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DimensionMobile MCPMobile automation and testing MCP server for iOS and Android, forked from mobile-mcp with relative coordinate support.NPM Sentinel MCP ServerAI-powered NPM package analysis MCP server
FMRS34 / 100 · D79 / 100 · B
Reliability6 / 2012 / 20
Security and permissions7 / 2016 / 20
Maintenance12 / 2018 / 20
Documentation4 / 2018 / 20
Setup experience5 / 2015 / 20
Best for
  • Teams using qwen-code or another MCP-capable coding agent for mobile app development
  • Developers who want AI-assisted iOS/Android UI automation and testing
  • Automation scenarios that benefit from relative rather than absolute screen coordinates for cross-device consistency
  • Developers auditing NPM dependencies within AI workflows
  • Teams performing supply chain security assessments
  • Users of Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code
Not for
  • General programming tasks unrelated to mobile development or testing
  • Scenarios requiring browser automation, database access, or cloud storage integration
  • Users without access to an iOS/Android device, simulator, or emulator environment
  • Projects outside the NPM ecosystem (e.g., pure Python/Go)
  • Environments without network access to deps.dev, OSV.dev, and the npm registry
  • Scenarios requiring maintenance by an official upstream vendor
Required permissions
  • Access to and control over local or connected iOS/Android simulators, emulators, or physical devices
  • Ability to install, launch, and operate applications on the target device
  • Screen capture and touch/coordinate input on the device
  • Network access to the NPM registry and external services (deps.dev, OSV.dev, OpenSSF, npms.io, GitHub)
  • Read access to workspace lockfiles (pnpm-lock.yaml, package-lock., yarn.lock) for cache invalidation
Risks and side effects
  • As a community fork, this server may lag behind upstream mobile-mcp security fixes and updates
  • Granting an AI agent automated control over mobile devices risks unintended actions, data loss, or corrupted app state
  • The source material does not list specific tools, so the actual scope of exposed operations and permission boundaries is opaque without inspecting the published package directly
  • Running a third-party npm package without independent security audit carries supply-chain risk
  • Third-party READMEs and changelogs are untrusted external content; they are wrapped in tags with _meta flags but should still be handled cautiously
  • Depends on availability and accuracy of external services
  • Batch requests are capped at 25 packages to prevent registry enumeration; larger sets require batching
  • Third-party open source project, not officially maintained by NPM or Anthropic
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor
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