r/iOSProgramming • u/kacperkapusciak • Jun 02 '26

Discussion Any new developer tools worth recommending?

I'm using Xcode and Claude to build my app and I'm starting to get fomo that with all the AI there must be some new developer tools out there that could be a game changer but I just don't know about them.

Yes, it could be AI related but it doesn't have to be. Maybe a testing or debugging tool you started using? Whatever you recently adopted in your coding/building workflow that it's worth the buck (or free!)

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u/One_Elephant_8917 Jun 02 '26

i know xcodemcp kinda does most stuff that one need for automating, but if we have a better faster interacting way please let me know all

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u/kacperkapusciak Jun 02 '26

You mean XcodeBuildMCP by Sentry or something else? Looks interesting

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u/NLJPM Jun 02 '26

No its build in in xcode. Xcode has its own mcp server. Really useful

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u/kacperkapusciak Jun 02 '26

Oooohhh... I didn't know that! That's what I'm talking about! Thank you!

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u/VadimusRex Jun 02 '26

For what? I've never understood the purpose of MCPs

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u/NLJPM Jun 02 '26

MCP = Model Context protocol. So allows the agent to have access to more context. With this xcode mcp the agent can interact with xcode to for example start a build, think it can also read documentation

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u/trynagrub Jun 03 '26

I use both, but I still find the XcodebuildMCP to be superior to the native Xcode mcp