diff --git a/thread/scripts/make-pretty.sh b/thread/scripts/make-pretty.sh
index c176bfa..e012d41 100755
--- a/thread/scripts/make-pretty.sh
+++ b/thread/scripts/make-pretty.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,35 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+ANDROID_ROOT_DIR=$(
+    while [ ! -d ".repo" ] && [ "$PWD" != "/" ]; do cd ..; done
+    pwd
+)
 
-GOOGLE_JAVA_FORMAT=$SCRIPT_DIR/../../../../../prebuilts/tools/common/google-java-format/google-java-format
-ANDROID_BP_FORMAT=$SCRIPT_DIR/../../../../../prebuilts/build-tools/linux-x86/bin/bpfmt
+if [ ! -d "$ANDROID_ROOT_DIR/.repo" ]; then
+    echo "Error: The script has to run in an Android repo checkout"
+    exit 1
+fi
 
-$GOOGLE_JAVA_FORMAT --aosp -i $(find $SCRIPT_DIR/../ -name "*.java")
-$ANDROID_BP_FORMAT -w $(find $SCRIPT_DIR/../ -name "*.bp")
+GOOGLE_JAVA_FORMAT=$ANDROID_ROOT_DIR/prebuilts/tools/common/google-java-format/google-java-format
+ANDROID_BP_FORMAT=$ANDROID_ROOT_DIR/prebuilts/build-tools/linux-x86/bin/bpfmt
+AIDL_FORMAT=$ANDROID_ROOT_DIR/system/tools/aidl/aidl-format.sh
+
+CONNECTIVITY_DIR=$ANDROID_ROOT_DIR/packages/modules/Connectivity
+OPENTHREAD_DIR=$ANDROID_ROOT_DIR/external/openthread
+OTBR_POSIX_DIR=$ANDROID_ROOT_DIR/external/ot-br-posix
+
+ALLOWED_CODE_DIRS=($CONNECTIVITY_DIR $OPENTHREAD_DIR $OTBR_POSIX_DIR)
+CODE_DIR=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+
+if [[ ! " ${ALLOWED_CODE_DIRS[@]} " =~ " ${CODE_DIR} " ]]; then
+    echo "Error: The script has to run in the Git project Connectivity, openthread or ot-br-posix"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ $CODE_DIR == $CONNECTIVITY_DIR ]]; then
+    CODE_DIR=$CODE_DIR"/thread"
+fi
+
+$GOOGLE_JAVA_FORMAT --aosp -i $(find $CODE_DIR -name "*.java")
+$ANDROID_BP_FORMAT -w $(find $CODE_DIR -name "*.bp")
+$AIDL_FORMAT -w $(find $CODE_DIR -name "*.aidl")