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Launch sessions in BrowserStack App Live with the MCP server
Use natural language prompts in your AI assistant to instantly launch BrowserStack App Live sessions for interactive manual app testing on real devices.
Use the BrowserStack MCP server to quickly launch App Live sessions for manual app testing from your coding assistant (such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, or Cursor). Skip the dashboard and start testing your app on any real device with simple prompts.
To use App Live tools on the MCP server, you need an App Live license. Contact BrowserStack support to enable a license for your account.
Launch app sessions (runAppLiveSession)
The MCP server logs all tool invocations. For example, the prompt Open myapp on iPhone 14 Pro with iOS 16 maps to the runAppLiveSession tool. You can confirm execution by observing the corresponding log entries from the server.
Tool reference
Launch your app on a real device for manual testing with the runAppLiveSession tool.
For a complete list of supported browsers & mobile devices, refer to the BrowserStack App Live supported devices & browsers page.
| Example Prompt | Description | Input Parameters | Invoked Tool |
|---|---|---|---|
Open my app on iPhone 15 Pro Max with iOS 17. App path is /Users/xyz/app.ipa
|
Starts a manual app testing session on a real device in the cloud. | • desiredPhone (required): Full device name (e.g., iPhone 15 Pro Max) • desiredPlatformVersion (required): OS version (e.g., 17.0) • desiredPlatform (required): ios/android • appPath (required): Path to .ipa/.apk file |
runAppLiveSession |
Launch my Android app located at /apps/myApp.apk on Samsung Galaxy S23 running Android 13 |
Initiates a manual testing session for the specified app on a real device in the cloud. | • desiredPhone (required): Full device name (e.g., Samsung Galaxy S23) • desiredPlatformVersion (required): OS version (e.g., 13.0) • desiredPlatform (required): ios/android • appPath (required): Path to .ipa/.apk file |
runAppLiveSession |
Example: Using MCP server with App Live using GitHub Copilot agent on VS Code
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