# 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

- Skill: `caglarbaranbora/xcode` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add caglarbaranbora/xcode`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/caglarbaranbora/xcode/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: caglarbaranbora (https://skillmd.com/u/caglarbaranbora)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/caglarbaranbora/xcode

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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`