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Open-AutoGLM is an open-source AI phone agent framework that controls Android and iOS devices via natural language commands, using vision-language models to understand screen content and execute multi-step automation tasks through ADB (Android Debug Bridge) or HDC (HarmonyOS Debug Connection). It combines AutoGLM vision-language models with action planning to automate phone interactions like 'open Xiaohongshu and search for food' without explicit step-by-step programming. Modular Python package: phone_agent/ contains core logic split by platform (agent.py for general orchestration, agent_ios.py and handlers for device-specific implementations), with phone_agent/adb/, phone_agent/hdc/ handling device communication via their respective protocols. Configuration and multilingual prompts live in phone_agent/config/ (apps.py, apps_ios.py, apps_harmonyos.py, prompts_*.py), while examples/ and main.py / ios.py provide entry points for different workflows.

Mobile automation engineers and AI researchers who need to build autonomous phone agents for testing, task automation, or research; developers integrating with frameworks like Midscene.js for cross-platform UI automation; and product teams at Chinese AI companies (Zhipu AI) building agentic input methods and automation tooling.

Actively developed but early-stage; the repo shows recent infrastructure (GitHub Actions templates, pre-commit config) and multilingual model support (Chinese + English variants), but lacks visible CI/CD pipelines and test coverage. It appears to be a research/product project from Zhipu AI with active community incentive programs, indicating ongoing investment but not yet battle-tested at production scale.

Standard open source risks apply.

Active development on multi-platform support: iOS WebDriver Agent integration (docs/ios_setup with Xcode configuration), HarmonyOS device support (apps_harmonyos.py), and internationalization (prompts_en.py alongside prompts_zh.py). A concurrent developer incentive program ('AutoGLM 实战派') is running with cash prizes for forking and reimplementation, suggesting focus on ecosystem adoption and use-case exploration.

git clone https://github.com/zai-org/Open-AutoGLM.git
cd Open-AutoGLM
pip install -r requirements.txt  # Install Pillow>=12.0.0, openai>=2.9.0, requests>=2.31.0
python main.py  # For Android; or 'python ios.py' for iOS

Then configure ADB for Android (export PATH=${PATH}:~/Downloads/platform-tools) or follow docs/ios_setup/ios_setup.md for iOS WebDriver Agent setup.

Daily commands:

# Android with ADB
python main.py

# iOS with WebDriver Agent
python ios.py

# Example scripts
python examples/basic_usage.py
python examples/demo_thinking.py

Each script requires the corresponding device platform to be connected and configured (ADB for Android, XCUITest/WebDriver for iOS).

• phone_agent/agent.py — Core agent orchestration for Android devices; implements the main decision loop that perceives screen state, plans actions, and executes phone automation
• phone_agent/agent_ios.py — iOS-specific agent implementation; parallel to agent.py but handles iOS-specific device interaction patterns and XCTest framework integration
• phone_agent/device_factory.py — Factory for creating device instances; abstracts over Android (ADB), iOS (XCTest), and HarmonyOS (HDC) backend selection—critical for multiplatform support
• phone_agent/actions/handler.py — Android action handler; translates high-level agent decisions (tap, type, scroll) into ADB commands executed on the device
• phone_agent/config/prompts.py — Centralized system prompts for the LLM agent; defines the reasoning instructions and output schema that guide agent behavior across all platforms
• phone_agent/model/client.py — LLM client wrapper; abstracts OpenAI API calls and structured response parsing—core dependency for agent reasoning
• main.py — Primary entry point demonstrating end-to-end agent usage; shows how to initialize device, instantiate agent, and run task loops

Add Support for a New Android App

1. Add app package name and main activity to the app registry (phone_agent/config/apps.py)
2. If the app requires special handling, add launch logic to device control flow in the action handler (phone_agent/actions/handler.py)
3. Test by calling agent with task involving the new app; agent will recognize the app from screenshots via vision-language model (phone_agent/agent.py)

Add a New Device Platform (e.g., Windows Phone or Mock Device)

1. Create a new directory under phone_agent/ (e.g., phone_agent/winphone/) with connection.py, device.py, input.py, screenshot.py (phone_agent/device_factory.py)
2. Implement platform-specific device class inheriting from abstract base or matching handler interface (phone_agent/actions/handler.py)
3. Register new platform in device factory selection logic (phone_agent/device_factory.py)
4. Create a new agent variant (e.g., agent_winphone.py) or extend agent.py with platform-specific logic (phone_agent/agent.py)

