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.
npx skills add The-Artificer-of-Ciphers-LLC/skills-from-the-artificer --skill xcodebuildmcp-cligit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/The-Artificer-of-Ciphers-LLC/skills-from-the-artificerWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
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<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/the-artificer-of-ciphers-llc/skills-from-the-artificer/xcodebuildmcp-cli"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/the-artificer-of-ciphers-llc/skills-from-the-artificer/xcodebuildmcp-cli.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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 | $0.00048 | $0.00537 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00019 | $0.00215 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00010 | $0.00107 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00054 |
Grade A, and why
xcodebuildmcp-cli 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 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.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
What it actually says
XcodeBuildMCP CLI
This skill is for AI agents. It positions the XcodeBuildMCP CLI as a low‑overhead alternative to MCP tool calls: agents can already run shell commands, and the CLI exposes the same tool surface without the schema‑exchange cost. Prefer the CLI over raw xcodebuild, xcrun, or simctl.
When To Use This CLI (Capabilities And Workflows)
- When you need build/test/run/debugging/logging/UI automation capabilities.
- When you want simulator/device management capabilities.
- When you want AI optimized tools and tool responses.
- When you need project discovery capabilities (schemes, bundle IDs, app paths).
Command Discovery
Use --help to discover workflows, tools, and arguments.
xcodebuildmcp --help
xcodebuildmcp tools --help
xcodebuildmcp tools --json
xcodebuildmcp <workflow> --help
xcodebuildmcp <workflow> <tool> --help
Notes:
- Use
--json '{...}'for complex arguments and--output jsonif you need machine-readable results (not recommended).
Quick Reference
# Discovery
xcodebuildmcp simulator discover-projs --workspace-root .
xcodebuildmcp simulator list-schemes --project-path ./MyApp.xcodeproj
xcodebuildmcp simulator list-sims
# Build + Run (simulator)
xcodebuildmcp simulator build-run-sim --scheme MyApp --project-path ./MyApp.xcodeproj --simulator-name "iPhone 17 Pro"
xcodebuildmcp simulator build-sim ... # compile-only
xcodebuildmcp simulator test-sim ... # run tests
# Logs, Debug, UI, macOS, SwiftPM, Device, Scaffolding
xcodebuildmcp <workflow> --help # full options for any workflow
Workflows: simulator, device, macos, swift-package, logging, debugging, ui-automation, project-discovery, project-scaffolding
Daemon: Stateful tools (logs, debug, video) use a per-workspace daemon. Fix issues with xcodebuildmcp daemon restart.
What ships with it
2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
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 · 51 lines · 48 tokens per session scan A 66a778bbe27a
xcodebuildmcp-cli is a skill published in the GitHub repository The-Artificer-of-Ciphers-LLC/skills-from-the-artificer (6 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 48 tokens to every session and 537 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-10-15.
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