Apple Docs MCP Server: Setup for Claude, Cursor and Other Apps

• Searches Apple's developer docs for APIs and guides

  Runs a search on developer.apple.com and returns matching APIs, guides and samples. Best when you know a class, method or framework name.

  Try: “Search Apple docs for NSPredicate.”

  Network · search_apple_docs

• Fetches one Apple documentation page

  Downloads the full text of a documentation page by its URL. It can add inheritance, references, similar APIs and platform support to the result.

  Try: “Get the UIViewController doc page with platform compatibility.”

  Network · get_apple_doc_content

• Lists Apple frameworks by category

  Returns Apple's technology catalog grouped by category, with beta status. You use it to find the framework name other tools expect.

  Try: “List the app frameworks in the Apple technology catalog.”

  Network · list_technologies

• Lists classes and types inside one framework

  Browses the symbols in a single framework such as swiftui, and can filter by kind: classes, structs or protocols.

  Try: “Show all protocols in the uikit framework.”

  Network · search_framework_symbols

• Shows how an API connects to others

  For a documentation URL, shows what it inherits from, which protocols it follows and which APIs Apple suggests alongside it.

  Try: “What does UIView inherit from and conform to?”

  Network · get_related_apis

• Looks up every type a page mentions

  Collects the types and methods referenced on a documentation page and resolves them in one go, up to a limit you set.

  Try: “Resolve the references on the SwiftUI View doc page.”

  Network · resolve_references_batch

• Checks which OS versions support an API

  Reports minimum OS versions, beta status and deprecations for one API or a whole framework.

  Try: “Which iOS version does SwiftUI List need?”

  Network · get_platform_compatibility

• Finds alternatives and modern replacements

  Finds APIs with similar jobs and replacements for deprecated ones, at a search depth of shallow, medium or deep.

  Try: “Find modern replacements for UIAlertView.”

  Network · find_similar_apis

• Lists recent Apple platform updates

  Returns WWDC announcements, framework changes and release notes, filtered by framework, year or keyword.

  Try: “What changed in SwiftUI at WWDC 2025?”

  Network · get_documentation_updates

• Fetches Apple's guides and overviews

  Returns overviews and getting-started guides for Apple technologies, filtered by topic or platform.

  Try: “Show Apple's overview guides for augmented reality.”

  Network · get_technology_overviews

• Browses Apple's sample code projects

  Lists complete sample projects from Apple, filtered by framework or keyword, with beta filtering.

  Try: “Find Apple sample projects about camera capture.”

  Network · get_sample_code

• Lists WWDC sessions

  Lists WWDC session videos by year, topic or whether they include code, with titles and durations.

  Try: “List 2025 WWDC sessions that include code.”

  Network · list_wwdc_videos

• Searches WWDC transcripts and code

  Runs a full-text search across WWDC transcripts and code samples, limited to transcript, code or both.

  Try: “Search WWDC transcripts for @Observable.”

  Network · search_wwdc_content

• Gets one WWDC session in full

  Returns the transcript, code examples and resources for a single session by year and session number.

  Try: “Get the transcript for WWDC 2025 session 238.”

  Network · get_wwdc_video

• Collects WWDC code examples

  Gathers code examples from WWDC sessions, filtered by framework, topic, year or language, each with its source session.

  Try: “Show SwiftData code examples from WWDC.”

  Network · get_wwdc_code_examples

• Lists WWDC topic categories

  Returns the WWDC topic categories and their IDs, optionally with the videos under one topic.

  Try: “List the WWDC topics.”

  Network · browse_wwdc_topics

• Finds sessions related to a video

  Suggests prerequisite, follow-up and similar sessions for a given WWDC video.

  Try: “What should I watch after WWDC 2025 session 10101?”

  Network · find_related_wwdc_videos

• Lists WWDC years with video counts

  Returns which WWDC years are available and how many videos each year has.

  Try: “Which WWDC years can you search?”

  Network · list_wwdc_years

Watch out for

• It rotates browser user-agent names by default

  To avoid being blocked, requests are sent with a rotating pool of browser user-agent strings, which the README says you can turn off with USER_AGENT_ROTATION_ENABLED. github.com

• Your search terms go to Apple

  Queries and page URLs are sent to developer.apple.com. Do not put private code in a prompt that triggers a search. github.com

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