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Debloat a slow, ad-filled Android TV over Wi-Fi and give it a fast Apple TV-style home screen. One prompt for Claude Code, or do it by hand.
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tv-home is an open-source ai agents skill for AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, and ChatGPT, built by mihirgupta0900. Debloat a slow, ad-filled Android TV over Wi-Fi and give it a fast Apple TV-style home screen. One prompt for Claude Code, or do it by hand. It has 109 GitHub stars.
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Clone the repository with "git clone https://github.com/mihirgupta0900/tv-home" and add it to your Claude Code skills directory (see the Installation section above).
tv-home is primarily written in Java. It is open-source under mihirgupta0900 on GitHub, so you can review or fork the full source.
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Make a slow, ad-filled Android TV fast and clean again. Debloat it over Wi-Fi and give it a tiny Apple TV-style home screen with rotating nature wallpapers. You can hand the whole thing to Claude Code with one prompt, or do it by hand with the scripts here.
On a 2 GB TCL Google TV this disabled 25 bloat apps and cut the home screen's memory use from 192 MB to 83 MB. Everything is reversible: packages are disabled, never uninstalled.
On the TV: Settings → System → About → press OK on Build 7 times → back → Developer options → turn on USB debugging. Keep the TV on, on the same Wi-Fi as your computer.
Clone this repo, open Claude Code inside it (so it can reuse the launcher and scripts), and paste:
My Android TV is slow and full of ads. Find it on my Wi-Fi, connect over ADB, and debloat it:
disable the manufacturer's ads, telemetry and junk (reversibly, never uninstall), asking me first
about apps and features I might use. Then build and install a fast, minimal Apple TV-style home
screen with a dock of my favourite apps and rotating nature wallpapers. Back up before changing
anything, check every step with screenshots from the TV, and give me a restore script.
Heads-up from people who've done this: use the adb-shell Python package if macOS blocks adb; on
Google TV also disable com.google.android.tungsten.setupwraith or it hijacks the Home button; and
test the Home button from inside an app.
Accept "Allow USB debugging?" on the TV when asked, then answer a few questions: which apps you use, which go in the dock, whether you want wallpapers.
The prompt is short on purpose; Claude works out the details. The gotchas below are there in case it gets stuck.
./setup.sh # Python ADB client, JDK 17, Android SDK
tools/find-tv.sh # finds the TV, saves its IP
tools/venv/bin/python -I tools/tv.py --probe # model, Android version
tools/disable.sh examples/tcl-google-tv-g07/debloat.txt # or your own list, see examples/
launcher/build-and-install.sh # build + install the launcher
Undo everything with tools/restore.sh <the same list>.
| Path | What it is |
|---|---|
| PROMPT.md | The prompt for Claude Code / any coding agent |
| launcher/ | The home screen. 4.7 MB including the wallpapers; plain Android, no network, no background services |
| launcher/res/values/config.xml | Dock apps, hidden apps, Live TV app, grid columns |
| tools/tv.py | Pure-Python ADB client: shell, batch, screenshots, chunked APK push |
| tools/find-tv.sh | Finds Android TVs on your Wi-Fi |
| tools/type.sh | Type into the TV's on-screen keyboard from your laptop (tools/type.sh alone prompts hidden, for passwords) |
| tools/disable.sh, tools/restore.sh | Apply / undo a debloat list |
| examples/ | Debloat lists per TV model |
launcher/assets/wallpapers/ (1920×1080 JPEGs, credits in launcher/WALLPAPER-CREDITS.md).Change the dock: edit config.xml, then run launcher/build-and-install.sh.
adb binary on the local network ("No route to host"). tools/tv.py uses
the adb-shell Python package instead.com.google.android.tungsten.setupwraith) has a higher HOME priority than any third-party
launcher. The install script disables it; restore.sh re-enables it.com.android.tv.settings and pressing Home fixes it.
The install script does this.pm commands (pm disable a; pm disable b) can silently stop after the first. The
scripts run one per shell call.getChangedPackages on every return.Android TV and Google TV: TCL, Xiaomi/Redmi, Hisense, Sony, OnePlus, Realme, Nvidia Shield,
Chromecast with Google TV and most others. Not Samsung (Tizen), LG (webOS) or Fire TV.
Tested on: TCL Google TV (Android 11). Add yours to examples/.
Inspired by Gathin23/tv-vibehack. Wallpaper photos are from Wikimedia Commons under their own licences, see launcher/WALLPAPER-CREDITS.md. Code is MIT, see LICENSE.