{"version":"2.1.271","anchor":"new-remote-devices-mcp-tool-family-for-mobile-iosandroid","canonical_anchor":"new-remote-devices-mcp-tool-family-for-mobile-iosandroid","heading":"New 'remote-devices' MCP tool family for mobile (iOS\/Android) development","tier":"use","area":"Mobile Dev","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.271\/e\/new-remote-devices-mcp-tool-family-for-mobile-iosandroid","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.271","markdown":"### New 'remote-devices' MCP tool family for mobile (iOS\/Android) development\n\nNew 'remote-devices' MCP tools let Claude work with files and commands on iOS\/Android mobile projects\n\n**Unclear.** Whether this remote-devices family is gated behind a flag, and what conditions activate it, are not stated.\n\n**What**\n\nA new `remote-devices` MCP (Model Context Protocol) server family has been added, with tools `device_bash`, `device_list_dir`, `device_stage_files`, and `device_commit_files`. Alongside these, a large set of mobile-development-specific capability identifiers were added, covering iOS (`swift_edit`, `xcode_project`) and Android (`kotlin_edit`, `android_manifest`, `gradle_plugin`) concepts.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis extends the existing device-bridge mechanism, previously limited to running shell commands on a user's own machine from a cloud session, into a broader set of tools aimed specifically at mobile app development workflows.\n\n- Area: Mobile Dev\n- Names: `device_bash`, `device_list_dir`, `device_stage_files`, `device_commit_files`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 5\/5\n- Signal: 4\/5"}