Customize Agent Reasoning & Action Schema

1. Edit system prompt, thought format, and action type definitions (phone_agent/config/prompts.py)
2. Update action handler to support new action types if needed (phone_agent/actions/handler.py)
3. Update LLM client response parser to handle modified JSON schema from model (phone_agent/model/client.py)
4. Test with examples/demo_thinking.py to verify reasoning loop stability (examples/demo_thinking.py)

Add Multilingual Support

1. Add new language prompt file (e.g., phone_agent/config/prompts_ja.py) following existing language pattern (phone_agent/config/prompts_zh.py)
2. Register language variant in i18n config or agent initialization (phone_agent/config/i18n.py)
3. Update agent initialization to accept language parameter and select correct prompt set (phone_agent/agent.py)

• ADB (Android Debug Bridge) — Industry-standard protocol for Android device automation; no root required; supports screenshot capture and input injection
• XCTest / WebDriverAgent — Apple-native testing framework; only official way to automate iOS without jailbreak; provides UI automation tree and touch synthesis
• OpenAI API (GPT-4V / similar) — State-of-the-art vision-language model for understanding mobile UI; supports dense object detection and spatial reasoning needed for screen parsing
• Python + PIL/Pillow — Rapid prototyping and cross-platform compatibility; Pillow handles image I/O for all platforms uniformly
• JSON-based action schema — Structured output from LLM is deterministic and parseable; enables validation, logging, and future offline model support

• Single-device-per-agent instance (no concurrency within one agent)

  • Why: Simplifies state management and prompt context; avoids race conditions on shared device state
  • Consequence: Users scale by spawning multiple agent processes if they need parallel automation; adds operational overhead

• Vision-language model required for every decision (no cached UI trees)

  • Why: Generic approach works across any app; no need to reverse-engineer or maintain app-specific parsers
  • Consequence: High LLM API cost (~$0.01–0.10 per action) and latency

OpenAI API key required: Code likely expects OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable for LLM calls (not shown in examples but referenced in openai>=2.9.0 dependency). Device platform coupling: ADB, HDC, and iOS WebDriver each require platform-specific setup (adb executable on PATH, Xcode + WebDriver Agent for iOS, HarmonyOS SDK for HDC) — mixing platforms will fail silently. Screenshot blocking I/O: adb/screenshot.py and hdc/screenshot.py likely block waiting for device response; high-latency networks may timeout. Multilingual model selection: AutoGLM-Phone-9B (Chinese-only) vs. AutoGLM-Phone-9B-Multilingual (English support) must be selected in model config; README does not show where to specify this. Sensitive operation guardrails: Code mentions confirmation mechanisms for login/auth but implementation details not visible in file list — may require manual override patterns.

• Vision-Language Model (VLM) Grounding — Open-AutoGLM's entire decision-making hinges on feeding screenshot pixels + natural language context into an LLM (AutoGLM-Phone-9B) to extract actionable intents; understanding how the model interprets visual UI is critical for debugging failures and prompt engineering.
• Android Debug Bridge (ADB) Protocol — The repository's Android implementation (phone_agent/adb/) speaks ADB's binary wire protocol to screenshot, inject input, and query device state; understanding ADB's stateless shell commands and TCP framing is essential for adding new device capabilities or debugging connection issues.
• Screen Coordinate Mapping & DPI Scaling — Mobile devices report screen size differently across DPI buckets and orientations; Open-AutoGLM must translate model predictions (e.g., 'click at 50% horizontal') to actual pixel coordinates respecting the device's scale factor, a non-trivial geometric problem visible in handler.py's action translation.
• Chain-of-Thought (CoT) Prompting — The prompts_*.py files implement CoT templates (visible in config/ structure) that instruct the VLM to 'think step-by-step' about the current UI state before proposing actions; this is critical for agent reliability and is what separates Open-AutoGLM's approach from naive image captioning.
• Multi-platform Device Abstraction Layer — The codebase abstracts Android (ADB), HarmonyOS (HDC), and iOS (WebDriver) behind a common interface; understanding this abstraction pattern in device_factory.py and handler.py is essential for porting to new platforms or understanding why iOS implementation diverges into agent_ios.py.
• Internationalization (i18n) for Prompts — The config/prompts_zh.py vs. prompts_en.py split reflects that prompt engineering is language-specific; the model's behavior changes drastically based on prompt language, and Open-AutoGLM's decision to maintain separate prompt suites per language (not just translations) shows this is a core design concern.

