XcodePreviews: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

XcodePreviews CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from Iron-Ham/XcodePreviews. It costs 695 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A toolkit for building and capturing SwiftUI previews, which are visual samples of Apple app screens written in Swift. It works with standalone Swift files, Xcode projects, and Swift Package Manager packages.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to build a SwiftUI view, capture the current simulator, or take screenshots of previews from standalone files, Xcode projects, and Swift packages.
Why use it?
It avoids manually setting up a preview host project just to render a screen and capture an image. For Xcode projects, it can temporarily add the required host setup and then clean it up.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions Claude Code.

This is Iron-Ham/XcodePreviews's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on XcodePreviews itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything XcodePreviews configures →

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Nothing to install: this file belongs to Iron-Ham/XcodePreviews. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Iron-Ham/XcodePreviews

Made for: Claude Code.

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Security

Grade A, and why

XcodePreviews CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

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CLAUDE.md · 110 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 110 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

PreviewBuild - SwiftUI Preview Capture Toolkit

A toolkit for building and capturing SwiftUI previews for visual analysis.

Quick Start

# Standalone Swift file (no external dependencies)
./scripts/preview MyView.swift

# File in an Xcode project (auto-injects PreviewHost target)
./scripts/preview ContentView.swift --project MyApp.xcodeproj

# File in an SPM package
./scripts/preview Sources/Module/MyView.swift

# Just capture current simulator
./scripts/preview --capture-only

How It Works

Project Types & Approaches

Project Type Approach Build Time Script
Standalone Swift Minimal host app ~5 seconds preview-minimal.sh
Xcode project Dynamic target injection ~3-4 seconds preview-tool
SPM package Temporary project creation ~20 seconds preview-tool

Dynamic Preview Injection

For Xcode projects, the toolkit:

  1. Parses the Swift file to extract #Preview { } content
  2. Injects a temporary PreviewHost target into the project
  3. Configures dependencies based on imports
  4. Detects and includes resource bundles (Tuist, standard naming)
  5. Builds only the required modules
  6. Captures screenshot
  7. Cleans up the injected target

This is much faster than building a full app scheme.

Scripts & Tools

Path Purpose
scripts/preview Unified entry point - auto-detects best approach
scripts/preview-minimal.sh Build standalone Swift files
scripts/xcode-preview.sh Build full Xcode project schemes
scripts/capture-simulator.sh Screenshot current simulator
scripts/sim-manager.sh Simulator management
tools/preview-tool Swift CLI for dynamic preview injection, SPM preview, dependency resolution

Usage Examples

Standalone Swift File

./scripts/preview templates/StandalonePreview.swift

Xcode Project with #Preview

./scripts/preview Modules/Components/Chip/Chip.swift \
  --project MyApp.xcodeproj

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XcodePreviews CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Iron-Ham/XcodePreviews (151 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 695 tokens to every session, about $0.0035 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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