getsentry/XcodeBuildMCP

brew tap getsentry/xcodebuildmcp && brew install xcodebuildmcp
npm install -g xcodebuildmcp@latest
Most clients can run it on demand via npx -y xcodebuildmcp@latest mcp

Usage

• •Start the MCP server with `xcodebuildmcp mcp` after registering in Cursor/Claude Code/Codex (drop-in config snippets in docs)
• •CLI: xcodebuildmcp simulator build --scheme MyApp --project-path ./MyApp.xcodeproj
• •Prepare portable test products: xcodebuildmcp simulator build --scheme MyApp --build-for-testing --test-products-path ./MyApp.xctestproducts, then xcodebuildmcp simulator test --test-products-path ./MyApp.xctestproducts
• •Install agent skills with `xcodebuildmcp init` (or npx -y xcodebuildmcp@latest init); check updates with `xcodebuildmcp upgrade --check`

Key features

• ✓Single package with both a CLI and an MCP server
• ✓Simulator build, build-for-testing (portable test products), and test execution without running tests first
• ✓Two optional agent skills: MCP Skill and CLI Skill
• ✓Per-workspace daemon for stateful operations (log capture, debugging) that auto-starts as needed
• ✓Requests xcodebuild to skip macro validation to avoid errors when building Swift Macro projects

Best for

AI agents that need to build, test, and iterate on iOS/macOS projects against Xcode.

Caveats

• ⚠Requires macOS 14.5+, Xcode 16.x+, Node.js 18+ (Node not needed for Homebrew install)
• ⚠Device tools require code signing configured in Xcode
• ⚠Uses Sentry for internal runtime error telemetry (opt-out available via Privacy docs)