An MCP server and importable Python module that wraps Facebook IDB to control iOS simulators for automation. Implemented by AskUI.
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# IDB-MCP    An open-source MCP server and Python library that wraps Facebook IDB to control iOS simulators for automation. Built by [AskUI](https://www.askui.com/). This project is based on the Facebook IDB CLI (`fb-idb`). See the GitHub repository ([`facebook/idb`](https://github.com/facebook/idb)) and the Python package ([`fb-idb` on PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/fb-idb/)). ## What it is - **MCP server**: Exposes a set of iOS automation tools (list/select device, screenshot, tap, swipe, type, etc.) over MCP transports (HTTP, SSE or stdio) using `fastmcp`. - **Python module**: Import to manage and control iOS simulators programmatically. ## Table of contents - [IDB-MCP](#idb-mcp) - [What it is](#what-it-is) - [Table of contents](#table-of-contents) - [Key features](#key-features) - [Limitations](#limitations) - [Requirements](#requirements) - [Install](#install) - [Quick start (CLI)](#quick-start-cli) - [Why MCP?](#why-mcp) - [Start MCP server](#start-mcp-server) - [Programmatic usage (Python)](#programmatic-usage-python) - [Add to your favorite tools](#add-to-your-favorite-tools) - [Configuration](#configuration) - [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting) - [Development](#development) - [Contributing](#contributing) - [License](#license) - [Links](#links) ## Key features - **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. ## Limitations ⚠️ Only iOS simulators are supported for UI control. Due to iOS security constraints, `idb` cannot interact with or automa…
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