build VM via IAP tunnel, uploads APKs as privileged system apps, and builds system.img.

Project Structure

aosp-platform-builder-mcp/
├── connection.json          ← Your GCP/AOSP config (edit this)
├── .env.example
├── pyproject.toml
├── requirements.txt
├── skills.md                ← Exhaustive Claude skill definition
├── README.md
└── src/
    ├── server.py            ← MCP server (8 tools)
    ├── tools/
    │   ├── gcp.py           ← connect_gcp
    │   ├── apk.py           ← upload_apk
    │   ├── module.py        ← create_priv_app_module
    │   ├── config.py        ← patch_product_config
    │   └── build.py         ← run_lunch, build_systemimage,
    │                           stream_build_logs, exec_remote
    └── utils/
        ├── config.py        ← Loads connection.json
        ├── shell.py         ← Local command execution
        ├── ssh.py           ← gcloud compute ssh/scp (IAP)
        └── validation.py    ← Input sanitization

Related MCP server: MCP GCP DevOps

Setup

# 1. Install
cd aosp-platform-builder-mcp
pip install -e .

# 2. Authenticate
gcloud auth login

# 3. Edit connection.json with your details (pre-filled for current setup)

# 4. Register with Claude Code — add to ~/.claude/settings.json:
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aosp-platform-builder": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "src.server"],
      "cwd": "/Users/jai.goyal/aosp-platform-builder-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Current Configuration

Setting

Value

GCP Project

glancecdn-sandbox-c32a

Zone

asia-south1-c

VM

aosp-build-vm-replica-1

SSH User

jai.goyal

IAP Tunnel

enabled

AOSP Root

/home/jai.goyal/a16

Lunch Target

aosp_arm64-bp2a-userdebug

Build Command

make -j96

Output

out/target/product/generic_arm64/system.img

Usage

User: "connect and upload my apk and add this apk as a priv-app"

Claude:
  1. Asks for APK path
  2. connect_gcp       → auth + start VM + test SSH
  3. upload_apk        → validate + scp + extract package name
  4. create_priv_app_module → Android.bp in vendor/glance/priv-app/
  5. patch_product_config   → PRODUCT_PACKAGES += Module
  6. run_lunch              → lunch aosp_arm64-bp2a-userdebug
  7. build_systemimage      → make -j96
  8. Returns system.img path
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