poki

<p align="center"> <img src="docs/images/poki-icon.png" width="72" height="72" alt="Poki icon"> </p> <h1 align="center">Poki uses your iPhone like you do</h1> <p align="center"> <img src="docs/images/poki-home.gif" width="720" alt="Poki website home page animation"> </p> <p align="center"> English | <a href="README.zh-CN.md">简体中文</a> | <a href="README.zh-TW.md">繁體中文</a> | <a href="README.ja.md">日本語</a> | <a href="README.ko.md">한국어</a> | <a href="README.es.md">Español</a><br> <a href="https://poki.bot">poki.bot</a> </p> <!-- badges:start --> <p align="center"> <a href="LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-AGPL--3.0--only-blue" alt="License: AGPL-3.0-only"></a> <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/stargazers"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/JosssphZhou/poki" alt="GitHub stars"></a> <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/forks"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/forks/JosssphZhou/poki" alt="GitHub forks"></a> <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/issues"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues/JosssphZhou/poki" alt="GitHub issues"></a> <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/releases"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/JosssphZhou/poki" alt="Latest release"></a> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-macOS%20%7C%20iOS-lightgrey" alt="Platform: macOS and iOS"> </p> <!-- badges:end -->

Quick start

Let your agent install it. Copy this to your agent:

Install https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki following its root AGENTS.md, including the MCP skill, and stop whenever you need me to act.

Poki MCP. Already using Claude Code, Codex, or another MCP client? Connect Poki MCP and use your own subscription. No extra model account needed.

Start the server and keep it running:

git clone https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki.git
cd poki
./bin/setup
npm start

Requires macOS 15 or later, full Xcode, Rust, Node.js 24+, and ffmpeg. ./bin/setup checks for missing dependencies. The initial build takes a few minutes.

Poki targets macOS. For Linux, see the community port poki-for-linux (#16), maintained outside this repo.

Windows: community port at scy7796/poki-for-windows (maintained by its author, not tested by us).

Prebuilt macOS arm64 package

Download poki-v0.1.1-macos-arm64.tar.gz from the release and run:

tar -xzf poki-v0.1.1-macos-arm64.tar.gz
cd poki-v0.1.1
npm ci --no-audit --no-fund
npm start

The package includes the native bridge and idevice tools. You do not need Rust or ./bin/setup. You still need macOS on Apple Silicon, full Xcode, Node.js 24+, Python 3, and ffmpeg. Register your MCP client and install the optional Agent as described below.

In another terminal, from the same directory, register the MCP server:

claude mcp add --scope user poki-mcp -- node "$PWD/src/stdio.mjs"   # Claude Code
codex mcp add poki-mcp -- node "$PWD/src/stdio.mjs"                 # Codex

Poki Agent. For Poki's standalone terminal agent or messaging channels, keep npm start running and open another terminal in the same directory. Install the agent, add its command to this terminal's path, and sign in:

npm ci --prefix agent
export PATH="$PWD/bin:$PATH"
poki login
poki status

Poki Agent uses GPT-6.1 Terra (gpt-6.1-terra) with low reasoning by default. We recommend keeping it: it is the fastest setup we have tested for phone tasks. Override it with POKI_AGENT_MODEL; see Run Poki Agent.

For a physical iPhone, pair it with your Mac over USB first. See Physical iPhone setup.

Update with ./bin/poki update. Set POKI_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=1 to disable the daily anonymous GitHub release check. See Update for the request URL, restart steps, and prebuilt packages.

Try a task

With Poki Agent, one connected iPhone is selected automatically. With multiple devices, add --device '<device UUID>'.

node bin/call.mjs list_devices   # Find your device UUID
poki "Search esp32 in Chrome and summarize the top result"

Note: Poki controls your real iPhone. If you ask it to send messages or make payments, it will. Screen contents are sent to your configured model service.

Gets faster with use: Poki Agent remembers past tasks and runs them faster on repeat.

Channels: After configuring an authorized channel, start it with poki imessage or poki telegram. See Poki Agent for setup.

MCP clients: Claude Code, Codex, and any client supporting mcpServers JSON.

Physical iPhone support has been verified only on iPhones using the Chinese interface. Physical devices support portrait orientation only. App container export and direct links to Settings subpages are unavailable. See verification and known limits.

