feat(xcode-ide): Persist bridge response artifacts

AGENTS.md

@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ ESM TypeScript project (`type: module`). Key layers:
 - No `.js` imports in `src/` (enforced by ESLint)
 - No barrel imports from `utils/index` - import from specific submodules (e.g., `src/utils/execution/index.ts`, `src/utils/logging/index.ts`)
 
+
+## Rendering and Streaming Contract
+- Streaming fragments are transient output only. They MUST NOT be used as internal state, cached for final responses, or promoted into final MCP/JSON/CLI text output.
+- Non-streaming runtimes/output modes, including MCP final responses, MUST render only from the final structured result and next-step metadata. If final output needs data, add it to the final result type instead of reading it from fragments.
+- Only streaming-capable renderers may observe fragment callbacks, and only to print live progress. Their fragment handling must not affect final structured output or final rendered text.
+
 ## Test Conventions
 - Vitest with colocated `__tests__/` directories using `*.test.ts`
 - Smoke tests in `src/smoke-tests/__tests__/` (separate Vitest config, serial execution)
@@ -88,6 +94,7 @@ When reading issues:
 - Use shared lock and atomic-write helpers for mutable shared files.
 - Prefer one-record-per-file registries over shared aggregate files.
 - Cleanup must verify ownership before deleting shared artifacts.
+- User-facing artifact/log paths in final text or structured output must use `displayPath()` from `src/utils/build-preflight.ts`, so paths are cwd-relative when possible or `~/...` instead of absolute home paths. Keep stored files at their real absolute paths; only normalize response/display values.
 
 ## Style
 - Keep answers short and concise
@@ -98,6 +105,7 @@ When reading issues:
 ## Docs
 - Do not commit transient investigation notes, prompt exports, or scratch analysis docs after the work is complete.
 - If an investigation leaves unresolved follow-up work, move it to a GitHub issue instead of preserving the transient doc in the branch.
+- Structured output JSON schemas are auto-published to the website/public schema mirror when merged; do not manually update public schema copies unless explicitly asked.
 
 ### Changelog
 Location: `CHANGELOG.md`

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Updated Xcode IDE `call-tool` output to save raw remote responses as transient workspace-state JSON artifacts, summarize text output without embedding large relayed payloads, and support `--output json` / `--output jsonl` through the generic CLI output path.
 - Centralized workspace log retention and startup/shutdown filesystem cleanup so XcodeBuildMCP-owned logs are pruned consistently while preserving active daemon and simulator OSLog outputs.
+- Removed internal streaming-fragment context flags so final tool state now comes from explicit structured outputs instead of transient progress fragments ([#360](https://github.com/getsentry/XcodeBuildMCP/issues/360)).
 
 ## [2.5.0-beta.1]
 

CLAUDE.md

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ When reading issues:
 - Use shared lock and atomic-write helpers for mutable shared files.
 - Prefer one-record-per-file registries over shared aggregate files.
 - Cleanup must verify ownership before deleting shared artifacts.
+- User-facing artifact/log paths in final text or structured output must use `displayPath()` from `src/utils/build-preflight.ts`, so paths are cwd-relative when possible or `~/...` instead of absolute home paths. Keep stored files at their real absolute paths; only normalize response/display values.
 
 ## Style
 - Keep answers short and concise
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ When reading issues:
 ## Docs
 - Do not commit transient investigation notes, prompt exports, or scratch analysis docs after the work is complete.
 - If an investigation leaves unresolved follow-up work, move it to a GitHub issue instead of preserving the transient doc in the branch.
+- Structured output JSON schemas are auto-published to the website/public schema mirror when merged; do not manually update public schema copies unless explicitly asked.
 
 ### Changelog
 Location: `CHANGELOG.md`
@@ -62,6 +64,12 @@ Use these sections under `## [Unreleased]`:
 - **Internal changes (from issues)**: `Fixed foo bar ([#123](https://github.com/cameroncook/XcodeBuildMCP/issues/123))`
 - **External contributions**: `Added feature X ([#456](https://github.com/cameroncook/XcodeBuildMCP/pull/456) by [@username](https://github.com/username))`
 
+
+## Rendering and Streaming Contract
+- Streaming fragments are transient output only. They MUST NOT be used as internal state, cached for final responses, or promoted into final MCP/JSON/CLI text output.
+- Non-streaming runtimes/output modes, including MCP final responses, MUST render only from the final structured result and next-step metadata. If final output needs data, add it to the final result type instead of reading it from fragments.
+- Only streaming-capable renderers may observe fragment callbacks, and only to print live progress. Their fragment handling must not affect final structured output or final rendered text.
+
 ## Test Execution Rules
 - When running long test suites (snapshot tests, smoke tests), ALWAYS write full output to a log file and read it afterwards. NEVER pipe through `tail` or `grep` directly — that loses output you may need to debug failures.
 - Pattern: `DEVICE_ID=... npm run test:snapshot 2>&1 | tee /tmp/snapshot-results.txt` then read `/tmp/snapshot-results.txt` with the native read tool.

