{"id":"mightydillah-apple-doc-mcp","name":"apple-doc-mcp","homepage":null,"repo_url":"https://github.com/MightyDillah/apple-doc-mcp","category":"devtools","subcategories":[],"tags":["mcp","apple","documentation","swift","ios","macos","xcode","codex","claude","developer-tools"],"what_it_does":"An MCP server that lets an AI coding assistant search and fetch Apple Developer Documentation (symbols, articles/guides, and specific doc paths) using MCP tools such as discover_technologies, choose_technology, search_symbols, get_documentation, and get_version.","use_cases":["Finding SwiftUI/UIKit symbols and associated documentation quickly during coding","Searching Apple documentation with exact matches and wildcard patterns","Fetching detailed documentation content for a known symbol or documentation path","Selecting/maintaining an active documentation framework/technology before searching"],"not_for":["General web browsing or searching arbitrary internet sources","Apps that require strict, audited compliance guarantees for documentation retrieval","Workflows needing authenticated, rate-limited enterprise API access"],"best_when":"You want IDE/assistant-integrated Apple doc lookup (symbol-first search, wildcard support, and structured separation of symbols vs articles).","avoid_when":"You need a formal OpenAPI/REST contract, explicit documented rate-limit behavior, or strong authentication/scoped access control.","alternatives":["Using Apple Developer documentation website search directly","Unofficial Apple docs search/indexing tools (various community projects)","Local/offline documentation search tools for Swift/Apple APIs","General web search (e.g., targeted queries to developer.apple.com)"],"af_score":58.8,"security_score":41.2,"reliability_score":46.2,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"high","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:26:39.529114+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":true,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":[],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"No authentication mechanism is described in the README. The server appears to be run locally via npx/node without credentials."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"README includes a sponsor/usage note suggesting ongoing build costs, but no concrete pricing, limits, or billing model is specified."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":58.8,"security_score":41.2,"reliability_score":46.2,"mcp_server_quality":75.0,"documentation_accuracy":55.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":95.0,"rate_limit_clarity":10.0,"tls_enforcement":65.0,"auth_strength":20.0,"scope_granularity":0.0,"dependency_hygiene":55.0,"secret_handling":75.0,"security_notes":"No auth described (likely unauthenticated local tool). README does not document rate limits or request throttling. Since the tool likely fetches external documentation and uses axios, outbound network safety depends on implementation details not provided here.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":70.0,"breaking_changes_history":70.0,"error_recovery":45.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["The server requires setting a current technology (choose_technology) before searching (per README 'required before searching docs').","First-search/index initialization and caching behavior may affect perceived latency (changelog mentions index initialization and cache changes)."]}}