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Argent

Argent is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Drive iOS Simulators, Android emulators, TVs and Electron/web apps from your coding agent. It has 2,984 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @swmansion/argent.

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Install Argent

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argent": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@swmansion/argent"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio argent -- npx -y @swmansion/argent

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argent": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@swmansion/argent"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "argent": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@swmansion/argent"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Argent

Argent gives your AI assistant direct control of iOS simulators, Android emulators and devices, TVs (Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV) and Electron/Chromium apps. Tap a button, profile a screen, reproduce a bug - without leaving the CLI.

  • agentic
  • ios
  • react-native
  • android

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What is Argent?

Argent is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Drive iOS Simulators, Android emulators, TVs and Electron/web apps from your coding agent. It has 2,984 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @swmansion/argent. The source code is at github.com/software-mansion/argent.

How do I install the Argent MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @swmansion/argent to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Argent free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Argent actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 6, 2026. The latest release is v0.27.0, published Oct 2, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.