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swift-development

Comprehensive Swift development for building, testing, and deploying iOS/macOS applications. Use when Claude needs to: (1) Build Swift packages or Xcode projects from command line, (2) Run tests with XCTest or Swift Testing framework, (3) Manage iOS simulators with simctl, (4) Handle code signing, provisioning profiles, and app distribution, (5) Format or lint Swift code with SwiftFormat/SwiftLint, (6) Work with Swift Package Manager (SPM), (7) Implement Swift 6 concurrency patterns (async/await, actors, Sendable), (8) Create SwiftUI views with MVVM architecture, (9) Set up Core Data or SwiftData persistence, or any other Swift/iOS/macOS development tasks.

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SKILL.md

Swift Development

Prerequisites

  • macOS with Xcode 15+ installed (Xcode 16+ for Swift 6)
  • Xcode Command Line Tools: xcode-select --install
  • Verify: xcodebuild -version and swift --version

Quick Start

New Swift Package

bash
# Use the included script for full setup
./scripts/new_package.sh MyLibrary --type library --ios --macos

# Or manually
swift package init --type library --name MyLibrary

Build and Test

bash
# SPM packages
swift build
swift test

# Xcode projects
xcodebuild -workspace App.xcworkspace -scheme App \
    -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 15' build

# Use included script for common options
./scripts/run_tests.sh --parallel --coverage

Format and Lint

bash
# Use included script
./scripts/format_and_lint.sh Sources/

# Check mode (CI)
./scripts/format_and_lint.sh --check

Simulator Management

bash
# Use included script
./scripts/simulator.sh list
./scripts/simulator.sh boot "iPhone 15"
./scripts/simulator.sh screenshot
./scripts/simulator.sh dark

Core Workflows

Building iOS Apps

bash
# Debug build for simulator
xcodebuild -workspace App.xcworkspace -scheme App \
    -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 15' \
    build

# Release archive
xcodebuild archive \
    -workspace App.xcworkspace -scheme App \
    -archivePath ./build/App.xcarchive \
    -configuration Release

# Export IPA (use templates from assets/ExportOptions/)
xcodebuild -exportArchive \
    -archivePath ./build/App.xcarchive \
    -exportPath ./build/export \
    -exportOptionsPlist assets/ExportOptions/app-store.plist

Testing

bash
# All tests
xcodebuild test -workspace App.xcworkspace -scheme App \
    -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 15'

# Specific test
xcodebuild test -only-testing:AppTests/MyTestClass/testMethod

# With coverage
xcodebuild test -enableCodeCoverage YES \
    -resultBundlePath ./TestResults.xcresult

App Installation

bash
# Install on booted simulator
xcrun simctl install booted ./Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/App.app

# Launch
xcrun simctl launch booted com.company.app

Official Documentation

Reference Links (for humans)

These are Apple's official documentation links for manual browsing:

Resource URL
Swift Documentation https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swift
SwiftUI https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui
Swift Concurrency https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swift/concurrency
Swift Testing https://developer.apple.com/documentation/testing

Note: Apple's documentation sites are JavaScript SPAs and cannot be fetched programmatically with WebFetch.

WebFetch-Compatible Sources

Use these GitHub-based sources for live documentation fetching:

Resource URL
Swift Testing https://github.com/apple/swift-testing
Swift Evolution Proposals https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/tree/main/proposals
Swift Compiler Docs https://github.com/apple/swift/tree/main/docs
Swift Standard Library https://github.com/apple/swift/tree/main/stdlib
Swift Async Algorithms https://github.com/apple/swift-async-algorithms
Swift Collections https://github.com/apple/swift-collections

When to Fetch Documentation

Use WebFetch to retrieve documentation from GitHub in these situations:

  1. Swift Testing: When you need details on @Test, #expect, #require, traits, or parameterized tests
  2. Swift Evolution: When checking accepted proposals for new language features
  3. Framework Details: When implementing features from Apple's open-source Swift packages
  4. Uncertainty: When you're unsure about current API patterns or best practices

How to fetch: Use WebFetch with GitHub URLs:

  • README: https://github.com/apple/swift-testing
  • Raw markdown: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apple/swift-testing/main/README.md
  • Specific docs: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/main/proposals/0409-access-level-on-imports.md

Example prompt for WebFetch: "Extract the main features, macros, and usage examples from this documentation"

Reference Files

Detailed documentation for specific topics:

Topic File
SwiftUI patterns references/swiftui-patterns.md
Testing patterns references/testing-patterns.md
Swift 6 concurrency references/concurrency.md
Architecture patterns references/architecture.md
Best practices references/best-practices.md
Swift Package Manager references/spm.md
xcodebuild commands references/xcodebuild.md
Simulator control references/simctl.md
Code signing references/code-signing.md
CI/CD setup references/cicd.md
Troubleshooting references/troubleshooting.md

Included Scripts

Script Purpose
scripts/new_package.sh Create new Swift package with config files
scripts/run_tests.sh Run tests with common options
scripts/format_and_lint.sh Format and lint Swift code
scripts/simulator.sh Quick simulator management

Asset Templates

Asset Purpose
assets/Package.swift.template Swift package template
assets/.swiftformat SwiftFormat configuration
assets/.swiftlint.yml SwiftLint configuration
assets/ExportOptions/ Archive export plist templates

Quick Reference

Essential Commands

Task Command
Build package swift build
Build release swift build -c release
Run tests swift test
Update deps swift package update
List simulators xcrun simctl list devices
Boot simulator xcrun simctl boot "iPhone 15"
Install app xcrun simctl install booted ./App.app
Format code swiftformat .
Lint code swiftlint

Common Destinations

bash
# iOS Simulator
-destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 15'

# macOS
-destination 'platform=macOS'

# Generic iOS (for archives)
-destination 'generic/platform=iOS'

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