🚀 Quick Start

Claude Desktop (Recommended)

Add this to your Claude Desktop configuration:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-docs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Note: If you encounter issues with an old version being used, add @latest to force the latest version:

"args": ["-y", "@kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp@latest"]

Restart Claude Desktop and start asking about Apple APIs!

📦 Installation

claude mcp add apple-docs -- npx -y @kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp@latest

📖 Claude Code MCP docs

Via Settings: Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP → Add new global MCP server

Via Config File: Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-docs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

📖 Cursor MCP docs

Add to your VS Code MCP config:

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "apple-docs": {
        "type": "stdio",
        "command": "npx",
        "args": ["-y", "@kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp"]
      }
    }
  }
}

📖 VS Code MCP docs

Add to your Windsurf MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-docs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

📖 Windsurf MCP docs

Add to your Zed settings.json:

{
  "context_servers": {
    "Apple Docs": {
      "command": {
        "path": "npx",
        "args": ["-y", "@kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp"]
      },
      "settings": {}
    }
  }
}

📖 Zed Context Server docs

Via Marketplace:

1. Open Cline → Menu (☰) → MCP Servers → Marketplace
2. Search "Apple Docs MCP" → Install

Via Config: Add to cline_mcp_settings.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-docs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp"],
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

Via Config File: Add to ~/.aws/amazonq/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-docs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

📖 Amazon A Developer CLI MCP docs

For Windows systems, use:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-docs": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp"],
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

Global Installation:

# Using pnpm (recommended)
pnpm add -g @kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp

# Using npm
npm install -g @kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp

Direct Usage:

npx @kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp --help

Development Setup:

git clone https://github.com/kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp.git
cd apple-docs-mcp

# Using pnpm (recommended)
pnpm install && pnpm run build

# Using npm
npm install && npm run build

💬 Usage Examples

🔍 Smart Search

"Search for SwiftUI animations"
"Find withAnimation API documentation"
"Look up async/await patterns in Swift"
"Show me UITableView delegate methods"
"Search Core Data NSPersistentContainer examples"
"Find AVFoundation video playback APIs"

📚 Documentation Access

"Get detailed information about the SwiftUI framework"
"Show me withAnimation API with related APIs"
"Get platform compatibility for SwiftData"
"Access UIViewController documentation with similar APIs"
"Show me NSManagedObjectContext documentation"
"Get URLSession async/await methods"

🔧 Framework Exploration

"Show me SwiftUI framework API index"
"List all UIKit classes and methods"
"Browse ARKit framework structure"
"Get WeatherKit API hierarchy"
"Explore Core ML model loading APIs"
"Show Vision framework image analysis APIs"

🔗 API Discovery

"Find APIs related to UIViewController"
"Show me similar APIs to withAnimation"
"Get all references from SwiftData documentation"
"Discover alternatives to Core Data NSManagedObject"

📋 Technology & Platform Analysis

"List all Beta frameworks in iOS 26"
"Show me Graphics & Games technologies"
"What machine learning frameworks are available?"
"Analyze platform compatibility for Vision framework"

📰 Documentation Updates

"Show me the latest WWDC updates"
"What's new in SwiftUI?"
"Get technology updates for iOS"
"Show me release notes for Xcode"
"Find beta features in the latest updates"

🎯 Technology Overviews

"Show me technology overviews for app design and UI"
"Get comprehensive guides for games development"
"Explore AI and machine learning overviews"
"Show me iOS-specific technology guides"
"Get data management technology overviews"

💻 Sample Code Library

"Show SwiftUI sample code projects"
"Find sample code for machine learning"
"Get UIKit example projects"
"Show featured WWDC sample code"
"Find Core Data sample implementations"
"Show only beta sample code projects"

🎥 WWDC Video Search

"Search WWDC videos about SwiftUI"
"Find WWDC sessions on machine learning"
"Show me WWDC 2024 videos"
"Search for async/await WWDC talks"
"Find WWDC videos about Swift concurrency"
"Show accessibility-focused WWDC sessions"

📺 WWDC Video Details

"Get details for WWDC session 10176"
"Show me the transcript for WWDC23 session on SwiftData"
"Get code examples from WWDC video 10019"
"Show resources from Vision Pro WWDC session"
"Get transcript for 'Meet async/await in Swift' session"

📋 WWDC Topics & Years

"List all WWDC topics"
"Show me Swift topic WWDC videos"
"Get WWDC videos about developer tools"
"List WWDC videos from 2023"
"Show all SwiftUI and UI frameworks sessions"
"Get machine learning WWDC content"

🛠️ Advanced Usage

"Find related APIs for @State with platform analysis"
"Resolve all references from SwiftUI documentation"
"Get platform compatibility analysis for Vision framework"
"Find similar APIs to UIViewController with deep search"

🛠️ Available Tools

| Tool | Description | Key Features | |------|-------------|--------------| | search_apple_docs | Search Apple Developer Documentation | Official search API, find specific APIs, classes, methods | | get_apple_doc_content | Get detailed documentation content | JSON API access, optional enhanced analysis (related/similar APIs, platform compatibility) | | list_technologies | Browse all Apple technologies | Category filtering, language support, beta status | | `search_framewo