ShipKit

MCP server for shipping iOS apps. Wraps XcodeBuildMCP and App Store Connect API.

Tools

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | screenshot | Take a screenshot of the iOS app running in the Simulator via xcrun simctl | | metadata | Get or update App Store Connect metadata (title, subtitle, description, keywords, whatsNew) | | submit-review | Submit an app version for App Store review |

Setup

npm install
npm run build

Environment Variables

For metadata and submit-review tools, set the following:

export ASC_KEY_ID="your-key-id"
export ASC_ISSUER_ID="your-issuer-id"
export ASC_PRIVATE_KEY="$(cat path/to/AuthKey_XXXXXX.p8)"

Generate these in App Store Connect > Users and Access > Integrations > App Store Connect API.

Usage

Claude Desktop / claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shipkit": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/shipkit/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "ASC_KEY_ID": "your-key-id",
        "ASC_ISSUER_ID": "your-issuer-id",
        "ASC_PRIVATE_KEY": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\n...\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----"
      }
    }
  }
}

Development

npm run dev       # watch mode with tsx
npm run inspect   # open MCP inspector