XcodeBuild MCP
MCP server and CLI for agent use of Xcode build tools. Build, test, run, and inspect iOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS projects from inside agents. 5,429 GitHub stars and 95 commits on main in the last 30 days. Maintained by Sentry.
“MCP server and CLI for agent use of Xcode build tools. Build, test, run, and inspect iOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS projects from inside agents. 5,429 stars and 95 commits on main in the last 30 days. Maintained by Sentry.”
INSTALL THIS SERVER
{
"mcpServers": {
"xcode-build": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"xcode-build-mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"xcode-build": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"xcode-build-mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"xcode-build": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"xcode-build-mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"xcode-build": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"xcode-build-mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"xcode-build": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"xcode-build-mcp"
]
}
}
}
7 TOOLS AVAILABLE
OUR ASSESSMENT
- Maintained by Sentry (getsentry org).
- 5,429 GitHub stars.
- 95 commits on main in the last 30 days. Top-tier cadence.
- MIT license.
- Covers iOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS build targets.
- Simulator management included.
- macOS-only (Xcode requirement).
- Build steps consume time; agent invocation timeouts may need raising.
- Tied to Xcode versioning; tool changes when Apple ships new Xcode releases.
No authentication. Build operations execute project build scripts and run any Run Script phases declared in the .xcodeproj; review project build phases before mounting unfamiliar projects.
iOS/macOS/watchOS/visionOS development with Claude Code or Cursor; agent-driven CI workflows that need Xcode build steps; QA flows that run XCTest on simulators inside an agent loop.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
ADOPTION METRICS
// Reading this5,429 stars on getsentry/XcodeBuildMCP. 95 commits on main in the last 30 days.
// Reading thisPairs with Playwright, Chrome DevTools, BrowserStack, Unity in dev-tools. XcodeBuildMCP covers Apple-platform native development uniquely.
SOURCES & VERIFICATION
We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 5 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.
The same server, 5 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.
| Source | Their rating | Their star count | Their downloads | Last synced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomationSwitch This page | 4.6editorial | 5,429 | — | MAY 7, 2026 |
| PulseMCP | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 7, 2026 |
| MCP.so | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 7, 2026 |
| Glama | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 7, 2026 |
| Smithery | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 7, 2026 |
| Official MCP Registry | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 7, 2026 |
// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.
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