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argent-android-emulator-setup

by software-mansionMobile

Set up and connect to an Android emulator using argent MCP tools. Use when starting a new session on Android, booting an emulator, getting a device serial, or before any UI interaction task.

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Install

Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.

npx skills add https://github.com/software-mansion/argent --skill argent-android-emulator-setup
  1. 01

    Install

    Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.

  2. 02

    Describe the task

    Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads argent-android-emulator-setup automatically when relevant.

  3. 03

    Review the result

    The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.

Security audits

Independent scans of the skill's instructions and bundled files.

Gen Agent Trust Hub PassSAFE ·The skill provides a standard workflow for setting up and managing Android emulators using ADB and Argent MCP tools. It describes legitimate development tasks such as device discovery, booting, and network port forwarding.
Socket PassNo alerts
Snyk PassLOW ·Risk: LOW · No issues

SKILL.md

The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.

1. Prerequisites

  • Android SDK Platform Tools on PATH: provides adb.
  • Android Emulator on PATH: needed to boot AVDs. If you will only use an already-running emulator or a physical device, adb alone is sufficient.
  • An AVD created via Android Studio or avdmanager create avd.

Verify with adb version and emulator -list-avds.

2. Setup

  1. Find a ready device: call list-devices. Filter for entries with platform: "android". Ready devices (state: "device") come first. Pick the first serial (e.g. emulator-5554) unless the user specified one.
  2. Boot if needed: if nothing Android is ready, call boot-device with avdName: <name> from the same call's avds list. The tool transparently picks hot vs cold boot: it probes the AVD's default_boot snapshot, restores it under a tight deadline when usable, and falls back to a full cold boot otherwise. Hot path is typically ~30s; cold path takes 2–10 min. On any stage failure the tool kills the emulator process it started so your next call starts from a clean state.
  3. Metro (for React Native): once a device is up, run adb -s <serial> reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081 so the device can reach Metro on your host. Repeat if the device restarts.

3. Using the device

Pass the Android serial as udid to the unified interaction tools: gesture-tap, gesture-swipe, describe, screenshot, launch-app, keyboard, etc. Dispatch is automatic based on the id shape. See argent-device-interact for platform-neutral interaction tooling and the Android-specific gotchas section at the bottom of that skill.

4. Notes

  • Android TV / leanback AVDs boot through this exact flow (same boot-device + avdName), but they are focus-driven, not touch-driven; do not use gesture-tap/gesture-swipe on them. list-devices tags a leanback device with runtimeKind: "tv" (detected via the system feature list, not the serial: a TV AVD's serial looks just like a phone's). When you see runtimeKind: "tv", drive it with the focus-driven tools (describe / tv-remote / keyboard) and the argent-tv-interact skill (it covers Android TV as well as Apple TV, including the full TV setup flow).
  • Serials are the adb device id. iOS UDIDs and Android serials are not interchangeable, but you do NOT need to tell the tools which platform: dispatch is automatic.
  • describe on Android returns a shallower tree than iOS (no accessibility-service equivalent), but covers most tap-target discovery.
  • reinstall-app on Android always installs with -g so first-launch runtime permissions are pre-granted.
  • To stop the emulator, run adb -s <serial> emu kill from a shell (clean shutdown). Never pkill -9/kill -9 qemu: a hard kill leaves the userdata image dirty, after which cold boots can hang for many minutes doing recovery (runaway writes, boot_completed never flips). If an image gets into that state, boot once with -wipe-data to reset it.

FAQ

What does the argent-android-emulator-setup skill do?

Set up and connect to an Android emulator using argent MCP tools. Use when starting a new session on Android, booting an emulator, getting a device serial, or before any UI interaction task.

How do I install argent-android-emulator-setup?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/software-mansion/argent --skill argent-android-emulator-setup in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/argent-android-emulator-setup/ (personal) or .claude/skills/argent-android-emulator-setup/ (project).

Which AI agents can use argent-android-emulator-setup?

Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.

Is argent-android-emulator-setup safe to install?

Security partners have reviewed it: Gen Agent Trust Hub passed; Socket passed; Snyk passed. As with any skill, read the SKILL.md and bundled scripts before installing.

Who maintains argent-android-emulator-setup?

It is published by software-mansion in software-mansion/argent. It has 26,928 recorded installs.

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