Install adb-mcp: Android emulator and device control over adb in Codex
What you need first
- Codex, installed.
- Docker, which
gives the
dockercommand the server starts with.
Steps
- Run this in a terminal. It writes the server into
~/.codex/config.toml, which the Codex CLI, its IDE extension and the ChatGPT desktop app share.
codex mcp add adb-mcp -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/iksnerd/adb-mcp:0.24.1 - Start Codex again and type
/mcp: the server is listed.
Check it worked
Ask Codex: List the tools of adb-mcp.
If it does not start
- Cannot connect to the Docker daemon
- Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Codex.
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