rn-agent-observer
Provides structured MCP tools for local runtime observability and debugging of React Native/Expo apps on Android, enabling evidence-first diagnostics such as screenshots, UI trees, per-request network capture, performance metrics, and CDP-based console/heap/profiling exports.
README
RN Agent Observer
VI · English
RN Agent Observer 2.4.0 là cầu nối quan sát runtime cục bộ cho React Native/Expo. Công cụ dùng cùng một core TypeScript cho CLI và MCP, điều khiển Android qua ADB/UIAutomator, nhận telemetry từ instrumentation phát triển, export console/exception/heap/JS CPU profile qua Chrome DevTools Protocol của Metro, thu network per-request không cần instrumentation, tạo screen-understanding có state/headline/actions/UI findings cho agent, ref snapshot ổn định theo session + diff + auto-record replay, quay video màn hình, lưu session bằng SQLite và giữ ảnh/trace/UI tree ở dạng artifact trên đĩa.
Phiên bản hiện tại hoàn thành Android v1 trên Windows: 45 MCP tools, CLI tương ứng, demo Expo có các lab xác định, chẩn đoán heuristic minh bạch và so sánh ảnh + cấu trúc UI.
Yêu cầu
- Node.js 22.12 trở lên
- pnpm 9.6
- Android Platform Tools (
adb) - Android emulator hoặc thiết bị vật lý đã cho phép USB debugging
- Expo development build nếu cần telemetry riêng của ứng dụng
Bắt đầu nhanh
pnpm install
pnpm check
adb devices -l
pnpm rn-observe --help
pnpm mcp:check
Trỏ observer vào app Expo/React Native:
$env:RN_OBSERVER_PROJECT_ROOT = 'C:\path\to\expo-app'
$env:RN_OBSERVER_DEVICE_ID = 'emulator-5554'
# Có thể bỏ qua nếu app.json chứa expo.android.package
$env:RN_OBSERVER_APP_ID = 'com.example.app'
pnpm rn-observe launch
pnpm rn-observe observe
pnpm rn-observe understand-screen
pnpm rn-observe ui-model
pnpm rn-observe tap --test-id buy-button
pnpm rn-observe performance
pnpm rn-observe diagnose
Artifacts và SQLite được tạo trong <projectRoot>/.artifacts/; binary lớn không được nhúng vào MCP response.
Demo xác định
pnpm --filter @rn-agent-observer/demo-expo android -- --device <device-name>
Demo có PerformanceLab, NetworkLab, RenderLab, AnimationLab, ErrorLab và VisualLab. NetworkLab dùng fixture nội bộ 0/500/2000ms và 503 nên không phụ thuộc dịch vụ Internet. PerformanceLab báo chính xác long JS task 100ms qua instrumentation.
MCP
pnpm mcp:check
pnpm mcp:start
Server dùng stdio. Cấu hình client và danh sách 45 tool nằm trong docs/protocol.md.
Tích hợp cho AI agent
Có 3 cách để agent (OpenCode/Claude Code/Cursor/Codex...) dùng observer:
1. MCP server (khuyến nghị — tool có cấu trúc)
{
"mcpServers": {
"rn-agent-observer": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"C:\\abs\\rn-agent-observer\\packages\\mcp-server\\dist\\server.js"
],
"env": {
"RN_OBSERVER_PROJECT_ROOT": "C:\\path\\to\\expo-app",
"RN_OBSERVER_DEVICE_ID": "emulator-5554"
}
}
}
}
2. Cài như skill (dạy agent workflow debug bằng lệnh)
npx skills add GinzaTech/rn-agent-observer
Skill nằm tại skills/rn-agent-observer/SKILL.md — dạy agent vòng observe -> understand-screen -> reproduce -> diagnose -> fix -> understand-screen -> compare, cách đọc metric trung thực và xử lý lỗi thường gặp. Sau khi cài, chỉ cần nói "debug app X đang lag" agent sẽ tự biết dùng rn-observe.
3. AGENTS.md (nếu agent làm việc ngay trong repo này) — đã có sẵn ở root, agent tự đọc.
Cả 3 cách có thể dùng cùng lúc: skill/AGENTS.md dạy workflow, MCP cung cấp tool gọi trực tiếp.
