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Agent Phone Use: machine instructions

This is the machine-facing entry point. Human readers should use English or 中文.

Read the bundled SKILL.md and agent runbook before changing the machine. The runbook owns detailed diagnosis, Computer Use behavior, safety boundaries, and regression requirements.

Compatibility gate

This release supports only a Windows 10/11 computer controlling an Android 11+ phone or tablet. It does not support iPhone/iPad (iOS/iPadOS), and its installer and shortcut are not packaged or tested for macOS/Linux computers. Upstream scrcpy availability on another desktop OS does not make these Windows PowerShell/VBS artifacts portable.

Verify the host OS and target platform before changing the machine. If either is outside that range, stop and explain the boundary; do not improvise an iOS flow or translate the installer to another OS during setup. Android menu names and extra control permissions vary by manufacturer and system version, so follow the observed device and error rather than assuming one vendor.

Interaction contract

The Android device owner should do only these actions:

  1. connect the phone to the same trusted Wi-Fi as the Windows computer;
  2. enable Developer options and Wireless debugging;
  3. open Pair device with pairing code;
  4. provide the temporary six-digit code and keep the pairing screen open;
  5. unlock or confirm a phone-side security prompt when Android requires it.

Own every Windows-side action. Do not ask a non-technical user to install scrcpy, open PowerShell, copy an IP address, select an mDNS endpoint, create a shortcut, or run a self-check.

Communicate in the user's language. Ask for the pairing code only when the pairing service is ready. Do not repeat the code in commentary or the final response.

Standard setup sequence

0. Acquire the repository

If the repository is not already mounted in the current workspace, use the GitHub URL supplied by the user and acquire it yourself. Do not ask the user to download or extract it.

Prefer Git when available:

git clone <repository-url>
Set-Location <repository-folder>

Otherwise, download the source archive from that exact GitHub repository and extract it into an agent-controlled workspace. Before running anything, verify that the root contains install.ps1, README.agent.md, and skill\agent-phone-use\SKILL.md.

All following commands assume the repository root as the working directory.

1. Inspect before changing

Confirm Windows 10/11, then check WinGet and any existing official scrcpy installation:

$os = Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem
$os | Select-Object Caption, Version
$PSVersionTable.PSVersion
Get-Command winget, scrcpy, adb, wscript, powershell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File `
  ".\skill\agent-phone-use\scripts\start-agent-phone-use.ps1" `
  -ToolsOnly -NoGui

An existing tool probe may fail when scrcpy is not installed. Treat that as a discovery result, not proof of a phone failure.

2. Install scrcpy only from its official source

Prefer the official WinGet package:

winget install --id Genymobile.scrcpy --exact `
  --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements

The only official project source is https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy. Do not use mirrors, repacks, similarly named download sites, or unrelated ADB binaries.

After installation, rerun -ToolsOnly -NoGui. Verify both scrcpy.exe --version and the sibling adb.exe version; PATH presence alone is not proof.

3. Pair using the code supplied by the owner

First ask the owner to keep Wireless debugging → Pair device with pairing code visible. The helper discovers exactly one _adb-tls-pairing._tcp service, so do not request or hard-code the phone IP or port.

Pass the temporary code through a process-scoped environment variable. The helper validates six digits, pipes the value to ADB over standard input, and clears its inherited copy. The code is not placed in the ADB argument list, a file, configuration, or launcher log.

$env:APU_PAIRING_CODE = "<six-digit-code>"
try {
    powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File `
      ".\skill\agent-phone-use\scripts\pair-android-wireless.ps1"
} finally {
    Remove-Item Env:APU_PAIRING_CODE -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}

Use this environment form only through a non-interactive agent execution surface that does not persist shell history. Never echo the substituted command, code, or environment value back to the user, and never put it in a reusable script or shell profile.

If working through an interactive terminal, launch the helper without APU_PAIRING_CODE and use the agent's input-control capability to type the code at ADB's prompt. This keeps it out of command history. The owner may also choose to type it personally.

Pairing and ordinary connection are different:

  • _adb-tls-pairing._tcp is used only for the temporary-code step.
  • _adb-tls-connect._tcp is used for daily connection and scrcpy.

Never reuse a pairing port as the connection port.

4. Install the skill and desktop shortcut

For Codex, install both:

powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File ".\install.ps1"

The installed skill becomes discoverable automatically in a new Codex task. Continue the current setup from the repository artifacts; tell the user to start a new task only when they want later requests to trigger the installed skill.

For a different agent host that does not use Codex skills:

powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File ".\install.ps1" -SkipSkill

Pass -ScrcpyDir "<official-folder>" only when the launcher cannot find a manually extracted official release. The installer backs up a previous skill or changed runtime before replacement.

5. Verify ground truth

Run the non-visual check:

powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File `
  ".\skill\agent-phone-use\scripts\start-agent-phone-use.ps1" `
  -SelfCheck -NoGui

Success requires exit code 0 and one READY <endpoint> line. Do not expose that endpoint in the final response.

The default action name is 连接 Android 手机.lnk on a Chinese Windows UI and Connect Android Phone.lnk on other Windows UI languages. Read both the current-user and common desktop sources that Explorer merges, require exactly one current managed action shortcut, and verify that it targets wscript.exe with the installed start-hidden.vbs. Old managed aliases must no longer be active, and Explorer must visually show one icon after a rename or migration.

