Tools

The agent drives Android through the mobile-ui plugin, which registers 40 OpenClaw tools. In ClawMobile Cloud the plugin runs in cloud mode (CLAWMOBILE_LITE=1 + CLAWMOBILE_CLOUD=1): 35 tools work over ADB unchanged, 6 tx_* tools use a cloud adapter, and android_agent_task is not registered.

Note

This page documents the tool surface, not its JSON schemas. The schemas are the contract in the plugin’s src/index.ts; openclaw.plugin.json lists the canonical tool names.

Device control

Tool	Purpose	Cloud
android_health	Capability + device readiness probe	✅
android_screenshot	Capture the current screen	✅
android_tap	Tap at a coordinate	✅
android_type	Type text into the focused field	✅
android_swipe	Swipe / scroll gesture	✅
android_ui_dump	Dump the view hierarchy	✅
android_ui_query	Query nodes in the hierarchy	✅
android_match_text_queries	Match on-screen text against queries	✅
android_resolve_text_queries	Resolve text queries to coordinates	✅
android_ocr_dump	OCR the screen for text + boxes	✅
android_signal_complete	Signal task completion	✅
android_shell	Run a shell command (adb/termux backends)	✅
android_agent_task	Delegate to the DroidRun agent	❌ not in cloud

ADB primitives

Low-level escape hatches that map directly to ADB.

Tool	Purpose
adb_devices	List attached devices
adb_keyevent	Send a key event
adb_ui_dump_xml	Dump the UI hierarchy as XML
adb_screenshot	Screenshot via ADB
adb_tap / adb_type / adb_swipe	Tap / type / swipe via ADB

Recording

Tool	Purpose
clawmobile_record_start	Begin capturing a demonstration
clawmobile_record_stop	Stop and finalize the trace
clawmobile_record_parse	Parse a recorded trace offline
clawmobile_record_status	Current recording status

Skill induction

The record → generate → promote → reuse pipeline. See Induction pipeline.

Tool	Purpose
clawmobile_trace_prepare_summary	Prepare a candidate from a trace
clawmobile_trace_save_skill_candidate	Persist the candidate
clawmobile_skill_candidate_promote	Promote a candidate to a skill
clawmobile_skill_generalize	Generalize steps + parameters
clawmobile_skill_update_from_trace	Evolve a skill from a new trace
clawmobile_skill_record_feedback	Record run feedback
clawmobile_skill_status	Skill / pipeline status
clawmobile_skill_run_fast_path	Deterministic replay of a skill
clawmobile_skill_reflect_fast_path_failure	Reflect on a fast-path failure
clawmobile_batch_execute	Execute a batch of tool calls

Termux bridge (tx_*)

On a physical Termux device these talk to Android system services. In the cloud they use an adapter:

Tool	Cloud behavior
tx_notify	No-op (cloud-unavailable)
tx_tts	No-op (cloud-unavailable)
tx_toast	No-op (cloud-unavailable)
tx_clipboard_get	Via a Clipper APK; empty string without it
tx_clipboard_set	Via a Clipper APK broadcast
tx_battery_status	Mocked (100%, charging)

Clipboard in the cloud

Headless Android has no interactive clipboard owner, so tx_clipboard_* depend on a helper APK and may return empty. Don’t build skills that rely on the system clipboard round-tripping. See the FAQ.

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