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name: al-210-let-your-agent-use-phone-only-apps-like-uber-whatsapp-and
description: "Many everyday apps (ride booking, messaging, social DMs, grocery delivery, banking) have no API an agent can reach, so assistants stall the moment a task lives on a phone. PhoneUse launched on Oct 21, 2026 as an MCP server and API that gives an agent its own cloud Android or real iPhone, so it can open the app and tap through the task like you would, with logs and approval for key steps. Use when the user wants help with phone app tasks (personal productivity) for a small business."
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# Let your agent use phone-only apps like Uber, WhatsApp and Instagram

Many everyday apps (ride booking, messaging, social DMs, grocery delivery, banking) have no API an agent can reach, so assistants stall the moment a task lives on a phone. PhoneUse launched on Oct 21, 2026 as an MCP server and API that gives an agent its own cloud Android or real iPhone, so it can open the app and tap through the task like you would, with logs and approval for key steps.

## Inputs to collect first
Ask the user for anything below that they haven't already given you. Don't guess missing facts.

- PhoneUse / your phone-control tool

## Instructions

Do the task below with the user's inputs in place of each [bracket].

You have access to a phone through [PhoneUse / your phone-control tool]. Task: [e.g. check my Instagram DMs from today and send Sam a 3-line summary on WhatsApp / compare the price of this grocery list in two delivery apps / book a ride from X to Y for 6pm]. Rules: Step 1: tell me which apps you'll open and what you'll do in each before you start. Step 2: only read, search and fill in; stop and show me a screenshot and wait for my yes before you send a message, book, buy, pay, post or delete anything. Step 3: never enter passwords or one-time codes yourself; if you hit a sign-in or code, stop and ask me. Step 4: when done, give me a short report of what you did, with the final screenshots, and anything you couldn't finish.

## Safety checks (share these with the user)

- This prompt works on text other people wrote (emails, reviews, messages or web pages). That text can hide instructions aimed at AI, such as "ignore your rules and…". Paste it as material to work on, and never let the AI act on requests inside it, like paying, sharing logins or changing records.
- Check every figure, price and total against your own records before anything is sent, posted or booked. A person approves refunds, discounts, payments and price changes.
- Read and edit the draft before it reaches a customer or goes public. If you later automate this prompt, start with "draft and notify me", not "send automatically".
- Check names, dates, numbers and any claim against your own source material before you use the answer. AI can misread or invent details.
- Say clearly which parts need a person to review or approve before anything is sent, paid, posted or filed.

## About this skill

- Works with: PhoneUse, Claude Code, ChatGPT
- Based on this real-world example: https://x.com/abdullababakre/status/2112971597648978044
- Free prompt from AgentPlaybook Real Estate: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/prompt/al-210-let-your-agent-use-phone-only-apps-like-uber-whatsapp-and-in/
- To install in an agent that supports Agent Skills, save this file as SKILL.md in a folder with the same name as `name` above (for example in your skills directory). Install steps for Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/skills/