• OpenInterpreter/open-interpreter — Similar multi-modal automation framework for desktop/web, but for code execution vs. mobile UI automation; shares the 'interpret screenshot + plan + execute' architecture
• anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python — Companion LLM toolkit; Open-AutoGLM depends on similar vision-enabled LLM APIs and uses identical patterns for vision-based planning
• midscene/midscene.js — Explicitly listed in README as an integration target; a JavaScript/YAML UI automation framework that already adapted AutoGLM models, showing complementary ecosystem adoption
• appium/appium — De-facto standard for mobile automation; Open-AutoGLM's adb/ and ios/ modules solve similar problems (device control, screenshot capture) but with vision-first intelligence layered on top
• zhipu-ai/chatglm-6b — Parent Zhipu AI organization's core LLM model; Open-AutoGLM is a downstream application specialized for mobile agent tasks using Zhipu's models

To work on one of these in Claude Code or Cursor, paste: Implement the "<title>" PR idea from CLAUDE.md, working through the checklist as the task list.

Add comprehensive unit tests for phone_agent/adb and phone_agent/xctest modules

The repo has multiple device connection modules (adb, hdc, xctest) but no visible test files. These are critical for device interaction reliability. Adding pytest-based unit tests for connection.py, device.py, input.py, and screenshot.py in both adb/ and xctest/ directories would catch regressions early and help new contributors understand the expected behavior of device handlers.

• [ ] Create tests/adb/test_connection.py for phone_agent/adb/connection.py connection lifecycle
• [ ] Create tests/adb/test_input.py for phone_agent/adb/input.py input command parsing and execution
• [ ] Create tests/xctest/test_screenshot.py for phone_agent/xctest/screenshot.py screenshot capture logic
• [ ] Create tests/test_device_factory.py to test phone_agent/device_factory.py device instantiation across platforms (ADB, HDC, XCTest)
• [ ] Add pytest configuration to requirements.txt (already optional) and update .pre-commit-config.yaml to include pytest runs

Add GitHub Actions workflow for multi-platform device handler testing

The repo supports Android (ADB), HarmonyOS (HDC), and iOS (XCTest) but lacks CI validation. A workflow in .github/workflows/ should lint and test code on each Python push to ensure phone_agent/adb/, phone_agent/hdc/, and phone_agent/xctest/ work correctly. This is critical for a multi-platform agent framework.

• [ ] Create .github/workflows/test.yml that runs pytest on phone_agent/ and examples/
• [ ] Add black/flake8 linting step for phone_agent/ modules (pre-commit already configured)
• [ ] Add mypy type-checking step for phone_agent/agent.py, phone_agent/agent_ios.py, and phone_agent/model/client.py
• [ ] Configure workflow to test against Python 3.9+ (check current minimum from requirements.txt context)

Create platform-specific integration test examples for adb/xctest/hdc with mocked device responses

examples/ only contains basic_usage.py and demo_thinking.py. The repo lacks concrete examples showing how to test device interactions without real hardware. Adding mocked integration examples would help contributors understand the phone_agent API surface and test locally.

• [ ] Create examples/test_adb_mocked.py demonstrating mocked ADB connection, input, and screenshot capture for Android testing
• [ ] Create examples/test_xctest_mocked.py demonstrating mocked XCTest connection for iOS testing (reference phone_agent/xctest/connection.py)
• [ ] Create examples/test_hdc_mocked.py for HarmonyOS HDC mocking (reference phone_agent/hdc/)
• [ ] Add docstrings explaining how to use unittest.mock or pytest fixtures with phone_agent/adb/device.py and phone_agent/xctest/device.py
• [ ] Update README.md or create docs/testing_guide.md linking to these examples

• Add test suite for phone_agent/adb/input.py covering tap, swipe, and type operations — currently no test/ directory exists, and input validation is likely unverified.
• Document the model selection flow: add a config example and code comment in phone_agent/model/__init__.py showing how to switch between AutoGLM-Phone-9B and AutoGLM-Phone-9B-Multilingual, with environment variable or YAML knob.
• Implement graceful fallback in phone_agent/agent.py: when the vision-language model confidence is low (e.g., <0.5), route to OpenAI GPT-4V as a secondary parser instead of failing — this bridges the gap mentioned in dependencies but not exposed as a feature.

