Apple Docs

The Apple Docs MCP Server gives your AI assistants direct access to Apple’s developer resources.

This means you can query anything from SwiftUI APIs and UIKit frameworks to WWDC video transcripts using natural language, right inside your editor.

Features

• 🔍 Smart Search: Intelligently queries the entire Apple Developer Documentation, including SwiftUI, UIKit, and more.
• 📚 Complete Documentation: Accesses the full JSON API for Swift and Objective-C documentation.
• 🎥 WWDC Video Library: Searches WWDC sessions from 2014-2025, complete with transcripts and code examples.
• 🔗 API Relationship Discovery: Finds connections between SwiftUI views, UIKit controllers, and other framework components.
• 💻 Sample Code Access: Pulls up official Swift and Objective-C code examples for all Apple platforms.
• 📊 Platform Compatibility Analysis: Checks API availability for iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS versions.
• 📰 Documentation Update Tracking: Keeps you current with the latest announcements from WWDC, new SDKs, and beta API changes.

How to Use It

1. For Claude Desktop, you just add this to your configuration file.

• 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"]
    }
  }
}

If you ever feel like the server is providing stale information, you can force it to grab the newest version by updating the arguments: "args": ["-y", "@kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp@latest"]. After a quick restart of the application, you can start querying.

2. Here are setups for other common environments:

Cursor: Add this to your ~/.cursor/mcp.json file:

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

VS Code: Add this to your VS Code MCP configuration:

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

Zed: Add this to your settings.json file:

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

3. Once installed, you can make requests like:

• "Search for SwiftUI animations"
• "Show me withAnimation API with related APIs"
• "Search WWDC videos about Swift concurrency"
• "Get details for WWDC session 10176"
• "List all Beta frameworks in iOS 26"

4. Available tools:

• search_apple_docs: Finds specific APIs, classes, and methods in the documentation.
• get_apple_doc_content: Retrieves detailed content for a specific documentation page.
• list_technologies: Browses all available Apple technologies by category.
• search_wwdc_videos: Searches WWDC sessions by keyword, topic, or year.
• get_wwdc_video_details: Pulls the full transcript, code examples, and resources for a specific WWDC video.
• get_sample_code: Looks for official Apple sample code projects.
• get_platform_compatibility: Analyzes API availability across different OS versions.
• find_similar_apis: Discovers APIs related to a given one based on Apple’s recommendations.

FAQs

Q: Is this an official tool from Apple?
A: No, this is an independent, open-source project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple Inc. It uses Apple’s publicly available documentation APIs to function.

Q: The server seems to be using an older version of a document. How do I get the latest?
A: The server uses a memory-based cache to improve performance. If you suspect you are seeing stale data, you can force an update by adding the @latest tag to the package name in your configuration file, like this: "args": ["-y", "@kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp@latest"]. Then, restart your AI assistant or editor.

Q: Can I use this to find documentation for beta SDKs?
A: Yes. The server’s tools can track documentation updates, which includes new information for beta SDKs and features announced at WWDC. You can specifically query for beta features or updates related to a new OS version.

Q: How does the WWDC video search work?
A: The search_wwdc_videos tool lets you search session titles and descriptions by keyword. You can also filter by topic (like “SwiftUI” or “Machine Learning”) and year. Once you find a session, you can use get_wwdc_video_details with its ID to get the full transcript, downloadable resources, and associated code.