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Xcode by caglarbaranbora — Agent Skill

Name: Xcode
Author: caglarbaranbora

Xcode

Route Xcode project-configuration implementation tasks to the correct Knowledge Contracts — build configurations, .xcconfig files, schemes/targets, automatic and manual code signing, entitlements/capabilities, archiving, export, test plans and code coverage, and project localization including .xcloc/XLIFF export-and-import. Use when configuring build settings, authoring an xcconfig file, editing a scheme, setting up code signing, adding a capability, archiving/exporting an app, creating or editing an .xctestplan, enabling code coverage, adding a language to a project, or exporting/importing localizations in Xcode. Scope is Xcode GUI / project-file configuration only — no xcodebuild CLI, no CI signing automation (fastlane/match), no Swift Package Manager build configuration. Triggers on build configuration, Debug configuration, Release configuration, .xcconfig, Build Settings, Xcode scheme, Xcode target, Signing & Capabilities, automatic signing, manual signing, provisioning profile, signing certificate, entit

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Xcode — Foundations Skill

Purpose

Route Xcode project-configuration implementation tasks to the minimum required Xcode Knowledge Contracts. Scope is Xcode GUI/project-file configuration only — no xcodebuild CLI, no CI signing automation (fastlane, match), no Swift Package Manager build configuration.

Routing

Load only the contracts relevant to the task. All paths relative to knowledge/xcode/.

Build configuration -> build-configurations.md, xcconfig-files.md, schemes-and-targets.md
Signing -> automatic-signing.md, manual-signing-provisioning-profiles.md, entitlements-capabilities.md
Archive & distribution -> archive-process.md, export-options.md
Test plans & coverage -> test-plans.md, code-coverage.md
Project localization -> project-localizations.md, localization-export-import.md

Never load more than the contracts relevant to the specific question.

Stop Conditions

Stop and report if the requested topic has no matching Knowledge Contract in knowledge/xcode/ — do not guess or fall back to general knowledge.

xcodebuild CLI usage — Excluded
CI signing automation (fastlane, match) — Excluded
Swift Package Manager build configuration — Excluded
macOS-specific signing and notarization — Excluded; the kit's platform scope is iOS
Xcode Cloud — Deferred
Writing the tests a test plan selects — owned by testing
String Catalogs, the localizable-string APIs, plural variation, and Locale resolution — owned by localization

---name: xcodedescription: Route Xcode project-configuration implementation tasks to the correct Knowledge Contracts — build configurations, .xcconfig files, schemes/targets, automatic and manual code signing, entitlements/capabilities, archiving, export, test plans and code coverage, and project localization including .xcloc/XLIFF export-and-import. Use when configuring build settings, authoring an xcconfig file, editing a scheme, setting up code signing, adding a capability, archiving/exporting an app, creating or editing an .xctestplan, enabling code coverage, adding a language to a project, or exporting/importing localizations in Xcode. Scope is Xcode GUI / project-file configuration only — no xcodebuild CLI, no CI signing automation (fastlane/match), no Swift Package Manager build configuration. Triggers on build configuration, Debug configuration, Release configuration, .xcconfig, Build Settings, Xcode scheme, Xcode target, Signing & Capabilities, automatic signing, manual signing, provisioning profile, signing certificate, entit---# Xcode — Foundations Skill## PurposeRoute Xcode project-configuration implementation tasks to the minimumrequired Xcode Knowledge Contracts. Scope is Xcode GUI/project-fileconfiguration only — no `xcodebuild` CLI, no CI signing automation(fastlane, `match`), no Swift Package Manager build configuration.## RoutingLoad only the contracts relevant to the task. All paths relative toknowledge/xcode/.- Build configuration -> build-configurations.md, xcconfig-files.md, schemes-and-targets.md- Signing -> automatic-signing.md, manual-signing-provisioning-profiles.md, entitlements-capabilities.md- Archive & distribution -> archive-process.md, export-options.md- Test plans & coverage -> test-plans.md, code-coverage.md- Project localization -> project-localizations.md, localization-export-import.mdNever load more than the contracts relevant to the specific question.## Stop ConditionsStop and report if the requested topic has no matching KnowledgeContract in knowledge/xcode/ — do not guess or fall back to generalknowledge.- `xcodebuild` CLI usage — Excluded- CI signing automation (fastlane, `match`) — Excluded- Swift Package Manager build configuration — Excluded- macOS-specific signing and notarization — Excluded; the kit's platform scope is iOS- Xcode Cloud — Deferred- Writing the tests a test plan selects — owned by `testing`- String Catalogs, the localizable-string APIs, plural variation, and `Locale` resolution — owned by `localization`

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