idb-mcp

- MCP server: Exposes a set of iOS automation tools (list/select device, screenshot, tap, swipe, type, etc.) over MCP transports (HTTP, SSE or stdio) usingfastmcp.
- Python module: Import to manage and control iOS simulators programmatically.

- Device management🔧: list devices, select by UDID or name, boot/shutdown, kill IDB.
- Input control👆: tap, swipe, type text, tap keys, tap buttons.
- Screen utilities🖼️: capture screenshots, query screen size, get view description.
- Image/coord scaling📐: optional scaling to a target viewport for consistent coordinates.

⚠️ Only iOS simulators are supported for UI control. Due to iOS security constraints,idbcannot interact with or automate the UI on real, physical devices. AskUI offers a solution for real-device UI automation—contactsupport@askui.comfor more information.

Xcode with iOS Simulators installed and configured.

brew tap facebook/fb brew install idb-companion

Using MCP lets your favorite AI tools connect toidb-mcpseamlessly. The client handles launching and communicating with the server, so you can ask for screenshots, taps, swipes, and more—without leaving your workflow. ✨

The package installs anidb-mcpcommand.

# Start MCP server over HTTP (default host/port managed by fastmcp) idb-mcp start http

# Or start over stdio idb-mcp start stdio

# Optionally scale images/coordinates to a given target viewport (width height) idb-mcp start http --target-screen-size 1280 800

# Discover available options idb-mcp --help idb-mcp start --help

from idb_mcp import IDBController, IOSDevice # Initialize the IDB controller controller = IDBController() # Select the device by name selected_device: IOSDevice = controller.select_device_by_name("iPhone 17 Pro Max") # Boot the selected device selected_device.boot() # Get the current view description of the selected device current_view_description: str = selected_device.get_current_view_description() print(current_view_description) # Shutdown the selected device selected_device.shutdown()

You can useidb-mcpin any MCP-compatible client (e.g., Cursor, Claude Desktop) by adding a server entry to your client's MCP config. The client will launch the server on demand.

- Open your client's MCP configuration file (location varies by client).
- Add an entry namedaskui-idb-mcpthat starts the server over STDIO and sets a recommended target screen size.

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