Docs

| Topic | Read | | --- | --- | | Installation, other MCP clients, and troubleshooting | Install guide | | Poki Agent, models, iMessage, and Telegram | Run Poki Agent | | MCP tool reference | Tool behavior | | Environment variables and sessions | Configuration | | USB pairing, Developer Mode, and Wi-Fi | Physical iPhone setup | | Test results, known limits, and disclaimers | Verification | | Bridge architecture | Native bridge and simulator adapter | | Roadmap | poki.bot |

Roadmap

<p align="center"> <img src="docs/images/roadmap.png" width="860" alt="Poki roadmap. Shipped: Poki MCP, Poki Agent, iMessage and Terminal integrations, self-learning routes, remote connections. In Progress: persistent connection performance improvements, Telegram integration, native text input (clipboard-free), simplified tool interface. Planned: Poki App, which runs locally on iPhone and is available while your Mac is powered off. Future: iPhone Duo support, physical device support (no Xcode required), additional model providers."> </p>

Star History

<a href="https://www.star-history.com/?repos=JosssphZhou%2Fpoki&type=date&legend=top-left"> <picture> <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="https://api.star-history.com/chart?repos=JosssphZhou/poki&type=date&theme=dark&legend=top-left"> <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://api.star-history.com/chart?repos=JosssphZhou/poki&type=date&legend=top-left"> <img alt="Star History chart" src="https://api.star-history.com/chart?repos=JosssphZhou/poki&type=date&legend=top-left"> </picture> </a>

Core contributors

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" width="33%"><a href="https://github.com/ZhehanZhang"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/67270559?v=4&size=240" width="120" height="120" alt="ZhehanZhang"/><br />_{<b>ZhehanZhang</b>}</a><br />Proposed driving a physical iPhone over Tailscale in <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/issues/2">#2</a>, the idea behind remote connections, which shipped in <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/pull/8">#8</a>.</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="33%"><a href="https://github.com/igc110"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/241411380?v=4&size=240" width="120" height="120" alt="igc110"/><br />_{<b>igc110</b>}</a><br />Found why taps on a physical iPhone were slow in <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/issues/10">#10</a>; the fix that followed made them about a third faster.</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="33%"><a href="https://github.com/edge369"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/63720633?v=4&size=240" width="120" height="120" alt="edge369"/><br />_{<b>edge369</b>}</a><br />Made Poki run on a router in <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/pull/14">#14</a>, so Telegram can drive the iPhone with the Mac powered off; <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/pull/15">#15</a>, <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/pull/17">#17</a> and <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/issues/19">#19</a> followed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" width="33%"><a href="https://github.com/carrotciallo"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/69567867?v=4&size=240" width="120" height="120" alt="carrotciallo"/><br />_{<b>carrotciallo</b>}</a><br />Ported Poki to Linux and tested it on a physical iPhone over USB, LAN and Tailscale in <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/issues/16">#16</a>; the README now points to it.</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="33%"><a href="https://github.com/guangtouge82"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/269691899?v=4&size=240" width="120" height="120" alt="guangtouge82"/><br />_{<b>guangtouge82</b>}</a><br />Traced failing touches on a physical iPhone to a missing display service in <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/issues/18">#18</a>; Poki now says nothing was sent and points to prepare-device.</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="33%"><a href="https://github.com/Dreaminmaster"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/189544503?v=4&size=240" width="120" height="120" alt="Dreaminmaster"/><br />_{<b>Dreaminmaster</b>}</a><br />Fixed a corrupt cached route that aborted unrelated Agent tasks (<a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/issues/21">#21</a>, <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/pull/22">#22</a>), then let the Agent reuse its post-action screen read in <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/pull/37">#37</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" width="33%"><a href="https://github.com/PeterKingXu1s"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/89392314?v=4&size=240" width="120" height="120" alt="PeterKingXu1s"/><br />_{<b>PeterKingXu1s</b>}</a><br />Reported in <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/issues/25">#25</a> that a natural-language stop request did not interrupt an iMessage task; Poki now replies to mid-task messages and points to /stop.</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="33%"><a href="https://github.com/ScottH1122"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/142722955?v=4&size=240" width="120" height="120" alt="ScottH1122"/><br />_{<b>ScottH1122</b>}</a><br />Reproduced two Agent bugs in <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/issues/27">#27</a> and <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/issues/28">#28</a>, disabled controls offered as tap targets and partly failed batches losing their trace; both are fixed.</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="33%"><a href="https://github.com/jiahuipaung"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/70688286?v=4&size=240" width="120" height="120" alt="jiahuipaung"/><br />_{<b>jiahuipaung</b>}</a><br />Fixed in <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/pull/34">#34</a> a RemotePairing connection that died when the iPhone's LAN address changed (<a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/issues/30">#30</a>); a real iPhone reconnected in 768 ms.</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" width="33%"><a href="https://github.com/scy7796"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/282529358?v=4&size=240" width="120" height="120" alt="scy7796"/><br />_{<b>scy7796</b>}</a><br />Fixed taps that failed every time over RemotePairing from a Windows host in <a href="https://github.com/JosssphZhou/poki/pull/39">#39</a>; 5 of 5 taps then worked.</td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="33%"><a href="https://github.com/foshanfm"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24779370?v=4&size=240" w