Quick start

Use ALI with your AI assistant

Connect Claude or ChatGPT once. Then ask it to work on your phones in plain language.

On this page

What it can do

  • Check your phonesWho is online, and what is on screen.
  • Drive a phoneOpen apps, tap, scroll and type.
  • Send mediaFrom the vault to any phone.
  • Report usageWho used which phone, and for how long.
  • Manage the teamInvite people and change roles.
  • Run automationsBuild, start and stop them.

What you need

  • Your ALI loginIt gets the same access you have.
  • ClaudeAny plan. Free allows one connector.
  • Or ChatGPTPlus or higher, in the browser.

On Claude Team or Enterprise, an owner of your Claude organisation adds it once for everyone.

Connect it

You do this once. Both apps use this address:
https://beta.aliremote.com/api/mcp
  1. 1Open Customize, then Connectors, and choose Add custom connector.
  2. 2Name it ALI and paste the address.
  3. 3Select Add, then Connect, and approve on the ALI page.

Using Claude Code, VS Code or Codex instead? See how to connect those

Try asking

Name phones the way ALI shows them, by name or sticker number.

  • Which of my phones are offline right now?Just runs
  • On phone 12, open Instagram and go to the profile page.Asks you first
  • Show me what is on the screen of phone 12.Just runs
  • Send the three newest videos in the Summer folder to phones 4 and 5.Asks you first
  • Who used phone 7 yesterday, and for how long?Just runs
  • Invite anna@example.com to the team with the same roles as Mark.Asks you first

You approve every change

  • Looking just runs
  • Taps, files and invitations wait for your OK
  • A teammate using a phone is asked before it is taken

Limits

  • Acts as youYour phones, in your agency. Nothing more.
  • Free daily allowanceResets at midnight UTC. After that it uses agency credits.
  • Hands off billingNo billing, agency settings or account deletion.

Tips

  1. Ask for a screenshot after each action.
  2. Failed twice? Look at the phone in ALI.
  3. Start with one phone, then scale up.

Disconnecting

Open API & MCP in ALI and choose Disconnect. It stops straight away.
Go to API & MCP
Want the details?The full list of tools, permissions and limits is in Connect an AI assistant.
Open the full guide