mobilerun-docs

Apps & Automation

Mobilerun documentation reference. Use when users ask about Mobilerun setup, configuration, SDK usage, CLI commands, device setup, agents, architecture, app cards, credentials, tracing, Docker, migration, structured output, or any Mobilerun "how do I..." questions.

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Mobilerun

Mobilerun is an open-source (MIT) framework for controlling Android and iOS devices through LLM agents. It enables mobile automation using natural language commands.

GitHub: https://github.com/droidrun/mobilerun
Docs site: https://docs.mobilerun.ai
License: MIT
Install: uv tool install mobilerun (Google Gemini, OpenAI, DeepSeek, Ollama, OpenRouter included by default)
Optional extras: anthropic, langfuse
Requires: Python 3.11+, ADB, Portal APK on device

Architecture

Mobilerun uses a multi-agent architecture coordinated by MobileAgent:

Reasoning mode (reasoning=True): Manager plans → Executor acts → loop until done
Direct mode (reasoning=False): CodeActAgent generates and executes Python code directly

Key agents: ManagerAgent (planning), ExecutorAgent (actions), CodeActAgent (direct execution), ScripterAgent (off-device computation), StructuredOutputAgent (typed data extraction).

Atomic actions available to agents: click, long_press, type, system_button, swipe, open_app, get_state, take_screenshot, complete.

Repository Structure

Source code is at mobilerun/ (Python package). Key locations:

Path	Description
`mobilerun/agent/droid/`	MobileAgent orchestrator
`mobilerun/agent/codeact/`	CodeActAgent (direct mode)
`mobilerun/agent/scripter/`	ScripterAgent (off-device scripts)
`mobilerun/agent/oneflows/`	StructuredOutputAgent
`mobilerun/agent/utils/`	Tools, executor, tracing, async utils
`mobilerun/tools/`	Device tools (ADB, iOS, portal client)
`mobilerun/cli/`	CLI entry point (click-based)
`mobilerun/config/prompts/`	Jinja2 prompt templates per agent
`mobilerun/config/app_cards/`	App-specific instruction cards
`mobilerun/credential_manager/`	YAML-based credential storage
`mobilerun/telemetry/`	Phoenix tracing integration

Documentation

Read the relevant file(s) from docs/v5/ based on the user's question. Do not guess — always read the doc before answering.

Topic	File
Overview	docs/v5/overview.mdx
Quickstart	docs/v5/quickstart.mdx
Concepts
Architecture & agents	docs/v5/concepts/architecture.mdx
Events & workflows	docs/v5/concepts/events-and-workflows.mdx
Prompts	docs/v5/concepts/prompts.mdx
Scripter agent	docs/v5/concepts/scripter-agent.mdx
Shared state	docs/v5/concepts/shared-state.mdx
Features
App cards	docs/v5/features/app-cards.mdx
Credentials	docs/v5/features/credentials.mdx
Custom tools	docs/v5/features/custom-tools.mdx
Custom variables	docs/v5/features/custom-variables.mdx
Structured output	docs/v5/features/structured-output.mdx
Telemetry	docs/v5/features/telemetry.mdx
Tracing	docs/v5/features/tracing.mdx
Guides
CLI usage	docs/v5/guides/cli.mdx
Device setup	docs/v5/guides/device-setup.mdx
Docker	docs/v5/guides/docker.mdx
Migration v3→v4	docs/v5/guides/migration-v3-to-v4.mdx
SDK
MobileAgent	docs/v5/sdk/droid-agent.mdx
ADB tools	docs/v5/sdk/adb-tools.mdx
iOS tools	docs/v5/sdk/ios-tools.mdx
Base tools	docs/v5/sdk/base-tools.mdx
Configuration	docs/v5/sdk/configuration.mdx
API reference	docs/v5/sdk/reference.mdx

For deeper implementation details, check the source code directly in mobilerun/.