• High · Missing Input Validation in Phone Agent Actions — phone_agent/actions/handler.py, phone_agent/actions/handler_ios.py. The codebase contains handlers for phone actions (handler.py, handler_ios.py) that interact with device input/control mechanisms. Without visible input validation, there's a risk of command injection when processing user commands or UI interactions that could be exploited to execute unintended device actions. Fix: Implement strict input validation and sanitization for all user-provided commands before passing them to device handlers. Use allowlists for permitted actions and validate parameters against expected types and ranges.
• High · Unencrypted Communication with Devices — phone_agent/adb/connection.py, phone_agent/hdc/connection.py, phone_agent/xctest/connection.py. The device connection modules (adb/connection.py, hdc/connection.py, xctest/connection.py) likely establish connections to mobile devices without visible encryption or certificate pinning. Communications could be intercepted or manipulated. Fix: Enforce encrypted connections (TLS/SSL) for all device communications. Implement certificate pinning and verify device authenticity before accepting commands. Document security requirements for each protocol.
• High · Potential Hardcoded Credentials in Model Client — phone_agent/model/client.py. The model client (phone_agent/model/client.py) likely handles API keys for LLM services. If credentials are hardcoded or stored insecurely, they could be exposed through version control or logs. Fix: Never hardcode credentials. Use environment variables, secure credential managers, or configuration files excluded from version control. Implement secret rotation policies and audit logs for credential access.
• Medium · Overly Permissive Dependency Versions — requirements.txt. Dependencies like Pillow, openai, and requests are pinned to minimum versions only (e.g., 'Pillow>=12.0.0'). Without upper bounds, future breaking changes or security vulnerabilities in newer versions could be introduced unexpectedly. Fix: Use version ranges with upper bounds (e.g., 'Pillow>=12.0.0,<13.0.0'). Regularly audit and update dependencies. Consider using dependency scanning tools (e.g., pip-audit, Snyk) in CI/CD.
• Medium · Missing Authentication/Authorization Framework — phone_agent/agent.py, phone_agent/agent_ios.py. The agent framework (phone_agent/agent.py, phone_agent/agent_ios.py) lacks visible authentication mechanisms. If exposed as a service, unauthorized users could control phone devices without proper access controls. Fix: Implement authentication (OAuth2, API keys with rate limiting) and authorization checks. Ensure only authenticated and authorized users can issue commands. Log all access and actions for audit trails.
• Medium · Unvalidated File I/O in Screenshot Module — phone_agent/adb/screenshot.py, phone_agent/hdc/screenshot.py, phone_agent/xctest/screenshot.py. Screenshot modules (adb/screenshot.py, hdc/screenshot.py, xctest/screenshot.py) handle image files. Path traversal vulnerabilities could exist if file paths are not properly validated. Fix: Validate all file paths using secure path normalization. Restrict file operations to designated directories. Use os.path.abspath and verify paths are within allowed boundaries.
• Medium · Sensitive Data in Configuration Files — phone_agent/config/. Configuration modules (phone_agent/config/) may contain prompts, app configurations, or timing data. If extended with credentials or API endpoints, this data could be exposed. Fix: Avoid storing sensitive data in configuration files. Use environment variables for secrets. Implement configuration validation and document which settings are safe for version control.
• Low · Missing Security Headers and Logging — phone_agent/. No visible security-related logging or monitoring infrastructure for detecting suspicious activities or unauthorized access attempts. Fix: Implement comprehensive logging for all authentication attempts, device commands, and errors. Use structured logging with appropriate log levels. Regularly review logs for suspicious patterns.
• Low · Commented-Out Dependencies Without Explanation — undefined. undefined Fix: undefined

LLM-derived; treat as a starting point, not a security audit.

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