Rouse Context
Turns your Android phone into an on-demand MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. An AI client connects to a URL, your phone wakes up, and a direct encrypted session is established. The client asks for what it needs — health data, notifications, app usage — your phone answers, then goes back to sleep.
Rouse Context turns your Android phone into an on-demand MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. An AI client connects to a URL, your phone wakes up, and a direct encrypted session is established. The client asks for what it needs — health data, notifications, app usage — your phone answers, then goes back to sleep.
Your data stays on the device. The session runs end-to-end encrypted between the AI client and your phone; the relay that connects them only forwards that encrypted traffic and can't read it.
Wake-ups use UnifiedPush, so install a UnifiedPush distributor (for example ntfy) to be reached while the app is in the background.
Features:
On-demand — your phone is only reachable while a client is connected, then sleeps again. No always-on background service draining the battery.
You stay in control — you enable each integration explicitly, and every tool call an AI client makes is recorded in an on-device audit history you can review.
Private by design — data never leaves the device except through a live, user-approved session.
Certificate monitoring — the app checks public transparency logs (crt.sh, or Certspotter as backup) for certificates issued to your device's address, so a forged one doesn't go unnoticed. Runs every 12 hours by default; change the interval or turn it off in Settings.
Free and open source, with no analytics or tracking in the app.
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Contains ACRA, which can send crash reports off the phone.
Permissions
Usage accessNotificationsAlways runningOverlay What they allowShow less
- Usage access PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS See how you use other apps To read app usage patterns and screen time.
- Notifications POST_NOTIFICATIONS Send you notifications
- Always running REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS Keep running in the background without limits
- Overlay SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW Draw over other apps To launch apps and open links from the background.
Uses overlay permissions to launch apps and open links from the background. Reads app usage statistics to provide screen time data.
Release notes
Downloads
Two builds ship with each release — both signed with the same release key:
| Asset | Distribution | Use when |
|---|---|---|
rouse-context-1.0.14-foss.apk |
FOSS (UnifiedPush, no Firebase/Google Play services) | Sideloading on de-Googled devices / F-Droid-style installs. |
rouse-context-1.0.14-google.apk |
Google (Firebase Cloud Messaging) | Sideloading on devices with Google Play services. |
rouse-context-1.0.14-google.aab |
Google App Bundle | Play Console upload only — not directly installable. |
rouse-context-1.0.14-{foss,google}-mapping.txt |
R8 mapping | Deobfuscating crash traces from that build (match its r8-map-id-…). |
What's Changed
- Upload the Google AAB to Play testing tracks from release.yml by @monkopedia-coder in https://github.com/Monkopedia/rouse-context/pull/798
- Run SessionHandler's session work off the caller's thread (1.0.13 NetworkOnMainThreadException) by @monkopedia-coder in https://github.com/Monkopedia/rouse-context/pull/800
- Bump to v1.0.14 by @monkopedia-coder in https://github.com/Monkopedia/rouse-context/pull/801
Full Changelog: https://github.com/Monkopedia/rouse-context/compare/v1.0.13...v1.0.14
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