Whether or not the Xcode agent is any…

Whether or not the Xcode agent is any good (I'm dubious), the fact Xcode itself is exposing first-party MCP tools is great news—trying to get Claude/Codex to do fucking anything right in iOS is agonizing. developer.apple.com/videos/play/tech-talks/111428/

Meet agentic coding in Xcode - Tech Talks - Videos - Apple Developer

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