Record · apple-docs-mMCP serverOpen sourceLow activityVerified Sep 23, 2026

Apple Docs MCP

Search Apple Developer Documentation, framework APIs and WWDC videos from Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients.

Sources and review

Checked against public documentation on September 23, 2026. Suitability guidance is our editorial judgment; this is not a performance benchmark or an endorsement.

Repository and README

Best for

Swift developers who want current Apple API references instead of model recall.

About Apple Docs MCP

Apple Docs MCP gives assistants search and retrieval over Apple's developer documentation through Apple's JSON API: SwiftUI, UIKit, Foundation and other frameworks across iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS and visionOS, with framework indexes, a technology catalogue, Swift and Objective-C code examples and WWDC video content. It is a community project, not published by Apple.

Apple Docs MCP is an open-source project written primarily in TypeScript, with 1.4k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in March 2026.

Add Apple Docs MCP to your MCP client

Generated from the launch command in the project's README. Your client starts the server on demand.

Claude CodeRun in your terminal

claude mcp add apple-docs-mcp -- npx -y @kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp

Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.json or .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-docs-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "apple-docs-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktopclaude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-docs-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Codex~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.apple-docs-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp"]

Check the project's README for required accounts, keys and permissions before connecting. Setup guide for each client →

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