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Top-level help lists find as a way to verify, but find taps by default #4485

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Environment: agent-device 0.21.36, macOS (Apple silicon). Android 17 emulator (Google APIs, arm64), Settings app; iOS 27.2 Simulator (iPhone 18 Pro). Found while benchmarking agent-device against an adb/AXe stack: https://codebyramiz.com/blog/mobile-mcp-agent-device/

agent-device help says:

Verify a named expectation with the diff, wait text "...", wait , wait absent , is, get, or find.

help find says "the action defaults to click". So agent-device find text bench-ad, run as a check after fill, tapped the field:

Tapped @e2 (540, 1187)

An agent following the top-level help causes a side effect while trying to verify.

Suggestion: find without an action only locates, or the top-level help points to find <text> exists (or similar) instead of bare find.

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  1. thymikee commented on Nov 13, 2026

    @thymikee
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    Triage: bug; the verification guidance is misleading. Bare find acts by default; read-only use must name exists, for example find text "..." exists. #4497 updates the help and agent guidance. This does not change the default action.

  2. added a commit that references this issue on Nov 13, 2026
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