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Phone Harness MCP server lets Claude, Cursor and Codex agents drive cloud iPhones and Android emulators
Phone Harness published an MIT-licensed MCP server, version 0.1.0 on October 23, 2026, that says it will "Give any MCP agent a real iPhone or an Android emulator in the cloud." Its README lists Android emulators at 5¢ per phone-minute and a cloud iPhone at $80 a month.
- Changes reported
- 5
- listed below, each from a source we read
- We tested
- Not tested yet
- reported from sources; we did not run it ourselves
- Gaps we flag
- 3
- things we could not verify
- Sources
- 3
- 3 primary, linked below
What changed
| # | What the source says | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Version 0.1.0 was released on October 23, 2026 under the MIT license, as a hosted streamable HTTP server at mcp.phone-harness.com/mcp with OAuth sign-in or an API key. | Reported |
| 02 | The README lists setup for Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Codex, Claude Code, VS Code, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Zed and other MCP clients. | Reported |
| 03 | The hosted server registers 14 phone tools: start and stop a phone, screenshot, list on-screen text, tap, long press, swipe, type, press buttons, and list or launch apps. | Reported |
| 04 | Android emulators are free to start, then 5¢ per phone-minute; a cloud iPhone is a flat $80 a month, or $100 with an eSIM, with 20% off billed annually. | Reported |
| 05 | It can also run locally over stdio with uvx, but every tool call still goes to Phone Harness Cloud; there is no tool to open a URL, install an app or record the screen. | Reported |
reported by the sourcemeasured or run by usnot verified
Primary source: phone-harness/mcp on GitHub (README). We are the fast, independent index; the vendor’s own page is the source of record for this release.
In the source’s words
“Give any MCP agent a real iPhone or an Android emulator in the cloud.”
“There is no tool that opens a URL.”
What we have not verified
- We did not connect the server or drive a phone with it.
- Pricing is as listed in the README and on the Phone Harness site on November 3, 2026; the site calls the cloud an open beta and rates may change.
- Claims on the homepage such as real phone numbers handling SMS and 2FA, and apps seeing a person, are the vendor's and were not checked.
This brief is Reported: written from the sources below, not from running the release ourselves.
Sources
- phone-harness/mcp on GitHub (README)primary source · fetched 2026-11-03
- Phone Harness MCP changelog (0.1.0)primary source · fetched 2026-11-03
- Phone Harness homepage and pricingprimary source · fetched 2026-11-03
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