Apple Docs

Query Apple Developer Documentation, APIs, and WWDC videos (2014-2025). Search SwiftUI, UIKit, Objective-C, Swift frameworks and watch sessions.

Security Scan

The skill's code, instructions, and required resources are consistent with a tool that queries Apple Developer docs and WWDC metadata; it does network-only reads from Apple and a public GitHub repo and does not request credentials or unusual system access.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description match what the files do: search Apple Developer documentation and WWDC metadata. The CLI only requires node and performs HTTP queries to developer.apple.com and a public GitHub raw repo referenced in SKILL.md.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md and cli.js both direct the agent to fetch documentation and WWDC JSON/index files. There is a small mismatch in wording: SKILL.md mentions an 'MCP server' and offline-bundled WWDC videos, while cli.js fetches WWDC data from raw GitHub URLs; this is not harmful but worth noting.

Install Mechanism

No install spec is provided (instruction-only skill with an included CLI file). That keeps risk low — nothing is downloaded or extracted by the platform installer. The script does fetch remote JSON at runtime from developer.apple.com and raw.githubusercontent.com, which is expected for this purpose.

Credentials

No environment variables, credentials, or config paths are required. The skill only uses network access to public Apple and GitHub endpoints; requested privileges are proportional to the described functionality.

Persistence & Privilege

always:false and no special persistence or system modification is requested. The skill does not attempt to modify other skills or system-wide settings.

Assessment

This skill appears coherent and limited to reading Apple developer pages and JSON files on a public GitHub repo; it does not ask for credentials or file/system access. Before installing, you may want to: (1) verify the referenced GitHub repo (https://github.com/kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp) to confirm content and maintainer, (2) run the CLI in a sandbox or test environment if you are cautious, and (3) be aware that the tool performs outgoing HTTP requests (to developer.apple.com and raw.githubusercontent.com) so network access is required. The SKILL.md's mention of an 'MCP server' and 'bundled offline videos' is a minor documentation inconsistency—if offline video content is important to you, check the repo to confirm what's actually bundled.

Apple Docs Skill

Query Apple Developer Documentation, frameworks, APIs, and WWDC videos.

Setup

No installation required - works out of the box with native fetch.

Available Tools

Documentation Search

Command	Description
apple-docs search "query"	Search Apple Developer Documentation
apple-docs symbols "UIView"	Search framework classes, structs, protocols
apple-docs doc "/path/to/doc"	Get detailed documentation by path

API Exploration

Command	Description
apple-docs apis "UIViewController"	Find inheritance and protocol conformances
apple-docs platform "UIScrollView"	Check platform/version compatibility
apple-docs similar "UIPickerView"	Find Apple's recommended alternatives

Technology Browsing

Command	Description
apple-docs tech	List all Apple technologies by category
apple-docs overview "SwiftUI"	Get comprehensive technology guides
apple-docs samples "SwiftUI"	Browse Swift/Objective-C sample projects

WWDC Videos

Command	Description
apple-docs wwdc-search "async"	Search WWDC sessions (2014-2025)
apple-docs wwdc-video 2024-100	Get transcript, code examples, resources
apple-docs wwdc-topics	List 20 WWDC topic categories
apple-docs wwdc-years	List WWDC years with video counts

Options

Option	Description
--limit <n>	Limit number of results
--category	Filter by technology category
--framework	Filter by framework name
--year	Filter by WWDC year
--no-transcript	Skip transcript for WWDC videos
--no-inheritance	Skip inheritance info in apis command
--no-conformances	Skip protocol conformances in apis command

Examples

Search Documentation

# Search for SwiftUI animations
apple-docs search "SwiftUI animation"

# Find UITableView delegate methods
apple-docs symbols "UITableViewDelegate"

Check Platform Compatibility

# Check iOS version support for Vision framework
apple-docs platform "VNRecognizeTextRequest"

# Find all SwiftUI views that support iOS 15+
apple-docs search "SwiftUI View iOS 15"

Explore APIs

# Get inheritance hierarchy for UIViewController
apple-docs apis "UIViewController"

# Find alternatives to deprecated API
apple-docs similar "UILabel"

WWDC Videos

# Search for async/await sessions
apple-docs wwdc-search "async await"

# Get specific video details with transcript
apple-docs wwdc-video 2024-100

# List all available years
apple-docs wwdc-years

Browse Technologies

# List all Apple technologies
apple-docs tech

# Get SwiftUI overview guide
apple-docs overview "SwiftUI"

# Find Vision framework samples
apple-docs samples "Vision"

Caching

The underlying MCP server includes:

• 30 minute cache for API docs
• 10 minute cache for search results
• 1 hour cache for framework info
• 1,260+ WWDC videos bundled offline (35MB)

Resources

• MCP Server: https://github.com/kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp
• Apple Developer Documentation: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/
• Apple Developer: https://developer.apple.com/