$desktops = @(
    [Environment]::GetFolderPath('DesktopDirectory'),
    [Environment]::GetFolderPath('CommonDesktopDirectory')
) | Where-Object { $_ } | Sort-Object -Unique
$currentNames = @('连接 Android 手机.lnk', 'Connect Android Phone.lnk')
$currentShortcuts = @($desktops | ForEach-Object {
    $desktop = $_
    $currentNames | ForEach-Object {
        $path = Join-Path $desktop $_
        if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $path -PathType Leaf) { $path }
    }
})
if ($currentShortcuts.Count -ne 1) {
    throw "Expected exactly one current Android phone shortcut; found $($currentShortcuts.Count)."
}
$shortcutPath = $currentShortcuts[0]
$shortcut = (New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell).CreateShortcut($shortcutPath)
$shortcut | Select-Object TargetPath, Arguments, WorkingDirectory, IconLocation
Start-Process -FilePath $shortcutPath

Confirm a live scrcpy window and process. Launch the shortcut a second time and confirm that the single-instance guard does not create another scrcpy process. Also compare the immediate directory set of both real desktop roots before and after setup/testing. The process must not create engineering or test directories such as .agents, .codex, .git, fixture roots, or backup folders on the desktop; test roots belong under the system temporary directory and recoverable backups belong under the runtime backup directory. A file existing or a command returning zero is not enough.

Tell the user setup is complete only after the real launch succeeds. Do not include endpoints, device IDs, logs, or the pairing code in the handoff.

Method reference

Method Purpose Inputs Verifiable result
install.ps1 Install/update the bundled Codex skill and desktop runtime -ScrcpyDir, -SkillsRoot, -SkipSkill, -SkipShortcut, -SkipLegacyMigration Recoverable backup when updating; installed files and/or shortcut
scripts/pair-android-wireless.ps1 Discover one pairing service and run one-time ADB pairing -ScrcpyDir, optional -PairingEndpoint; optional process env APU_PAIRING_CODE ADB pairing succeeds without persisting the code
scripts/install-shortcut.ps1 Install or repair the hidden desktop launcher optional -ScrcpyDir, -InstallDir, -ShortcutPath, legacy-path parameters, -SkipLegacyMigration Exactly one localized action shortcut resolves to wscript.exe → start-hidden.vbs; recognized managed aliases move to a recoverable backup; an unverified product-named conflict stops setup
scripts/start-agent-phone-use.ps1 -ToolsOnly -NoGui Resolve and probe the official scrcpy/ADB pair optional -ScrcpyDir Prints tool paths after real version probes
scripts/start-agent-phone-use.ps1 -SelfCheck -NoGui Discover, connect, and check exact device state without opening scrcpy optional -ScrcpyDir Exit 0; one READY result
scripts/start-agent-phone-use.ps1 Start daily control optional -ScrcpyDir, -NoGui One live scrcpy chain; duplicate launch exits quietly
scripts/start-hidden.vbs Hide the PowerShell console for daily use installed runtime files scrcpy appears without a terminal window

Use paths relative to the skill folder when the skill is installed independently. Use the repository paths shown in the standard sequence when operating from a clone.

Safe diagnosis

  • No _adb-tls-connect._tcp: ask the owner to wake/unlock the phone, confirm the same trusted Wi-Fi, and re-enable Wireless debugging. Pairing may still be saved.
  • Paired-computer entry still present: reconnect; do not re-pair automatically.
  • Paired-computer entry gone: repeat the pairing-code flow.
  • Multiple connect services: stop and ask the owner to disable Wireless debugging on unintended devices. Do not guess.
  • Duplicate adb devices rows: one phone may have endpoint and mDNS aliases. Pin every device-specific action with adb -s <selected-endpoint>.
  • Input blocked on a manufacturer build: request only the phone-side security setting that the observed error requires.
  • Secure app surface, lock screen, banking/payment, DRM, biometric, or work-profile boundary: stop and return control to the owner.

Do not change firewall rules, expose ADB publicly, revoke authorizations, forget devices, reset Developer options, kill unrelated processes, or install a third-party mobile MCP merely to make setup pass.

Computer Use after setup

scrcpy window capture may work while the window is occluded, but Windows click/type injection can still steal focus. Tell the user to pause during consequential actions.

Use an observe → one bounded action → immediate refresh → wait about 0.5–1.2 seconds → fresh observation loop. Do not reuse stale screenshot IDs or coordinates. Allow Chinese IME composition to commit before verification. Stop on main/clone ambiguity. Confirm app, account, recipient, and full content immediately before an outbound send, then read back the sender-side result.

For repeatable high-consequence automation, evaluate a reviewed semantic Android control surface instead of relying on pixel coordinates. Do not default to the first device.

Uninstall or revoke

Close scrcpy first. Remove the desktop shortcut and %LOCALAPPDATA%\AgentPhoneUse only when the user asks to uninstall the launcher. Remove %USERPROFILE%\.codex\skills\agent-phone-use only when they also want the Codex skill removed.

For full ADB revocation, ask the owner to use the phone's Wireless debugging → Paired devices → Forget action. Do not forget the workstation merely to repair a connection; pairing may still be valid when only the Wireless debugging switch is off.

Repository validation 

powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File ".\tests\launcher-regression.ps1"
python ".\tests\docs_contract.py"
python ".\tests\publication_scan.py"
python ".\tests\quick_validate.py" ".\skill\agent-phone-use"

Before publication, scan the tracked tree for real endpoints, mDNS instances, device serials, usernames, pairing codes, private conversations, and runtime logs. Documentation-only placeholders and synthetic test values must be visibly non-production.

Primary references:

  • https://developer.android.com/tools/adb
  • https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy
  • https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/doc/connection.md
  • https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/doc/keyboard.md
  • https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/doc/shortcuts.md
  • https://developer.android.com/training/testing/other-components/ui-automator