xcodebuildmcp

Official skill for XcodeBuildMCP. Use when doing iOS/macOS/watchOS/tvOS/visionOS work (build, test, run, debug, log, UI automation).

1.97x

Quality

70%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

91%

1.97x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

Securityby

Passed

No known issues

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Evaluation results

92%

74%

iOS Project Onboarding Workflow Guide

Session init and discovery workflow

Criteria

Without context

With context

session_show_defaults first

100%

discover_projs conditionally

100%

No speculative discovery

100%

No raw CLI tools

50%

100%

Combined build-and-run used

100%

No standalone build before run

100%

Reports active defaults context

20%

session_show_defaults purpose

100%

XcodeBuildMCP tool names used

50%

100%

Context includes all three fields

100%

96%

Enabling Advanced XcodeBuildMCP Capabilities

Enabling non-default workflows

Criteria

Without context

With context

Check workflows first

66%

100%

Correct config file path

100%

Reload/restart required

100%

Simulator default only

100%

Non-default capabilities named

100%

Tool availability workflow-gated

100%

Actionable steps ordered

80%

Config directory structure

100%

75%

Cause of unavailability

100%

Resolution applies generally

100%

86%

58%

iOS Simulator Build and Run Runbook

Build-run preference and failure reporting

Criteria

Without context

With context

Combined build-and-run preferred

100%

Separate build+run discouraged

30%

No standalone build before build-and-run

100%

Active defaults context reported

100%

Context fields: project/workspace

100%

Context fields: scheme

100%

Context fields: simulator/device

50%

100%

Exact failing step in failure report

91%

100%

Next actionable command in failure report

50%

41%

Context also in failure report

25%

100%

XcodeBuildMCP tools referenced

100%

Repository: getsentry/XcodeBuildMCP
Commit: 200ac9c

Evaluated: about 1 month ago
Agent: Claude Code
Model: Claude Sonnet 4.6

Table of Contents

iOS Project Onboarding Workflow Guide Enabling Advanced XcodeBuildMCP Capabilities iOS Simulator Build and Run Runbook

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