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xcodebuild

Community Productivity

Build iOS Xcode workspaces or projects and feed errors back to the LLM.

Source code Documentation

What can you do with xcodebuild?

  • build - Build iOS Xcode workspace/project
  • test - Run test for iOS Xcode workspace/project

Install

The installation steps are in the documentation below. Documentation

Documentation

From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.

Contents
  1. xcodebuild MCP Server
  2. Installation
  3. Configuration
  4. License

xcodebuild MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server that builds iOS workspace/project that enables seamless workflow working with iOS projects in Visual Studio Code using extensions like Cline or Roo Code.

Available Tools
  • build - Build iOS Xcode workspace/project
    • folder (string, required): The full path of the current folder that the iOS Xcode workspace/project sits
  • test - Run test for iOS Xcode workspace/project
    • folder (string, required): The full path of the current folder that the iOS Xcode workspace/project sits

Installation

When using uv no specific installation is needed. We will use uvx to directly run mcpxcodebuild.

Using PIP

Alternatively you can install mcpxcodebuild via pip:

pip install mcpxcodebuild

After installation, you can run it as a script using:

python -m  mcpxcodebuild

Configuration

Configure for Claude.app

Add to your Claude settings:

Using uvx

"mcpServers": {
  "mcpxcodebuild": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": ["mcpxcodebuild"]
  }
}

Using pip installation

"mcpServers": {
  "mcpxcodebuild": {
    "command": "python",
    "args": ["-m", "mcpxcodebuild"]
  }
}

License

xcodebuild MCP tool is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.

Frequently asked questions

What is xcodebuild?

Build iOS Xcode workspaces or projects and feed errors back to the LLM.

How do I install xcodebuild?

Follow the installation steps in its documentation, shown on this page and in its repository.

Is xcodebuild open source?

Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.

Who maintains xcodebuild?

It is published by ShenghaiWang. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.

From the community awesome-mcp-servers lists and the project's GitHub repository. Listing is not an endorsement: review a server's code and permissions before giving it access to your data.