Guide: Connecting XcodeBuildMCP to Cursor and Claude Desktop

The XcodeBuildMCP MCP server is used to:  Popular MCP server that enables AI agents to scaffold, build, run and test iOS, macOS, visionOS and watchOS apps or simulators and wired and wireless devices. It has powerful UI-automation capabilities like controlling the simulator, capturing run-time logs, as well as taking screenshots and viewing the accessibility hierarchy. Instead of manually writing configuration files, use the generator on the right.

AI Skills (Prompt Recipes)

Copy these prompts and send them to Claude/Cursor after connecting the tool to activate the skills:

Common Troubleshooting Issues:

• Missing commas in claude_desktop_config.json, which crashes the entire client.
• Incorrect slash escaping in Windows paths (use \\\\ instead of \\).
• Incorrect arguments syntax in the JSON array.