iphone-mirroir-mcp MCP Server
Control a real iPhone through macOS iPhone Mirroring: screenshot, tap, swipe, type.
Publisher claimed. No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.
Status
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Published as iphone-mirroir-mcp on npm. Runs locally.
Known issues
17 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.
Most discussed
[Bug]: source build fails to link without embacle-ffi — the canImport(CEmbacle) fallback is unreachable
Target type
Build / install (not a target-specific bug)
Install method
Source build — get-mirroir.sh → mirroir.sh (swift build -c release), fresh clone of main at 7ed7e04
mirroir version
0.38.0+ (7ed7e04). Note mirroir --version reports version: unknown on a source build.
macOS version
macOS 26.6.1, Apple Silicon (M4 Pro), Xcode command line tools present
MCP client
n/a — fails before the binary exists
Bug description
On a machine without `embac
Read the thread · 2026-08-17 · closed · outside contributor · 2 comments
[Bug]: describe_screen always returns 0 OCR elements — Vision e5rt error reported as "(no text detected)"
describe_screen returns 0 OCR elements on all screens (silent Vision failure)
Version: mirroir-mcp 0.37.0 (npm, native binary from GitHub Releases)
OS: macOS 27.0 (build 26A5388g), Apple Silicon
Setup: doctor reports 5/5 passed. Screen Recording + Accessibility granted.
Summary
describe_screen always returns element_count=0 / "(no text detected)", on every screen
tested, while Apple Vision reads the same content correctly outside of mirroir.
Two failure timings alterna
Read the thread · 2026-08-14 · closed · external user · 2 comments
tools/list response fails MCP client schema validation (ttlMs/cacheScope) — Claude Code CLI 2.1.228
Summary
After installing via npx -y mirroir-mcp install and registering as a Claude Code MCP server, the server connects successfully but Claude Code's MCP client rejects the tools/list response with a schema validation error, so no tools (not even read-only ones) are usable.
Versions
- mirroir-mcp: 0.36.0 (npm, latest at time of filing)
- Claude Code CLI: 2.1.228
- macOS: 26.5.2, Apple Silicon (M1)
Steps to reproduce
npx -y mirroir-mcp install # select "Claude Code"
claude
[Read the thread](https://github.com/jfarcand/mirroir-mcp/issues/35) · 2026-08-12 · closed · external user · 2 comments
### [Bug]: Long-lived MCP server never recovers from .noWindow after device respring (fresh process sees it fine, only a server restart fixes it)
## Target type
iPhone Mirroring
## Install method
Homebrew (`brew install mirroir-mcp`)
## mirroir version
v0.35.0
## macOS version
macOS 26.5.2
## Device & OS version
iPhone 13, iOS 26.5.1
## Screen describer mode
auto (default). Not relevant to this bug, the failure happens at the connection layer before any describe call.
