Android Skills MCP Server for Claude

Overview

The Android Skills MCP Server gives Claude offline access to AI-optimized SKILL.md guides from the official android/skills repository. These guides are designed for LLM-assisted Android development — they cover the most complex, frequently changing areas of Android development where context and step-by-step guidance matter most.

Unlike documentation scrapers or web search, this server ships the skill content as a bundled offline snapshot — no API keys needed, no network calls at query time. Developed by Jaewoong Eum (Google Developer Expert, Android), who maintains popular Android libraries. Licensed under Apache-2.0.

Covered skills

Tools

How it compares

Android Skills MCP is the only Android-specific documentation server with offline, LLM-optimized SKILL.md content that requires no API key.

Installation

Claude Code

claude mcp add android-skills -- npx -y android-skills-mcp

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "android-skills": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "android-skills-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Requirements

• Node.js (for npx).
• An MCP client (Claude Code or Claude Desktop).
• No API keys, no internet access required at runtime.

Security

• Entirely offline — no external network requests at query time.
• All skill content is bundled with the npm package at publish time.
• No user data or query content is sent anywhere.

Source Verification Notes

Verified on 2026-06-18:

• Repository skydoves/android-skills-mcp (Apache-2.0) on npm as android-skills-mcp documents the zero-config install, three tools (list_skills, search_skills, get_skill), BM25 search, the bundled offline skill snapshot, and all covered Android development topics.
• The server wraps content from android/skills (the official Google Android skills repo), optimized for LLM consumption in SKILL.md format.
• Claude Code MCP documentation at code.claude.com/docs/en/mcp describes the stdio connector pattern used above.