Give Claude Code an Android phone (MCP).

Key moments

  1. 0:05 Claude Code gets a task in an app with no API
  2. 0:10 One command starts a cloud Android phone
  3. 0:13 It reads the screen as text, not pixels
  4. 0:19 It taps and types like a person
  5. 0:28 A person takes over from the live view
  6. 0:33 The phone parks itself, still signed in
  7. 0:38 Any agent: the Android MCP server, CLI, SDK or REST

Transcript

0:00 Claude Code just got its own Android phone.

0:02 Here's how to give Claude Code an Android phone, with Phonebox.

0:06 I ask it to reorder stock, in an app with no API.

0:09 One command starts a real cloud Android phone.

0:13 It reads the screen as text, not pixels. Every button, numbered.

0:18 Then it taps and types, like a person.

0:22 Reorder. Six crates of oat milk. Place order.

0:26 Done. Order placed.

0:28 Need a human for a login code? Take over live, then hand it back.

0:32 When it's finished, the phone parks itself. Still signed in, and free while parked.

0:37 It works with Claude Code, Codex or Cursor,

0:41 through the Android MCP server, the CLI, the SDK, or REST.

0:47 No emulator. Nothing to install.

0:49 Cloud phones for AI agents. phonebox.dev

Try it yourself

Paste Read https://phonebox.dev/setup.md and set me up with Phonebox into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor. Then read give your coding agent an Android device, the Android MCP server guide, or cloud phones for AI agents.

Watch on YouTube.

The app in the video, Dockside Supply, is a sample app built for the demo. The phone, the commands and their output come from a real Phonebox run.

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