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Apple Developer Toolkit

Three tools in one binary. Each part works independently with different credential requirements.

Architecture

Ships as a single unified binary appledev with multi-call support:

appledev build ...    # iOS app builder (SwiftShip)
appledev store ...    # App Store Connect CLI
appledev b ...        # Short alias
appledev s ...        # Short alias

One binary, three tools, zero duplication.

Credential Requirements by Feature

| Feature | Credentials Needed | Works Without Setup | |---------|-------------------|-------------------| | Documentation Search (Part 1) | None | Yes | | App Store Connect (Part 2) | App Store Connect API key (.p8) | No | | iOS App Builder (Part 3) | LLM API key + Xcode | No |

Setup

Part 1: Documentation Search (no setup needed)

Works immediately with Node.js:

node cli.js search "NavigationStack"

Part 2: App Store Connect CLI

Install via Homebrew:

brew install Abdullah4AI/tap/appledev

Authenticate with your App Store Connect API key:

appledev store auth login --name "MyApp" --key-id "KEY_ID" --issuer-id "ISSUER_ID" --private-key /path/to/AuthKey.p8

Or set environment variables:

export APPSTORE_KEY_ID="your-key-id"
export APPSTORE_ISSUER_ID="your-issuer-id"
export APPSTORE_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH="/path/to/AuthKey.p8"

API keys are created at https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/access/integrations/api

Part 3: iOS App Builder

Prerequisites: Xcode (with iOS Simulator), XcodeGen, and an LLM API key for code generation.

appledev build setup    # Checks and installs prerequisites

Build from source

bash scripts/setup.sh

Part 1: Documentation Search

node cli.js search "NavigationStack"
node cli.js symbols "UIView"
node cli.js doc "/documentation/swiftui/navigationstack"
node cli.js overview "SwiftUI"
node cli.js samples "SwiftUI"
node cli.js wwdc-search "concurrency"
node cli.js wwdc-year 2025
node cli.js wwdc-topic "swiftui-ui-frameworks"

Part 2: App Store Connect

Full reference: references/app-store-connect.md

| Task | Command | |------|---------| | List apps | appledev store apps | | Upload build | appledev store builds upload --app "APP_ID" --ipa "app.ipa" --wait | | Find build by number | appledev store builds find --app "APP_ID" --build-number "42" | | Wait for build processing | appledev store builds wait --build "BUILD_ID" | | Publish TestFlight | appledev store publish testflight --app "APP_ID" --ipa "app.ipa" --group "Beta" --wait | | Submit App Store | appledev store publish appstore --app "APP_ID" --ipa "app.ipa" --submit --confirm --wait | | Pre-submission validation | appledev store validate --app "APP_ID" --version-id "VERSION_ID" | | List certificates | appledev store certificates list | | Reviews | appledev store reviews --app "APP_ID" --output table | | Update localizations | appledev store localizations update --app "APP_ID" --locale "en-US" --name "My App" | | Sales report | appledev store analytics sales --vendor "VENDOR" --type SALES --subtype SUMMARY --frequency DAILY --date "2024-01-20" | | Xcode Cloud | appledev store xcode-cloud run --app "APP_ID" --workflow "CI" --branch "main" --wait | | Notarize | appledev store notarization submit --file ./MyApp.zip --wait | | Status dashboard | appledev store status --app "APP_ID" --output table | | Weekly insights | appledev store insights weekly --app "APP_ID" --source analytics | | Metadata pull | appledev store metadata pull --app "APP_ID" --version "1.2.3" --dir ./metadata | | Release notes | appledev store release-notes generate --since-tag "v1.2.2" | | Diff localizations | appledev store diff localizations --app "APP_ID" --path ./metadata | | Nominations | appledev store nominations create --app "APP_ID" --name "Launch" | | Price point filter | appledev store pricing price-points --app "APP_ID" --price 0.99 | | IAP (family sharable) | appledev store iap create --app "APP_ID" --family-sharable | | Subscription (family sharable) | appledev store subscriptions create --app "APP_ID" --family-sharable |

Environment Variables

All environment variables are optional. They override flags when set.

| Variable | Description | |----------|-------------| | APPSTORE_KEY_ID | API Key ID | | APPSTORE_ISSUER_ID | API Issuer ID | | APPSTORE_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH | Path to .p8 key file | | APPSTORE_PRIVATE_KEY | Raw private key string | | APPSTORE_PRIVATE_KEY_B64 | Base64-encoded private key | | APPSTORE_APP_ID | Default app ID | | APPSTORE_PROFILE | Default auth profile | | APPSTORE_DEBUG | Enable debug output | | APPSTORE_TIMEOUT | Request timeout | | APPSTORE_BYPASS_KEYCHAIN | Skip system keychain |

Part 3: Multi-Platform App Builder

Supports iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and iPad. Generates complete Swift/SwiftUI apps from natural language with AI-powered code generation.

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