# Apple Developer Documentation

> Use this tool when you need to access Apple Developer Documentation for iOS, macOS, SwiftUI, and UIKit development, and want to efficiently search and retrieve information on frameworks, symbols, and topics. It solves problems related to API discovery, development assistance, and building AI coding assistants by providing smart search capabilities and wildcard pattern support. With inputs such as search queries and framework names, and outputs including detailed symbol documentation and framework structures, this tool is ideal for use cases where real-time access to official Apple documentation is required.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/apple-developer-documentation  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/apple-developer-documentation

## Description

This MCP server provides seamless access to Apple Developer Documentation with smart search capabilities and wildcard pattern support for iOS, macOS, SwiftUI, and UIKit development. Built by MightyDillah using TypeScript with axios for HTTP requests and intelligent caching, it offers four core tools for listing available Apple technologies/frameworks, browsing framework structures and topics, retrieving detailed symbol documentation, and searching across frameworks with wildcard support like 'RPBroadcast*' or 'UI*View*'. The implementation features priority-based framework searching that targets popular frameworks first (SwiftUI, UIKit, Foundation), 10-minute response caching for performance, proper Apple API headers to avoid rate limiting, and comprehensive error handling, making it valuable for iOS/macOS development assistance, API discovery, and building AI coding assistants that need real-time access to Apple's official documentation without manual browsing.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.89
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/apple-developer-documentation)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mightydillah/apple-doc-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "apple-developer-documentation"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/apple-developer-documentation` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/apple-developer-documentation/pull`

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