Tài liệu
- Hướng dẫn sử dụng chi tiết
- Tổng quan dự án đầy đủ (VI/EN)
- Kiến trúc
- CLI và MCP protocol
- Định nghĩa metrics
- Capability matrix
- Kiểm thử và runtime verification
- Lộ trình test chuẩn (test blueprint)
- Xử lý sự cố
- Changelog
Phiên bản hiện tại
- Android/Windows là target duy nhất của Observer 2.4.0.
- ADB không có tín hiệu JS FPS đáng tin cậy; field được trả
available: false, không đoán số. - JS blocking, route, React renders và network metadata cần instrumentation phát triển trong app.
- Export DevTools qua CDP (
devtools-export,devtools-profile) và network per-request (metro-network) cần Metro đang chạy và app kết nối được Metro (adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081); không dùng được khi một phiên React Native DevTools khác đang giữ kết nối. reload --fastdùng CDP Page.reload (JS-only); tự fallback về force-stop khi Metro không khả dụng.- App không có instrumentation: dùng
metro-network(CDP),app-state(foreground activity, PID) vàdevice-network(byte counters device-level, không quy về app) làm evidence fallback. record(screenrecord) giới hạn 180s/clip theo Android.- Perfetto trace đã hỗ trợ Android; phân tích trace sâu vẫn dùng Perfetto UI/Android Studio.
- Command CDP được queue giữa process; React Native DevTools bên ngoài vẫn phải đóng vì không dùng lock của observer.
session stoptự sinh replay; ref trong session ổn định qua reorder/scroll; thiếu session phátEVIDENCE_NOT_RECORDED.understand-screen/MCPunderstand_screentrả route instrumentation khi có, screen state, headline, text/action refs, UI findings và screenshot/UI-tree evidence; gọi lặp phát hiện loading không đổi. Classification là heuristic và text-field luôn được redact.ui-model/MCPruntime_ui_modelparse TSX bằng TypeScript AST để lấy component +file:line, rồi correlate với instrumentation và native tree. Kết quả phân biệtrendered,visible/offscreen/hidden/unmounted/flattened-or-unobserved,enabledvàcanPresscó reason.- Babel plugin development-only tự thêm testID nguồn và wrap
onPress; session stop thu interactionstart/success/error, đưa tap có testID vào replay. Không ghi handler arguments, props hay input value. - Observer không thu network body mặc định. Opt-in development-only dùng allowlist fail-closed nhưng vẫn chỉ dùng với fixture development.
RN Agent Observer (English)
RN Agent Observer 2.4.0 is a local runtime observability bridge for React Native/Expo. It uses one shared TypeScript core behind both a CLI and an MCP server, drives Android through ADB/UIAutomator, receives telemetry from development instrumentation, exports console/exceptions/heap/JS CPU profiles through Metro's Chrome DevTools Protocol, captures per-request network traffic without app instrumentation, produces structured screen understanding (state/headline/actions/UI findings) for agents, provides session-stable ref snapshots + diffs + automatically recorded replay scripts, records on-screen video, persists sessions in SQLite, and keeps screenshots/traces/UI trees as on-disk artifacts.
The current release completes Android v1 on Windows: 45 MCP tools, the matching CLI, an Expo demo app with deterministic labs, transparent heuristic diagnosis, and pixel + structural UI comparison.
Requirements
- Node.js 22.12 or newer
- pnpm 9.6
- Android Platform Tools (
adb) - An Android emulator or physical device with USB debugging enabled
- An Expo development build if you need app-specific telemetry
Quick Start
pnpm install
pnpm check
adb devices -l
pnpm rn-observe --help
pnpm mcp:check
Point the observer at your Expo/React Native app:
$env:RN_OBSERVER_PROJECT_ROOT = 'C:\path\to\expo-app'
$env:RN_OBSERVER_DEVICE_ID = 'emulator-5554'
# Optional when app.json contains expo.android.package
$env:RN_OBSERVER_APP_ID = 'com.example.app'
pnpm rn-observe launch
pnpm rn-observe observe
pnpm rn-observe understand-screen
pnpm rn-observe ui-model
pnpm rn-observe tap --test-id buy-button
pnpm rn-observe performance
pnpm rn-observe diagnose
Artifacts and SQLite data are created under <projectRoot>/.artifacts/; large binaries are never embedded in MCP responses.
