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Open source tool gives coding agents Apple HIG access via MCP

What to do

Try the Apple HIG skill and MCP server if your agents build Apple apps.

Why

It exposes Apple's Human Interface Guidelines through DocC JSON, a skill, and a stdio MCP server with four tools.

Read the source at github.com

What the research found

Open-source tool giving AI coding agents deterministic access to Apple's Human Interface Guidelines via DocC JSON, with a bundled skill, a stdio MCP server exposing four tools, and a uv-managed CLI.

Claims and how well the evidence supports them

  1. Queries Apple's unauthenticated DocC JSON endpoints for over 172 HIG topics 98%
  2. MCP server exposes hig_list_sections, hig_search, hig_get_topic, hig_sync 99%
  3. Managed via uv with a CLI named apple-design-hig 99%

Evidence

Actionability rated low.