PalmClaw: A Native On-Device Mobile Agent Framework
ModalityDance · hf · 2026-07-16
PalmClaw is a native on-device agent framework built for mobile phones.
The author points out that existing mobile agents mostly rely on GUI interactions (clicks, swipes, typing), leading to long workflows, unclear boundaries, and difficulty accessing native device capabilities. PalmClaw's approach is to:
- Run natively on the device
- Directly manage session, memory, skills, tools, and the agent loop
- Expose device capabilities as tools with explicit parameters and structured results
- Give every action a clear execution boundary, reducing "black-box" automation
Experimental results show that compared to the strongest baseline, it achieved:
- An 11.5% relative improvement in task success rate
- A 94.9% reduction in completion time
The code has been open-sourced on GitHub.
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