Apple Deep Docs MCP

Access hidden Xcode documentation and Apple developer resources through the Model Context Protocol.

Overview

This MCP server provides comprehensive access to Apple's development documentation ecosystem, including:

• Hidden Xcode Documentation: Searches the AdditionalDocumentation folder inside Xcode.app containing advanced SwiftUI patterns, Liquid Glass design guides for iOS 26+, and framework-specific implementation details not available on Apple's public developer site
• Apple Developer API: Fetches and parses structured documentation from developer.apple.com
• Swift Evolution Proposals: Searches 500+ proposals to understand the "why" behind language features
• Swift Open Source Repositories: Searches across all Apple/SwiftLang GitHub repositories for implementation examples
• WWDC Session Notes: Accesses community-curated WWDC session summaries for performance optimization and architecture patterns

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• Xcode installed (for local documentation features)

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/appledeepdocs-mcp.git
cd appledeepdocs-mcp

2. Set up the Python environment:

# Create virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv

# Install dependencies
./venv/bin/pip install fastmcp

Configuration

Claude Code

For Claude Code, you need to add the MCP server using the following CLI commands:

Make sure run.sh is executable

chmod +x /path/to/appledeepdocs-mcp/run.sh

Add the MCP server to the local Claude Code project config

Navigate to the project folder where you will be activating Claude Code, then run the following command to register the MCP server:

claude mcp add --transport stdio apple-deep-docs /path/to/appledeepdocs-mcp/run.sh

Verify it was added

claude mcp list

Now when you activate claude in this folder, it will have the MCP server available.

Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-deep-docs": {
      "command": "/path/to/appledeepdocs-mcp/run.sh"
    }
  }
}

Replace /path/to/appledeepdocs-mcp with the full path where you cloned this repository. The run.sh script automatically handles the virtual environment.

Config file locations:

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

After updating the config, restart Claude Desktop to load the MCP server.

Project Structure

├── main.py               # Entry point for the MCP server
├── config.py            # Configuration and Xcode path discovery
├── tools.py             # MCP tool definitions and input validation
├── docs/                # Documentation access modules
│   ├── local_docs.py    # Xcode's hidden local documentation
│   └── apple_docs.py    # Apple Developer website API access
├── evolution/           # Swift language evolution
│   └── swift_evolution.py
├── repos/               # GitHub repository searching
│   └── swift_repos.py
├── suggestions/         # Intelligent suggestion system
│   └── suggestions.py   # Centralized suggestion engine
├── wwdc/                # WWDC session resources
│   └── wwdc_notes.py
└── pyproject.toml       # Package configuration

Available Tools

Local Documentation

• search_docs - Search Xcode's hidden documentation
• get_document - Retrieve full content of a specific document
• list_documents - List all available documentation files
• get_xcode_versions - Get installed Xcode versions with documentation

Apple Developer Resources

• fetch_apple_documentation - Fetch structured docs from developer.apple.com
• search_apple_online - Search both local and online Apple documentation
• get_framework_info - Get direct documentation URL for any framework

Swift Evolution

• search_swift_evolution - Search Swift Evolution proposals
• get_swift_evolution_proposal - Get details of a specific proposal

GitHub Resources

• search_swift_repos - Search across all Apple/SwiftLang repositories
• fetch_github_file - Fetch source code from GitHub repositories

WWDC Resources

• search_wwdc_notes - Search WWDC session notes and transcripts
• get_wwdc_session - Get WWDC session URLs from session ID

Environment Variables

• XCODE_DOC_PATH: Override default Xcode documentation search path

License

MIT