## MCP client
Claude Code
## Bug description
A long-lived MCP server process never recovers from a `.noWindow` state after
the iPhone resprings (a device language ch
[Read the thread](https://github.com/jfarcand/mirroir-mcp/issues/34) · 2026-07-22 · closed · external user · 2 comments
### [Bug]: Bug Report: mcp__mirroir__swipe — Horizontal swipes behave inconsistently
### Target type
iPhone Mirroring
### Install method
Homebrew (`brew install mirroir-mcp`)
### mirroir version
v0.33.1
### macOS version
macOS 26.3
### Device & OS version
_No response_
### Screen describer mode
None
### MCP client
cc
### Bug description
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[Read the thread](https://github.com/jfarcand/mirroir-mcp/issues/25) · 2026-05-15 · closed · external user · 1 comment
### Most recent
### screenshot can return a stale frame — actions look like no-ops, and retry-on-no-op causes mis-taps
### Target type
iPhone Mirroring
### Install method
npx (`claude mcp add --transport stdio mirroir -- npx -y mirroir-mcp`)
### mirroir version
v0.38.2
### macOS version
macOS 26.5
### Device & OS version
iPhone, portrait, mirroring window 326×720
### Screen describer mode
Local OCR (default)
### MCP client
Claude Code
---
## Summary
`screenshot` frequently returns a **stale frame** — the state from *before* the immediately-preceding action, not after it. A second screenshot a bea
[Read the thread](https://github.com/jfarcand/mirroir-mcp/issues/54) · 2026-08-29 · open · external user · 0 comments
### type_text silently drops all non-Latin (CJK) characters — no clipboard/paste path for typing Chinese/Japanese/Korean
### Target type
iPhone Mirroring
### Install method
npx (`claude mcp add --transport stdio mirroir -- npx -y mirroir-mcp`)
### mirroir version
v0.38.2
### macOS version
macOS 26.5
### Device & OS version
iPhone, portrait, mirroring window 326×720
### Screen describer mode
Local OCR (default)
### MCP client
Claude Code
---
## Summary
`type_text` cannot enter any non-Latin (CJK) text. Every Chinese/Japanese/Korean character is silently dropped, so there is currently **no way to typ
[Read the thread](https://github.com/jfarcand/mirroir-mcp/issues/53) · 2026-08-29 · open · external user · 0 comments
### Gate destructive skill steps behind a confirm
The mirroir skills include send message, uninstall and batch archive, all real consequence actions on a live iPhone with no client side gate. I am building AgentKey, an auth layer for agent tool calls that allows, blocks or requires approval per tool at the MCP boundary. Would you be open to trying it on one of your skills?
[Read the thread](https://github.com/jfarcand/mirroir-mcp/issues/52) · 2026-08-24 · open · external user · 0 comments
### [Bug]: Bug Report: describe_screen returns incorrect Y coordinate for non-grid 3-element toolbar rows due to over-eager icon-label offset
### Target type
iPhone Mirroring
### Install method
Homebrew (`brew install mirroir-mcp`)
### mirroir version
v0.33.1
### macOS version
macOS 26
### Device & OS version
iphone11
### Screen describer mode
None
### MCP client
cc
### Bug description
<img width="334" height="735" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5ee83265-068d-40c4-9ef5-619fd4835ba1" />
### Steps to reproduce
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[Read the thread](https://github.com/jfarcand/mirroir-mcp/issues/24) · 2026-04-29 · closed · external user · 1 comment
### [Bug]:
### Target type
iPhone Mirroring
### Install method
Source (`swift build`)
### mirroir version
v0.30.0
### macOS version
mac OS 26.3
### Device & OS version
iphone 11
### Screen describer mode
None
### MCP client
CC
### Bug description
Encounter "Failed to open Spotlight. Is target 'iphone' running?"
Is it expected? I find out iPhone mirroring works well. But the mirroir mcp shows Failed to open Spotlight. It can send commend line like CMD+3 to iphone and have reply.
Failed to
[Read the thread](https://github.com/jfarcand/mirroir-mcp/issues/23) · 2026-04-27 · closed · external user · 1 comment
### [Feature]: is there a way to swipe to kill the app
### Description
I try the swipe to kill the app, it is not working? The reset app tool is the same.
Is the swipe action not expected or I made something wrong
### Use case
1 open some apps
2 ask mirrior mcp to kill the app
### Area
Input (tap, swipe, type, etc.)
[Read the thread](https://github.com/jfarcand/mirroir-mcp/issues/22) · 2026-04-27 · closed · external user · 1 comment
### [Bug]: describe_screen returns incorrect Y coordinates for bottom navigation bar elements
### Target type
iPhone Mirroring
### Install method
Source (`swift build`)
### mirroir version
v0.30.0
### macOS version
macOS 26.3
### Device & OS version
iphone11
### Screen describer mode
None
### MCP client
claude
### Bug description
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[Read the thread](https://github.com/jfarcand/mirroir-mcp/issues/11) · 2026-03-27 · closed · external user · 1 comment
[See all 17 reports Pod holds for iphone-mirroir-mcp](/mcp/iphone-mirroir-mcp/issues).
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