Why I’m Building Android Automation Around Signed Jobs

The tempting version of an Android agent is simple: give it access to a phone, let a model inspect the screen, and ask it to do things. The problem is that “do things” is not a permission boundary. I’m building Argo, a control plane for Android actions, around a narrower idea: the phone should execute signed, typed jobs. A job says what is allowed to happen. The device verifies it and performs that bounded action. It does not need a language model living on the phone, deciding freely what should happen next. ...

September 7, 2026 · 2 min · Allen Dior

Argo

Argo is an Android automation project built around signed, typed jobs rather than an agent with unlimited discretion. A host prepares a narrow action request; the companion verifies it and returns a structured result. Status: Active development Stack: Android, Flutter, Python, Hermes tooling

August 18, 2026 · 1 min · Allen Dior