XcodeBuildMCP
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and CLI that provides tools for agent use when working on iOS and macOS projects.
About XcodeBuildMCP
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and CLI that provides tools for agent use when working on iOS and macOS projects.
XcodeBuildMCP ships as a single package with two modes: a CLI for direct terminal use and an MCP server for AI coding agents. Either install method gives you both.
Drop-in config snippets for Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, can be found in the official docs page MCP Clients. Most clients can also run the MCP server on demand via npx -y xcodebuildmcp@latest mcp without a global install.
XcodeBuildMCP is an open-source project written primarily in TypeScript, with 6.2k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in August 2026.
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