Ghost in the Droid
local MCP serverGhost in the Droid is a local MCP server: Give any LLM agent a real Android or iPhone as its body. 62 MCP tools for mobile automation. Install it from pypi as ghost-in-the-droid.
Installation
Terminal
claude mcp add android-agent -- uvx ghost-in-the-droid
Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.
Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients
Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"android-agent": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"ghost-in-the-droid"
]
}
}
}What you need
- Runtime: Python with uv (runs with uvx).
- MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
Summary
Give any LLM agent a real Android or iPhone as its body. 62 MCP tools for mobile automation.
Ghost in the Droid vs similar servers
| Server | Stars | Type | API key | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost in the Droid | 368 | Local | No | pypi |
| mobile-mcp | 8,023 | Local | No | npm |
| agent-device | 4,793 | Local | No | npm |
| mobai-mcp | 249 | Local | No | npm |
| three.ws Avatars & Agents | 218 | Hosted | No | None |
Questions
No. The registry entry lists no keys or environment variables.
Python with uv (runs with uvx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.
Ghost in the Droid is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package ghost-in-the-droid.
Run: claude mcp add android-agent -- uvx ghost-in-the-droid
Run: codex mcp add android-agent -- uvx ghost-in-the-droid
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