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ios-agent runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 182 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 9 Oct 2026.

Drive a real iPhone or an iOS Simulator with an AI agent, through XCUIAutomation.

Installs per day peak 892 · avg 75 · -44% w/w
a month agotoday
182
Installs / week
pypi · ios-mcp
3
Stars
0 open issues
9 Oct 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 4 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add ios-agent -- uvx ios-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ios-agent": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ios-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.ios-agent]
command = "uvx"
args = ["ios-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ios-agent": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ios-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "ios-agent": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ios-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: IOS_MCP_POLICY__CONFIRM_DESTRUCTIVE (Ask before an action that sends, deletes, or pays. Leave it on for a device carrying real accounts), IOS_MCP_POLICY__ENABLED (The policy gate as a whole: approval, app blocklist, redaction, audit), IOS_MCP_WDA__BUNDLE_ID (Bundle id of the WebDriverAgent runner. Free Apple IDs cannot sign com.facebook.*, so device builds need their own), IOS_MCP_SIMULATOR__SHOW_WINDOW (Bring Simulator.app to the front when booting, so a person can watch the agent drive. Set false in CI).

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ios-agent — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for ios-agent?
ios-agent runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package ios-mcp was installed 182 times last week.
How do I connect ios-agent?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls ios-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use ios-agent?
The pypi package ios-mcp was installed 182 times in the last week. Week over week that is -44%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is ios-agent open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 3 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.