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Xcode Makefiles Skill for Claude

by robertguss

Install strict Xcode Makefile tooling for iOS/macOS projects, including build/run/test scripts with AGENT_NAME-based per-agent isolation under build/. Use when a project needs reproducible local CLI builds without full app scaffolding.

7k tokens
context cost
the whole folder, loaded on every use
14
files
ships runnable scripts
0
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
102
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/robertguss/claude-code-toolkit --skill xcode-makefiles

What comes with it

26 474 bytes besides the instruction
scripts/install.sh
scripts/move_to_trash.sh
scripts/render_template.py
templates/toolkit/Makefile
templates/toolkit/scripts/atomic_commit.sh
templates/toolkit/scripts/clean.sh
templates/toolkit/scripts/diagnose.sh
templates/toolkit/scripts/move_to_trash.sh
templates/toolkit/scripts/resolve_agent_name.sh
templates/toolkit/scripts/resolve_sim_destination.sh
templates/toolkit/scripts/run_app_ios_sim.sh
templates/toolkit/scripts/run_app_macos.sh
templates/toolkit/scripts/xcbuild.sh

The instruction itself

4 sections, as written by the author

Xcode Makefiles

Overview

Paul Solt

[email protected]

Version: 0.9.8

Install a focused Makefile + scripts toolkit into an existing or newly scaffolded Xcode project.

Canonical conventions:

  • AGENT_NAME is the only agent env var.
  • Per-agent paths live under build/:
  • build/DerivedData/<AGENT_NAME>
  • build/logs/<AGENT_NAME>
  • build/cache/<AGENT_NAME>
  • build/tmp/<AGENT_NAME>

Install

skills/xcode-makefiles/scripts/install.sh \
  --project-dir /path/to/project \
  --app-name WalkTrack \
  --platform ios

Common flags:

  • --project-dir PATH required
  • --mode install|upgrade default install
  • --dry-run preview changes only

Toolkit flags:

  • --app-name NAME required
  • --platform ios|macos required
  • --sim-name NAME optional, defaults to auto for iOS
  • --namespace NAME optional, installs Makefile.NAME and scripts/NAME/

Installed scripts include:

  • scripts/atomic_commit.sh
  • scripts/xcbuild.sh
  • scripts/resolve_agent_name.sh
  • scripts/resolve_sim_destination.sh
  • scripts/diagnose.sh
  • scripts/run_app_macos.sh
  • scripts/run_app_ios_sim.sh
  • scripts/clean.sh
  • scripts/move_to_trash.sh

Targets

Installed Make targets are intentionally minimal:

  • make diagnose
  • make build
  • make test
  • make run
  • make build-and-run
  • make build-and-run-background
  • make clean
  • make agent-verify

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