PhonePi▌
by priyankark
PhonePi — control SMS, calls and contacts from your favorite AI apps. Seamless phone management for smarter workflows.
Control your phone (SMS, calls, contacts) from your favorite AI apps.
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best for
- / Automating phone tasks from desktop AI apps
- / Remote phone management for productivity
- / Integrating mobile communications into workflows
capabilities
- / Send SMS messages
- / Make phone calls
- / Manage text snippets and notes
- / Check battery level
- / Search and organize contacts
- / Control phone settings remotely
what it does
Control your phone remotely through AI assistants by sending SMS messages, making calls, managing contacts, and accessing phone features over your local network.
about
PhonePi is a community-built MCP server published by priyankark that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. PhonePi — control SMS, calls and contacts from your favorite AI apps. Seamless phone management for smarter workflows. It is categorized under communication, developer tools. This server exposes 22 tools that AI clients can invoke during conversations and coding sessions.
how to install
You can install PhonePi in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.
license
MIT
PhonePi is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
readme
PhonePi MCP: Turn your phone into a toolbox for AI assistants using Model Context Protocol
A powerful MCP server and companion app that allows you to manage and control your phone remotely using natural language commands via your favorite MCP-supported AI apps such as Cursor and Claude Desktop. This project provides a comprehensive set of tools and APIs to interact with your mobile device programmatically.
Overview
Phone MCP enables you to:
- Manage contacts and messages
- Handle snippets and notes
- Control phone settings and notifications
- Send SMS and make calls
- Share content across apps
- Monitor battery status
- Set timers and reminders
- Find your phone with audio alerts
Security
Security is a high concern. Here are a few aspects taken into account around security:
- You are completely in charge around hosting the MCP server locally. The code is completely open source.
- On the app front, you are in charge of what permissions to give depending on the features you want to use.
- The app and the server are linked over your local network. There's no 3p remote servers involved in linking.
- It is highly recommended you use this app over a secure network. Avoid public networks like airports and restaurants.
- Tailscale is highly recommended for creating a private & secure VPN to connect your phone and desktops
Getting Started
For detailed documentation, features, and setup instructions, please visit: phonepimcp.com
Support & Issues
If you encounter any bugs or have feature requests, please open an issue on our GitHub repository. We actively monitor and respond to issues.
Contributing
We welcome contributions from the community! Here's how you can contribute:
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Fork the Repository
- Create your own fork of the code
- Make your changes in a new branch
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Code Style
- Follow the existing code style and conventions
- Include comments where necessary
- Write clear commit messages
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Testing
- Wait for the maintainer to test your changes
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Submit a Pull Request
- Provide a clear description of the changes
- Reference any related issues
- Wait for review and address any feedback
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
Security
If you discover any security-related issues, please open an issue instead of using the issue tracker.
FAQ
- What is the PhonePi MCP server?
- PhonePi is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server profile on explainx.ai. MCP lets AI hosts (e.g. Claude Desktop, Cursor) call tools and resources through a standard interface; this page summarizes categories, install hints, and community ratings.
- How do MCP servers relate to agent skills?
- Skills are reusable instruction packages (often SKILL.md); MCP servers expose live capabilities. Teams frequently combine both—skills for workflows, MCP for APIs and data. See explainx.ai/skills and explainx.ai/mcp-servers for parallel directories.
- How are reviews shown for PhonePi?
- This profile displays 68 aggregated ratings (sample rows for discoverability plus signed-in user reviews). Average score is about 4.4 out of 5—verify behavior in your own environment before production use.
Discussion
Product Hunt–style comments (not star reviews)- No comments yet — start the thread.
Ratings
4.4★★★★★68 reviews- ★★★★★Shikha Mishra· Dec 28, 2024
We wired PhonePi into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
- ★★★★★Chinedu Jain· Dec 28, 2024
PhonePi has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
- ★★★★★Omar Smith· Dec 24, 2024
Useful MCP listing: PhonePi is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
- ★★★★★Ren Bansal· Dec 20, 2024
We evaluated PhonePi against two servers with overlapping tools; this profile had the clearer scope statement.
- ★★★★★Ren Singh· Dec 16, 2024
PhonePi is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.
- ★★★★★James Zhang· Dec 16, 2024
We wired PhonePi into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
- ★★★★★Nia Smith· Dec 16, 2024
Strong directory entry: PhonePi surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
- ★★★★★Ren Bhatia· Nov 27, 2024
Useful MCP listing: PhonePi is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
- ★★★★★Yash Thakker· Nov 19, 2024
PhonePi is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.
- ★★★★★Chinedu Anderson· Nov 19, 2024
PhonePi reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
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