agentskillexchange Control Android devices with an on-device AI agent using PokeClaw
Run an on-device Android control loop that inspects screens and performs app actions locally for mobile automation and testing workflows.
Prerequisites
PokeClaw; Android device or emulator; project-documented runtime dependencies
Installation
Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- DroidRun/Mobilerun local/open-source runs the agent loop in a Python CLI/container on a host machine and talks to a Portal APK through ADB/port forwarding. The Portal APK uses Android Accessibility for tree/gesture/sc...
- minitap/mobile-use, Mobile-Agent, AppAgent, and AppAgentX are external SDK/research harnesses that normally require Python plus ADB, UIAutomator, screenshots, Docker, cloud phones, or host-side model/API services.
- does not require a computer to be connected while tasks run
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
It can run Gemma 4 on-device for local, private phone control, and it also supports optional cloud models when you want stronger reasoning for harder tasks.
task state leaks into the next run
model download, storage, or LiteRT startup fails before the model can run
Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agents-io/PokeClaw/HEAD/README.md