If you're running OpenClaw, here's how to give it "hands" on a real phone (via MCP)

Reddit r/openclaw 07/30/26, 01:36 PM Tools

Summary

This article explains how to connect OpenClaw, an AI orchestrator, to a real phone using the MCP protocol and Mobilerun, an open-source tool for real-device automation, enabling tasks that require device integrity or mobile-only apps.

The split: OpenClaw = the brain/orchestrator (reasons, plans, chains tools). A real-device layer = the hands (taps, types, reads the screen on an actual phone). They talk over MCP, so OpenClaw calls "do X on the phone" as just another tool. Why a real device vs emulator? Attestation and mobile-only apps if the workflow lives in an app that checks device integrity, emulators dead-end. Full disclosure: I work on Mobilerun (open-source, MIT), the real-device side. There's a free Personal Phone slot for OpenClaw users so you can wire it up without hardware.

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