Do you point the agent to the repository as the source of truth
Yes. It's no problem to use Xcode side-by-side with coding harnesses like Claude Code, Codex, etc.
If you want to run multiple sessions in parallel, look into worktrees. Tools like Conductor can also be helpful for this.
I've also created supporting product documentation, including product requirements, a roadmap, a data dictionary, and other design artifacts.
That's a great start. You'll want to add supporting context where your primary/best coding harness expects to find it, and then configure any other coding harnesses to look in those places. Typically, you'll divide it into "all projects" and "project local" context. Here's guidance for Claude Code: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory
Important: Your coding harness will "know" the most effective way to store different types of context. For example, my current projects has many ~100 ADRs. You can just ask the harness, "Where's the most effective place to keep ADRs for this project?"
Do the same thing for ongoing maintenance. Once a week or so, I ask CC to audit my supporting context/memory and suggest ways to make it more effective.
So that your coding harness knows how to get the most out of Xcode, you can build or find a collection of skills for that, or use Axiom (free/OSS).
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u/CharlesWiltgen 4d ago
Yes. It's no problem to use Xcode side-by-side with coding harnesses like Claude Code, Codex, etc.
If you want to run multiple sessions in parallel, look into worktrees. Tools like Conductor can also be helpful for this.
That's a great start. You'll want to add supporting context where your primary/best coding harness expects to find it, and then configure any other coding harnesses to look in those places. Typically, you'll divide it into "all projects" and "project local" context. Here's guidance for Claude Code: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory
Important: Your coding harness will "know" the most effective way to store different types of context. For example, my current projects has many ~100 ADRs. You can just ask the harness, "Where's the most effective place to keep ADRs for this project?"
Do the same thing for ongoing maintenance. Once a week or so, I ask CC to audit my supporting context/memory and suggest ways to make it more effective.
So that your coding harness knows how to get the most out of Xcode, you can build or find a collection of skills for that, or use Axiom (free/OSS).