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Claude Agent SDK on Android: give Claude a phone.

The Claude Agent SDK can operate Android apps through Mobilebox. Add the hosted Mobilebox MCP server to mcpServers, allow its tools, and Claude reads a cloud phone’s screen as numbered elements, then taps, types, swipes and installs apps to finish the task.

TypeScript, 29 lines, the hosted MCP server and its 13 tools. Android and iPhone over one API.

Run it in three steps.

Your code owns the phone; the agent only drives it.

Read the quickstart
  1. 1

    Get a key

    Sign up with GitHub and create an API key in the dashboard. New accounts get $2 of credit.

  2. 2

    Install Claude Agent SDK

    npm i @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk

  3. 3

    Run the example

    node agent.ts with MOBILESANDBOX_API_KEY and ANTHROPIC_API_KEY set. It creates a phone, gives the agent one task and deletes the phone, also when the run fails.

The whole example

tools: [] turns off the built-in file and shell tools, so this agent only has the phone; allowedTools runs the Mobilebox tools without a permission prompt.

typescript · agent.ts
// Claude Agent SDK + Mobilebox: Claude drives a cloud Android phone with the Mobilebox MCP tools.
//   npm i @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk
//   MOBILESANDBOX_API_KEY=... ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=... node agent.ts
import { query } from '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk'

const API = 'https://mobilebox.dev'
const AUTH = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MOBILESANDBOX_API_KEY}` }

async function phones(method: string, path = '') { // your code owns the phone: create it, and always delete it
  const res = await fetch(`${API}/v1/phones${path}`, { method, headers: AUTH })
  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${method} /v1/phones${path}: ${res.status} ${await res.text()}`)
  return res.status === 204 ? null : res.json()
}

const phone = (await phones('POST', '?wait=ready')).id
try {
  for await (const message of query({
    prompt: 'Open Settings > Display and tell me the brightness level.',
    options: {
      systemPrompt: `You operate the Android phone ${phone} with the Mobilebox tools. ` +
        'Observe, act, and check each result on the returned screen. Don\'t create or delete phones.',
      mcpServers: { mobilebox: { type: 'http', url: `${API}/mcp`, headers: AUTH } },
      tools: [], // no built-in file or shell tools: only the phone
      allowedTools: ['mcp__mobilebox'], // every Mobilebox tool, without a permission prompt
      maxTurns: 20,
    },
  })) {
    if (message.type === 'result') console.log(message.subtype === 'success' ? message.result : message.subtype)
  }
} finally {
  await phones('DELETE', `/${phone}`)
}

Ran once against production on 5 November 2026: the agent answered “The brightness level is 83%” in 35 s, and the phone was deleted. Run log

Questions

Before you wire Claude Agent SDK to a phone.

Is this the same as Claude Code?

The Agent SDK runs the Claude Code harness as a library. In Claude Code itself one command adds the same server; see Claude Code setup.

Why tools: [] and allowedTools?

An empty tools list removes the built-in Read, Write and Bash tools, so the agent can only use the phone. allowedTools: ["mcp__mobilebox"] lets every Mobilebox tool run without asking.

Can the agent install my app?

Yes. install_app takes a public APK or split-bundle URL, or your code uploads the file over REST; then the agent opens it with {"type":"open_app","package":…}. See installing APKs and split bundles.

Does it work on iPhone?

Yes. Create the phone with platform: "ios" and the agent uses the same tools. See iPhone and iPad.

What does a run like this cost?

A ready phone costs $0.01 a minute, billed per second with a one-minute minimum; boot time and parked phones are free, so a run like the one above costs about a cent. See pricing.

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