Let Codex operate a real iPhone over USB

iPhone-use: guided install, app automation, live screen and screenshot fallback for Codex.

by zhongerxin6 Oct 2026

Prompt for your agent

Goal: Let my agent operate apps on my iPhone.
Setup: agents used in source: Codex.
Steps:
1. Install iPhone-use and connect the iPhone by USB.
2. Let Codex automate the app via the live screen.
3. Fall back to screenshots when needed.
Rules: ask me before anything irreversible (sending, posting, paying, deleting); don’t invent data, results or tools I haven’t given you; tell me what you couldn’t verify.
Based on: zhongerxin — https://github.com/zhongerxin/iPhone-use (summarised from source; the source has no explicit step list)

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