Android Adb

Android ADB engine

Owns the ADB transport: the server, the devices it talks to, and the pair/connect state between them. Everything else in the Android Control system rides on top of this layer, so establish a verified connection before driving any device.

When to use

• Device not appearing, ADB server stale, or authorisation prompt handling.
• Pairing a new device or re-establishing a dropped transport.
• Starting any Android automation flow (entry point for transport readiness).
• Verifying that a connection is real before UI / input / file work.

Tools used (name matched to the Android Control MCP server)

• list_devices — current ADB device list with serial and state.
• discover — scan for connectable devices (USB / Wi-Fi / emulator).
• connect — open a transport to a discovered device (pair when required).
• disconnect — close the transport to a device.
• reconnect — tear down and re-establish a transport (first recovery step).
• status — live state of the transport and the device.
• verify — end-to-end probe that the transport is usable (not just present).
• shell — read-only diagnostic commands when the transport misbehaves.

Procedure

1. list_devices to see what the ADB server already knows.
2. If expected device is missing → discover (USB / Wi-Fi / emulator).
3. connect to the target; follow the pairing prompt on the device when asked.
4. status → confirm state is device (not offline / unauthorized).
5. verify with a harmless probe before relying on the transport.
6. If authorisation or offline state appears, run disconnect + reconnect.
7. Record serial + state as evidence for the session.

Security

• Connecting/pairing a device is a mutative transport action: requires confirm=true and explicit human approval.
• Never bypass the authorisation prompt; wait for the human to accept it on the device.
• Keep shell use read-only here — mutating host or device state belongs to dedicated skills (android-shell, android-files, android-apps).

Related skills

android-control (orchestrator) · android-discovery · android-recovery · android-device-info · android-shell