Give your coding agent your iPhone with the open-source iphone-use MCP
iphone-use lets Claude Code, Codex or any MCP client read an iPhone screen as text, then tap, type and swipe in any app, including Health, banking and chat apps. It runs over USB or Wi-Fi on iOS 15+ and is self-hosted.
Source
@leeguooooo on X · 2026-10-15
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-23.
What they did
iphone-use lets Claude Code, Codex or any MCP client read an iPhone screen as text, then tap, type and swipe in any app, including Health, banking and chat apps. It runs over USB or Wi-Fi on iOS 15+ and is self-hosted.
Result (as claimed)
His coding agent can now operate apps on his own iPhone that have no API.
Tools they used
Cost: Claude Code: from $17/mo; OpenAI Codex: free plan, paid from $8/mo.
Set it up
Pick a contained repo or task
Start on a branch or side project where mistakes are cheap.
Install and configure
Set up Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, iphone-use, MCP, iPhone. Read what it can run on your machine and limit permissions where possible.
Run it on a real task
Give it a well-scoped issue and let it work. Review the diff like any pull request.
Add guardrails
Keep tests and CI in the loop, and never let an agent push to main or touch production secrets unattended.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Give your coding agent your iPhone with the open-source iphone-use MCP What the original author did: iphone-use lets Claude Code, Codex or any MCP client read an iPhone screen as text, then tap, type and swipe in any app, including Health, banking and chat apps. It runs over USB or Wi-Fi on iOS 15+ and is self-hosted. Reported result (as claimed by the author): His coding agent can now operate apps on his own iPhone that have no API. Source: https://x.com/leeguooooo/status/2110615295417290785 Tools they used: Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, iphone-use, MCP, iPhone Category: Dev & ops Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Give your coding agent your iPhone with the open-source iphone-use MCP What the original author did: iphone-use lets Claude Code, Codex or any MCP client read an iPhone screen as text, then tap, type and swipe in any app, including Health, banking and chat apps. It runs over USB or Wi-Fi on iOS 15+ and is self-hosted. Reported result (as claimed by the author): His coding agent can now operate apps on his own iPhone that have no API. Source: https://x.com/leeguooooo/status/2110615295417290785 Tools they used: Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, iphone-use, MCP, iPhone Category: Dev & ops Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Give your coding agent your iPhone with the open-source iphone-use MCP What the original author did: iphone-use lets Claude Code, Codex or any MCP client read an iPhone screen as text, then tap, type and swipe in any app, including Health, banking and chat apps. It runs over USB or Wi-Fi on iOS 15+ and is self-hosted. Reported result (as claimed by the author): His coding agent can now operate apps on his own iPhone that have no API. Source: https://x.com/leeguooooo/status/2110615295417290785 Tools they used: Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, iphone-use, MCP, iPhone Category: Dev & ops Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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How to vibe code an app with Claude Code · How to let an AI agent use your phone (iPhone and Android) · How to use Claude Code and Codex together · How to self-host AI agents on a Raspberry Pi, Mac mini or homelab
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