# Sentry Acquires XcodeBuildMCP

Today we're announcing that Sentry has acquired XcodeBuildMCP, an open source MCP server that gives AI agents the ability to build, test, and debug native iOS and macOS apps.

XcodeBuildMCP has become a go-to tool for agentic Apple-platform development, with more than 4,000 GitHub stars and an active community. It unlocks the full developer loop: build, run, debug, interact, and verify, allowing users to stay in their preferred agentic development environment.

Built by Cameron Cooke, XcodeBuildMCP now joins Sentry's pre-production tooling team. That team was formed after the Emerge Tools acquisition and focuses on tools that help developers early in the development life cycle.

## Why this fits Sentry

Sentry is focused on making software more reliable and giving developers the fastest path from idea to production. For mobile teams, that path is still harder than it should be. Apple-platform tooling has been slow to embrace agentic workflows, and developers are increasingly working in tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex CLI rather than heavyweight IDEs.

XcodeBuildMCP closes that gap. It gives those agents the same real-world capabilities a developer has, which means they can iterate autonomously and verify changes instead of constantly handing control back to a human.

## What XcodeBuildMCP enables

Key capabilities include:

- Build, run, and test apps on devices and simulators
- Attach a debugger, inspect stack traces, and execute code
- Capture simulator screenshots
- Interact with running apps by tapping, swiping, and typing
- Capture and stream runtime logs

This is the closed loop developer workflow that makes agentic coding practical on Apple platforms.

## Example workflow

User:
"Add dark mode support to my app."

Agent:
- Edited `Theme.swift`
- Edited `Settings.swift`
- XcodeBuildMCP: Found app project and build scheme
- XcodeBuildMCP: Built and launched the app in the simulator
- XcodeBuildMCP: Navigated to Settings
- XcodeBuildMCP: Toggled the dark mode switch
- XcodeBuildMCP: Captured screenshot
- Verified dark mode is enabled

Agent Response:
"I've added dark mode support and verified it in the simulator."

## How this fits alongside Apple's MCP tooling

Apple has begun to support agentic development with Xcode's MCP tooling and agent integrations in the IDE. That's a positive move, but it still assumes a heavyweight IDE-first workflow.

XcodeBuildMCP is IDE-agnostic. It supports developers who want the speed and flexibility of modern agentic tools while still building first-class Apple apps.

In practice, XcodeBuildMCP also provides a broader and more complete capability set, especially for runtime debugging, simulator interaction, and automation, than Apple's current MCP tooling.

## Commitment to open source

Sentry is committed to open source and to the community that built XcodeBuildMCP. We'll continue to maintain it publicly and invest in making it the best way to build and debug Apple apps with agents.

## Looking ahead

We're continuing to invest in mobile and in the tooling that accelerates modern software teams. XcodeBuildMCP is now part of that mission, and we're just getting started.