ios-simulator-mcp

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with iOS simulators, enabling information retrieval, UI control, and inspection.

Source: https://github.com/joshuayoes/ios-simulator-mcp

Features

• Retrieve the ID of the currently booted iOS simulator
• Interact with the simulator UI:
  • Describe all accessibility elements on screen
  • Tap on screen coordinates
  • Input text
  • Swipe between coordinates
  • Get information about UI elements at specific coordinates
• Take screenshots of the simulator screen
• Start and stop recording video of the simulator screen
• Filter available tools using environment variables (e.g., filter out screenshot, record_video, stop_recording)
• Designed for integration with MCP clients such as Cursor and Claude Code
• Useful for automating and validating UI interactions, including QA tasks via AI assistant tool calls

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• macOS (required for iOS simulators)
• Xcode and iOS simulators installed
• Facebook IDB tool

Installation

• Can be installed and run via NPX or by cloning the repository and running locally
• Integrates with MCP clients such as Cursor and Claude Code via configuration

License

MIT

Pricing

• Free and open source (MIT License)

Tags

mcp ios simulator ui development