# APKTool

> Use this tool when you need to analyze and modify Android application packages, decode APKs, or examine smali code for reverse engineering, security analysis, or customization tasks. It provides a bridge to the APKTool utility, enabling AI assistants to manage resources, search project files, and rebuild modified applications. The tool accepts APK files as input and outputs modified APKs, DEX files, and analysis reports, making it suitable for use cases involving Android app development, security testing, and customization.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/zinja-coder-apktool  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/zinja-coder-apktool

## Description

APKTool-MCP Server provides a bridge to the APKTool utility, enabling AI assistants to analyze and modify Android application packages. This Python implementation offers tools for decoding APKs, examining and editing smali code, managing resources, searching through project files, and rebuilding modified applications. The server includes functionality for extracting DEX files, analyzing permissions, signing APKs, and installing them on connected devices, making it particularly valuable for Android application reverse engineering, security analysis, and customization tasks.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.60
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-01

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** security
- **Updated:** 2026-09-01

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/zinja-coder-apktool)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/zinja-coder/apktool-mcp-server>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "zinja-coder-apktool"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/zinja-coder-apktool` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/zinja-coder-apktool/pull`

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