manifests/tools/xcode_ide_call_tool.yaml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ names:
 description: Call a remote Xcode IDE MCP tool.
 outputSchema:
   schema: xcodebuildmcp.output.xcode-bridge-call-result
-  version: "1"
+  version: '2'
 routing:
   stateful: true
 annotations:

manifests/tools/xcode_ide_list_tools.yaml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ names:
 description: "Lists Xcode-IDE-only MCP capabilities (Use for: SwiftUI previews image capture, code snippet execution, issue Navigator/build logs, and window/tab context)."
 outputSchema:
   schema: xcodebuildmcp.output.xcode-bridge-tool-list
-  version: "1"
+  version: "2"
 routing:
   stateful: true
 annotations:

schemas/structured-output/xcodebuildmcp.output.error/1.schema.json

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "$id": "https://xcodebuildmcp.com/schemas/structured-output/xcodebuildmcp.output.error/1.schema.json",
+  "type": "object",
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "allOf": [
+    {
+      "$ref": "https://xcodebuildmcp.com/schemas/structured-output/_defs/common.schema.json#/$defs/errorConsistency"
+    }
+  ],
+  "properties": {
+    "schema": {
+      "const": "xcodebuildmcp.output.error"
+    },
+    "schemaVersion": {
+      "const": "1"
+    },
+    "didError": {
+      "const": true
+    },
+    "error": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "minLength": 1
+    },
+    "data": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "category": {
+          "enum": ["runtime", "validation", "schema"]
+        },
+        "code": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "minLength": 1
+        }
+      },
+      "required": ["category", "code"]
+    }
+  },
+  "required": ["schema", "schemaVersion", "didError", "error", "data"]
+}

schemas/structured-output/xcodebuildmcp.output.xcode-bridge-call-result/2.schema.json

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "$id": "https://xcodebuildmcp.com/schemas/structured-output/xcodebuildmcp.output.xcode-bridge-call-result/2.schema.json",
+  "type": "object",
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "allOf": [
+    {
+      "$ref": "https://xcodebuildmcp.com/schemas/structured-output/_defs/common.schema.json#/$defs/errorConsistency"
+    }
+  ],
+  "$defs": {
+    "relayedContentItem": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": true,
+      "properties": {
+        "type": { "type": "string" }
+      },
+      "required": ["type"]
+    },
+    "artifacts": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "rawResponseJsonPath": { "type": "string" }
+      },
+      "required": ["rawResponseJsonPath"]
+    }
+  },
+  "properties": {
+    "schema": { "const": "xcodebuildmcp.output.xcode-bridge-call-result" },
+    "schemaVersion": { "const": "2" },
+    "didError": { "type": "boolean" },
+    "error": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "data": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "remoteTool": { "type": "string" },
+        "succeeded": { "type": "boolean" },
+        "content": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/relayedContentItem" }
+        },
+        "artifacts": { "$ref": "#/$defs/artifacts" }
+      },
+      "required": ["remoteTool", "succeeded", "content"]
+    }
+  },
+  "required": ["schema", "schemaVersion", "didError", "error", "data"]
+}

schemas/structured-output/xcodebuildmcp.output.xcode-bridge-tool-list/2.schema.json

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "$id": "https://xcodebuildmcp.com/schemas/structured-output/xcodebuildmcp.output.xcode-bridge-tool-list/2.schema.json",
+  "type": "object",
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "allOf": [
+    {
+      "$ref": "https://xcodebuildmcp.com/schemas/structured-output/_defs/common.schema.json#/$defs/errorConsistency"
+    }
+  ],
+  "$defs": {
+    "artifacts": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "rawResponseJsonPath": { "type": "string" }
+      },
+      "required": ["rawResponseJsonPath"]
+    }
+  },
+  "properties": {
+    "schema": { "const": "xcodebuildmcp.output.xcode-bridge-tool-list" },
+    "schemaVersion": { "const": "2" },
+    "didError": { "type": "boolean" },
+    "error": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+    "data": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "toolCount": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 },
+        "artifacts": { "$ref": "#/$defs/artifacts" }
+      },
+      "required": ["toolCount"]
+    }
+  },
+  "required": ["schema", "schemaVersion", "didError", "error", "data"]
+}

src/cli.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,23 @@ function findTopLevelCommand(argv: string[]): string | undefined {
   return undefined;
 }
 
+function findGlobalSocketOverride(argv: string[]): string | undefined {
+  for (let index = 0; index < argv.length; index += 1) {
+    const token = argv[index];
+    if (token === '--socket') {
+      const value = argv[index + 1];
+      return value && !value.startsWith('-') ? value : undefined;
+    }
+
+    if (token.startsWith('--socket=')) {
+      const value = token.slice('--socket='.length);
+      return value || undefined;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
+}
+
 async function buildLightweightYargsApp(): Promise<ReturnType<typeof import('yargs').default>> {
   const yargs = (await import('yargs')).default;
   const { hideBin } = await import('yargs/helpers');
@@ -120,10 +137,12 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
 
   const { workspaceRoot, workspaceKey } = result;
 
-  const defaultSocketPath = getSocketPath({
-    cwd: result.runtime.cwd,
-    projectConfigPath: result.configPath,
-  });
+  const socketPath =
+    findGlobalSocketOverride(process.argv.slice(2)) ??
+    getSocketPath({
+      cwd: result.runtime.cwd,
+      projectConfigPath: result.configPath,
+    });
 
   const cliExposedWorkflowIds = await listCliWorkflowIdsFromManifest({
     excludeWorkflows: ['session-management', 'workflow-discovery'],
@@ -133,7 +152,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
 
   // CLI uses a manifest-resolved catalog plus daemon-backed xcode-ide dynamic tools.
   const catalog = await buildCliToolCatalog({
-    socketPath: defaultSocketPath,
+    socketPath,
     workspaceRoot,
     cliExposedWorkflowIds,
     discoveryMode,
@@ -142,7 +161,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
   const yargsApp = buildYargsApp({
     catalog,
     runtimeConfig: result.runtime.config,
-    defaultSocketPath,
+    defaultSocketPath: socketPath,
     workspaceRoot,
     workspaceKey,
     workflowNames: cliExposedWorkflowIds,