Deterministic demo
pnpm --filter @rn-agent-observer/demo-expo android -- --device <device-name>
The demo ships PerformanceLab, NetworkLab, RenderLab, AnimationLab, ErrorLab, and VisualLab. NetworkLab uses internal fixtures (0/500/2000ms and HTTP 503) so it never depends on Internet services. PerformanceLab reports its intentional 100ms long JS task precisely through instrumentation.
MCP
pnpm mcp:check
pnpm mcp:start
The server speaks stdio. Client configuration and the full list of 45 tools are documented in docs/protocol.md.
Documentation
- Full project overview (VI/EN)
- Detailed usage guide (Vietnamese)
- Architecture
- CLI and MCP protocol
- Metrics definitions
- Capability matrix
- Testing and runtime verification
- Test blueprint
- Troubleshooting
- Changelog
AI agent integration
Three ways for agents (OpenCode/Claude Code/Cursor/Codex...) to use the observer:
1. MCP server (recommended — structured tools)
{
"mcpServers": {
"rn-agent-observer": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"C:\\abs\\rn-agent-observer\\packages\\mcp-server\\dist\\server.js"
],
"env": {
"RN_OBSERVER_PROJECT_ROOT": "C:\\path\\to\\expo-app",
"RN_OBSERVER_DEVICE_ID": "emulator-5554"
}
}
}
}
2. Install as a skill (teaches the agent the debugging workflow via CLI)
npx skills add GinzaTech/rn-agent-observer
The skill lives at skills/rn-agent-observer/SKILL.md — it teaches the observe -> understand-screen -> reproduce -> diagnose -> fix -> understand-screen -> compare loop, how to read metrics honestly, and common failure recovery. After installing, just say "app X feels laggy" and the agent knows to reach for rn-observe.
3. AGENTS.md (when the agent works inside this repo) — already present at the repo root; agents read it automatically.
All three can be combined: the skill/AGENTS.md teach the workflow, MCP provides directly callable tools.
Current boundary
- Android/Windows is the only supported target of Observer 2.4.0.
- ADB has no trustworthy JS FPS signal; the field is returned as
available: false— values are never guessed. - JS blocking, route, React renders, and network metadata require development instrumentation inside the app.
- CDP features (
devtools-export,devtools-profile,metro-network) need Metro running for the right app and the app connected to it (adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081); they cannot attach while another React Native DevTools session holds the connection. reload --fastuses CDP Page.reload (JS-only) and automatically falls back to force-stop when Metro is unavailable.- Observer CDP commands queue across processes; external React Native DevTools must still be closed because it does not participate in the observer lock.
session stopautomatically writes a replay, session refs survive reorder/scroll, and missing sessions produceEVIDENCE_NOT_RECORDED.understand-screen/MCPunderstand_screenreturns the instrumented route when available, screen state, headline, text/action refs, UI findings, and screenshot/UI-tree evidence; repeated calls detect unchanged loading. Classification is heuristic and text-field values are always redacted.ui-model/MCPruntime_ui_modelparses TSX with the TypeScript AST for component +file:line, then correlates source with instrumentation and the native tree. It distinguishes rendered, visible/off-screen/hidden/unmounted/flattened-or-unobserved, enabled, and evidence-backedcanPressstates.- The development-only Babel plugin injects a source-derived testID and wraps
onPress; session stop collects interaction start/success/error and promotes testID taps into replay. Handler arguments, props, and input values are never recorded. - Network body capture is off by default. Development-only opt-in uses fail-closed allowlists and should still be limited to fixtures.
- Apps without instrumentation: use
metro-network(CDP),app-state(foreground activity, PID), anddevice-network(device-level byte counters, not app-attributed) as fallback evidence. record(screenrecord) is limited to 180s per clip by Android.- Perfetto tracing is supported on Android; deep trace analysis remains in Perfetto UI/Android Studio.
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