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Thumbly app connects AI agents to real iPhones via Mac

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Thumbly, a new open-source Mac application, allows users to connect AI agents, such as Claude Code, to a real iPhone. The application enables agents to perform actions like taking screenshots, tapping, swiping, and entering text on the connected device. Thumbly operates by connecting the iPhone to a Mac via USB or Wi-Fi, utilizing Apple's CoreDevice services and the pymobiledevice3 library without requiring a jailbreak. The software includes a Python SDK for scripting and emphasizes user control through an approval system in the Mac app. AI

IMPACT Enables AI agents to interact with physical mobile devices, potentially expanding their capabilities and use cases.

RANK_REASON This is a new open-source tool release that integrates AI agents with a physical device, but it is not a frontier model release or significant industry event.

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Thumbly app connects AI agents to real iPhones via Mac

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Timur Catakli ·

    Thumbly: connect an MCP agent to a real iPhone from your Mac

    <p>I'm the maker of <a href="https://github.com/timurcatakli/thumbly" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thumbly</a>, a free, open-source Mac app that lets MCP agents see and operate a real iPhone. Version 0.1.0 is available now.</p> <p>The short demo below shows Claude Code using it.</p>…

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