XCAutokit

First-party MCP server + CLI for Xcode and iOS Simulator automation.

Install the same way as XcodeBuildMCP: npx for MCP clients, or a global CLI.

npm package name: xcautokit (available). Brand: XCAutokit.

Install

MCP server (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "xcautokit": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "xcautokit@latest", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Global CLI

npm install -g xcautokit@latest
xcautokit doctor
xcautokit tools
xcautokit mcp

From this repo

npm install
npm run build:go
npm link
xcautokit doctor
xcautokit init

Marketing site (GitHub Pages): docs/index.html · live at ezra-black.github.io/xcautokit.

Related MCP server: Xcode-Studio-MCP

CLI

Xcode live backend

With Xcode 26.3+, open your project and enable Settings → Intelligence → Allow external agents to use Xcode tools. XCAutokit uses xcrun mcpbridge internally when available; otherwise it falls back to xcodebuild.

Env: XCAUTOKIT_XCODE_BACKEND=auto|on|off (legacy AUTOKIT_XCODE_BACKEND still accepted).

Modern MCP tickets

Stateful tools return a ticket handle (recording, log capture). Pass that ticket to the matching stop tool.

License

MIT