Ghost in the Droid

Ghost in the Droid is an MCP server that gives any LLM agent a real Android or iPhone as its body. It has 400 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx ghost-in-the-droid. It works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code.

github.com/ghost-in-the-droid/android-agent (opens in a new tab)

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ghost-in-the-droid": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ghost-in-the-droid"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio ghost-in-the-droid -- uvx ghost-in-the-droid

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ghost-in-the-droid": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ghost-in-the-droid"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "ghost-in-the-droid": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ghost-in-the-droid"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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 Ghost in the Droid

Summon a ghost into your phone. It sees the screen. It taps the buttons. It never sleeps. Website · Docs · Skill Hub · Releases

adb
android
android-automation
automation
bot-framework
fastapi
mcp
open-source
phone-farm
python

Key facts

GitHub stars	400
License	MIT
Language	Python
Transport	stdio (local)
Packages	PyPI: `ghost-in-the-droid`
Auth	None declared
Works with	Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code
Latest release	v1.5.1 (Jul 31, 2026)
Last commit	Aug 13, 2026
MCP registry name	`io.github.ghost-in-the-droid/android-agent`

Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Aug 13, 2026, last release Jul 31, 2026.

Regular releases8 releases in 12 months
Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commit	Aug 13, 2026
Latest release	v1.5.1 (Jul 31, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months	8
Releases, all time	8
Open issues	3
Open pull requests	0
Good first issues	0
Contributing guide	Yes
Security policy	Yes
Created	Apr 8, 2026

Health as of Oct 26, 2026, from the GitHub API. A label describes activity, not quality or security. How we label project health · Report a data error

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