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This skill helps you explore Apple Developer Documentation, WWDC videos, and API details across SwiftUI, UIKit, and frameworks.

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---
name: apple-docs
description: Query Apple Developer Documentation, APIs, and WWDC videos (2014-2025). Search SwiftUI, UIKit, Objective-C, Swift frameworks and watch sessions.
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---

# 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

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

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

### Check Platform Compatibility

```bash
# 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

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

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

### WWDC Videos

```bash
# 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

```bash
# 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/

Overview

This skill lets you query Apple Developer Documentation, inspect framework symbols and APIs, and search WWDC videos spanning 2014–2025. It aggregates docs, compatibility data, sample projects, and session transcripts for Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, and Objective-C frameworks. The tool works out of the box and uses a lightweight cache to speed repeated queries.

How this skill works

The skill performs indexed searches across Apple Developer docs and a bundled WWDC video archive. Commands retrieve symbol details, inheritance and protocol conformance, platform/version compatibility, recommended alternatives, sample code, and full session transcripts when available. Results can be filtered by framework, category, year, and result limits, and some command options skip extra metadata for concise output.

When to use it

  • Looking up API docs, method signatures, or precise class/struct/protocol details
  • Checking platform availability and minimum OS versions for an API
  • Finding WWDC sessions, transcripts, or code examples for a particular topic
  • Browsing sample projects and technology overviews for learning or prototyping
  • Finding recommended replacements for deprecated APIs or similar alternatives

Best practices

  • Start with targeted symbol or query strings (e.g., class or method names) to reduce noise
  • Use --framework and --category filters to narrow results to a specific technology stack
  • Apply --limit when integrating queries into automated workflows to control response size
  • Use wwdc-video with --no-transcript if you only need metadata or links to reduce payload
  • Combine apis and platform commands to confirm inheritance, conformances, and OS compatibility before upgrading

Example use cases

  • Search SwiftUI animation APIs and find related WWDC sessions and sample code
  • Get inheritance and conformance details for UIViewController when refactoring an app
  • Check iOS version support for Vision or ARKit APIs before enabling features
  • Retrieve a WWDC session transcript and code examples for async/await guidance
  • Browse sample projects for Vision, SwiftUI, or UIKit to copy patterns into a prototype

FAQ

Does this include all WWDC years?

It covers WWDC sessions from 2014 through 2025 and includes bundled offline video metadata and many transcripts.

Can I filter results by OS version or framework?

Yes. Use --platform or --framework flags and platform/compatibility commands to check OS version support and framework scope.

Are transcripts and code examples always available for videos?

Most sessions include transcripts and sample resources, but you can use --no-transcript to skip them when not needed.