# io.github.Abubakr-Sanginov/expo-headless-mcp (npm · expo-headless-mcp)

See and operate Expo / React Native apps: screenshots, taps, typing, auto-testing. No emulator.

- Trust score: 70/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- npm · `expo-headless-mcp`: 70/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/abubakr-sanginov-expo-headless-mcp/expo-headless-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/abubakr-sanginov-expo-headless-mcp/expo-headless-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `expo-headless-mcp`
- Version: `0.2.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 99/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 31 of 137 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 2 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 75/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1673 tokens (~185/item across 9 items; 9 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 81/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 44% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 9 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 10 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the io.github.Abubakr-Sanginov/expo-headless-mcp server?

io.github.Abubakr-Sanginov/expo-headless-mcp runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y expo-headless-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add abubakr-sanginov-expo-headless-mcp -- npx -y expo-headless-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "abubakr-sanginov-expo-headless-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "expo-headless-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "abubakr-sanginov-expo-headless-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "expo-headless-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add abubakr-sanginov-expo-headless-mcp -- npx -y expo-headless-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "abubakr-sanginov-expo-headless-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "expo-headless-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add abubakr-sanginov-expo-headless-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg expo-headless-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  abubakr-sanginov-expo-headless-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "expo-headless-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "abubakr-sanginov-expo-headless-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "expo-headless-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add abubakr-sanginov-expo-headless-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y expo-headless-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "abubakr-sanginov-expo-headless-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "expo-headless-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-05 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-04 (score 69, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-11-03 (score 69)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (9)

### `refresh_screen` (~172 tokens)

Bundles the Expo / React Native project (no emulator, phone or browser), renders it headlessly and returns a PNG screenshot of the screen. Call first; call again after editing code (re-bundles and restarts the app). Pass reload=false to just re-capture the current state.

Input parameters:

- `entry` (string): Entry file relative to the project, e.g. App.tsx
- `height` (number): Screen height in dp (default 844)
- `projectPath` (string): Expo project directory (default: EXPO_PROJECT env or server cwd)
- `reload` (boolean): Re-bundle and restart the app (default true)
- `scale` (number): PNG pixel scale (default 1.5)
- `width` (number): Screen width in dp (default 390)

### `click_screen` (~102 tokens)

Taps the screen at (x, y) in screen dp coordinates, or an element by "target" (testID, accessibilityLabel, or visible text). Fires onPress of the nearest pressable, focuses TextInputs, then returns a new screenshot. Use target "alert:<button>" to answer an Alert.

Input parameters:

- `long` (boolean): Long press
- `target` (string)
- `x` (number)
- `y` (number)

### `type_text` (~117 tokens)

Types text into a TextInput (replacing its value unless append=true) so forms and validation can be tested. Locate the field by "target" (testID, placeholder, accessibilityLabel, current value), by x/y, or omit both to use the focused field. Returns a new screenshot.

Input parameters:

- `append` (boolean)
- `submit` (boolean): Also fire onSubmitEditing (Enter)
- `target` (string)
- `text` (string, required)
- `x` (number)
- `y` (number)

### `scroll_screen` (~73 tokens)

Scrolls the ScrollView/FlatList under (x, y) by dy (vertical) or dx (horizontal) dp; positive dy scrolls down. Returns a new screenshot.

Input parameters:

- `dx` (number)
- `dy` (number)
- `x` (number, required)
- `y` (number, required)

### `describe_screen` (~51 tokens)

Text outline of the current screen: every text, input, image and pressable with its position, size and tap-center, plus detected layout problems (overlaps, clipped text, off-screen elements). No image.

### `auto_test` (~142 tokens)

Automatically exercises the whole app: reloads it several times, fills every TextInput with different data (empty, invalid, valid, very long, special characters), taps every button/switch (scrolling to reach them), dismisses alerts, and reports crashes, console errors/warnings, layout problems (overlaps, clipped text, off-screen elements) and buttons that do nothing, with screenshots of problems. Run it after every change, then fix what it reports and run it again.

Input parameters:

- `maxStepsPerRound` (integer): Max taps per round (default 30)
- `rounds` (integer): How many data rounds / app reloads (default 4)

### `device_list` (~84 tokens)

Lists connected Android emulators / USB phones (adb) and booted iOS Simulators (macOS only) and tells what, if anything, must be done before they can be used (USB debugging, authorization, idb). Read-only: changes nothing. If nothing is connected, tell the user and recommend they check the app themselves. Physical iPhones cannot be driven.

### `use_target` (~178 tokens)

Chooses where the app is tested: "headless" (default, built-in renderer) or "device" (Expo Go on an Android emulator / USB phone via adb, or a booted iOS Simulator on macOS). Selecting "device" first asks the user for consent to control a physical phone, to install Expo Go if missing, and to replace an Expo Go whose SDK does not match the project; then starts the Expo dev server and opens the app. If the user declines, nothing is changed.

Input parameters:

- `confirmed` (array): Consent keys the user approved in chat (only when a previous call asked you to relay a question)
- `projectPath` (string)
- `serial` (string): adb serial or iOS simulator UDID from device_list (needed if several targets are ready)
- `target` (string, required)

### `press_key` (~40 tokens)

Device mode only: presses a hardware key inside Expo Go. Allowed: back (Android only), enter, tab, delete.

Input parameters:

- `key` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/abubakr-sanginov-expo-headless-mcp/expo-headless-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 70
- 2026-11-04: 69
- 2026-11-03: 69

## Common questions

### What is the io.github.Abubakr-Sanginov/expo-headless-mcp server?

io.github.Abubakr-Sanginov/expo-headless-mcp is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.Abubakr-Sanginov/expo-headless-mcp. See and operate Expo / React Native apps: screenshots, taps, typing, auto-testing. No emulator. This page covers its npm package (expo-headless-mcp).

### Is the io.github.Abubakr-Sanginov/expo-headless-mcp server safe to use?

io.github.Abubakr-Sanginov/expo-headless-mcp scores 70 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the io.github.Abubakr-Sanginov/expo-headless-mcp server expose?

io.github.Abubakr-Sanginov/expo-headless-mcp exposes 9 tools: refresh_screen, click_screen, type_text, scroll_screen, describe_screen, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 959 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the io.github.Abubakr-Sanginov/expo-headless-mcp server still maintained?

io.github.Abubakr-Sanginov/expo-headless-mcp is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the io.github.Abubakr-Sanginov/expo-headless-mcp server under?

io.github.Abubakr-Sanginov/expo-headless-mcp declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/expo-headless-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/expo-headless-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/Abubakr-Sanginov/expo-headless-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/abubakr-sanginov-expo-headless-mcp/expo-headless-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/abubakr-sanginov-expo-headless-mcp/expo-headless-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/abubakr-sanginov-expo-headless-mcp/expo-headless-mcp
