apple-docs

Apple Docs Skill

Query Apple Developer Documentation, frameworks, APIs, and WWDC videos.

Setup

No installation required - works out of the box with native fetch.

Available Tools

Documentation Search

Command	Description
apple-docs search "query"	Search Apple Developer Documentation
apple-docs symbols "UIView"	Search framework classes, structs, protocols
apple-docs doc "/path/to/doc"	Get detailed documentation by path

API Exploration

Command	Description
apple-docs apis "UIViewController"	Find inheritance and protocol conformances
apple-docs platform "UIScrollView"	Check platform/version compatibility
apple-docs similar "UIPickerView"	Find Apple's recommended alternatives

Technology Browsing

Command	Description
apple-docs tech	List all Apple technologies by category
apple-docs overview "SwiftUI"	Get comprehensive technology guides
apple-docs samples "SwiftUI"	Browse Swift/Objective-C sample projects

WWDC Videos

Command	Description
apple-docs wwdc-search "async"	Search WWDC sessions (2014-2025)
apple-docs wwdc-video 2024-100	Get transcript, code examples, resources
apple-docs wwdc-topics	List 20 WWDC topic categories
apple-docs wwdc-years	List WWDC years with video counts

Options

Option	Description
--limit <n>	Limit number of results
--category	Filter by technology category
--framework	Filter by framework name
--year	Filter by WWDC year
--no-transcript	Skip transcript for WWDC videos
--no-inheritance	Skip inheritance info in apis command
--no-conformances	Skip protocol conformances in apis command

Examples

Search Documentation

# Search for SwiftUI animations
apple-docs search "SwiftUI animation"

# Find UITableView delegate methods
apple-docs symbols "UITableViewDelegate"

Check Platform Compatibility

# Check iOS version support for Vision framework
apple-docs platform "VNRecognizeTextRequest"

# Find all SwiftUI views that support iOS 15+
apple-docs search "SwiftUI View iOS 15"

Explore APIs

# Get inheritance hierarchy for UIViewController
apple-docs apis "UIViewController"

# Find alternatives to deprecated API
apple-docs similar "UILabel"

WWDC Videos

# Search for async/await sessions
apple-docs wwdc-search "async await"

# Get specific video details with transcript
apple-docs wwdc-video 2024-100

# List all available years
apple-docs wwdc-years

Browse Technologies

# List all Apple technologies
apple-docs tech

# Get SwiftUI overview guide
apple-docs overview "SwiftUI"

# Find Vision framework samples
apple-docs samples "Vision"

Caching

The underlying MCP server includes:

• 30 minute cache for API docs
• 10 minute cache for search results
• 1 hour cache for framework info
• 1,260+ WWDC videos bundled offline (35MB)

Resources

• MCP Server: https://github.com/kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp
• Apple Developer Documentation: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/
• Apple Developer: https://developer.apple.com/