What is mobiai-ios-build?

A guide to building iOS projects with Apple's xcodebuild command and managing dependencies through CocoaPods or Swift Package Manager.

Use it to list schemes, build apps for simulators or devices, run tests, and manage projects that use CocoaPods or Swift Package Manager.

It helps identify whether a project uses an Xcode project or workspace, select the right scheme, and troubleshoot build or test failures.

mobiai-ios-build — Skill for Claude Code by ArisGuimera

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent

npx skills add ArisGuimera/MobiAI-Core --skill mobiai-ios-build

Clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArisGuimera/MobiAI-Core

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install ios, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 4 skills.

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README.md

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Per session 30 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.

When invoked 861 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.

Security scan C 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.

Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.

Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

Model	Per session	Once invoked
Fable 5.1	$0.00030	$0.00861
Opus 5	$0.00015	$0.00430
Sonnet 5	$0.00006	$0.00172
Haiku 4.5	$0.00003	$0.00086

Measured 12d ago against content hash 4a9de2d4fd3c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

mobiai-ios-build scanned grade C with 1 finding 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 12d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Recursive force deletehighDestructive command

rm -rf with a variable or a broad path is one typo away from removing the wrong tree.

rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData

skills/ios/skills/mobiai-ios-build/SKILL.md · 170 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 170 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

iOS Build System

Community contribution welcome! This skill is a skeleton. Help flesh it out with real-world xcodebuild workflows and troubleshooting tips.

Build iOS projects using xcodebuild and manage dependencies with CocoaPods/SPM.

When to Use

Building the app for testing or deployment
Troubleshooting build failures
Managing dependencies (CocoaPods, SPM)

Build Commands

Discover Project Structure

# List schemes
xcodebuild -list

# List schemes (workspace)
xcodebuild -workspace MyApp.xcworkspace -list

# Check if it uses workspace or project
ls *.xcworkspace *.xcodeproj 2>/dev/null

Build for Simulator

# With workspace (CocoaPods projects)
xcodebuild build \
  -workspace MyApp.xcworkspace \
  -scheme MyApp \
  -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 15 Pro' \
  -quiet

# With project (no CocoaPods)
xcodebuild build \
  -project MyApp.xcodeproj \
  -scheme MyApp \
  -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 15 Pro' \
  -quiet

Build for Device

xcodebuild build \
  -workspace MyApp.xcworkspace \
  -scheme MyApp \
  -destination 'generic/platform=iOS' \
  CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO

Run Tests

xcodebuild test \
  -workspace MyApp.xcworkspace \
  -scheme MyApp \
  -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 15 Pro' \
  -quiet

Clean Build

xcodebuild clean build \
  -workspace MyApp.xcworkspace \
  -scheme MyApp \
  -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 15 Pro'

Dependency Management

CocoaPods

# Install dependencies
pod install

# Update a specific pod
pod update <PodName>

# Check for issues
pod outdated

Always open .xcworkspace (not .xcodeproj) after running pod install.

Swift Package Manager

SPM dependencies are defined in the Xcode project or Package.swift.

# Resolve packages
xcodebuild -resolvePackageDependencies \
  -workspace MyApp.xcworkspace \
  -scheme MyApp

# Check Package.swift
cat Package.swift

Read the full file on GitHub · 170 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

12d ago First seen · 170 lines · 30 tokens per session scan C 4a9de2d4fd3c

Subscribe to this mod's changes

mobiai-ios-build is a skill published in the GitHub repository ArisGuimera/MobiAI-Core (453 stars, last pushed 4d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 30 tokens to every session and 861 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 1 finding (recursive force delete). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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