ADB Friend is a tiny cli tool, which helps you to manage your Android device via ADB. Its features were mostly designed for developers, but it can be
ADB Friend is a tiny cli tool, which helps you to manage your Android device via ADB. Its features were mostly designed for developers, but it can be useful for everyone. The adbfriend mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it through 14 defined tools rather than through you.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
check-adb-speed — Checks the USB connection speed of an Android device for the provided serialclear-installed-package — Clears the package data for provided package names on an Android deviceset-immersive-full-for-package — Sets the 'immersive-full' flag for provided package names on an Android deviceforce-stop-process — Forces the stop of provided package names on an Android deviceuninstall-package — Uninstalls provided package names on an Android deviceget-connected-devices — Retrieves information about all connected Android devices including serial, model, and stateget-installed-packages — Retrieves information about all installed packages on an Android device. Supports filtering for third-party apps onlylist_allowed_directories — Lists directories that are allowed to be accessed by the file system toolslist-files — Lists files and directories on an Android device. Supports recursive listing with the 'recursive' optionread-file — Reads the content of a file on an Android deviceread_multiple_files — Reads the contents of multiple files on an Android device at once (reduces LLM calls)write-file — Writes content to a file on an Android deviceYou will need one environment variable: ANDROID_HOME. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @modelcontextprotocol/inspector on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Plenty of file and storage access servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Adbfriend's toolset — check-adb-speed, clear-installed-package, set-immersive-full-for-package and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by mikepenz; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| check-adb-speed | Checks the USB connection speed of an Android device for the provided serial. |
| clear-installed-package | Clears the package data for provided package names on an Android device. |
| set-immersive-full-for-package | Sets the 'immersive-full' flag for provided package names on an Android device. |
| force-stop-process | Forces the stop of provided package names on an Android device. |
| uninstall-package | Uninstalls provided package names on an Android device. |
| get-connected-devices | Retrieves information about all connected Android devices including serial, model, and state. |
| get-installed-packages | Retrieves information about all installed packages on an Android device. Supports filtering for third-party apps only. |
| list_allowed_directories | Lists directories that are allowed to be accessed by the file system tools. |
| list-files | Lists files and directories on an Android device. Supports recursive listing with the 'recursive' option. |
| read-file | Reads the content of a file on an Android device. |
| read_multiple_files | Reads the contents of multiple files on an Android device at once (reduces LLM calls). |
| write-file | Writes content to a file on an Android device. |
| create-directory | Creates a directory on an Android device. |
| delete | Deletes a file or directory on an Android device. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"adbfriend": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/inspector"],
"env": {
"ANDROID_HOME": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| ANDROID_HOME | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
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