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Jul 31, 2026/Apple Development/2 min read

Connecting external coding agents to Xcode

Xcode’s MCP server lets external coding agents build and test the open project instead of working from source files and shell output alone.

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Jul 1, 2026/Apple Development/7 min read

Programmatic image generation with Apple’s Image Playground

Image Playground brings Apple’s image generation models into apps. Its ImageCreator API enabled custom, on-device generation without a system UI, but that path ends with iOS 27.

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Jun 16, 2026/Apple Development/7 min read

Apple Core AI, in plain terms

Apple Core AI is the local AI runtime for models you bring yourself. coreai-models helps export supported models into .aimodel resources for Apple apps.

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Jun 13, 2026/Apple Development/5 min read

Apple’s Foundation Models, in plain terms

Apple’s Foundation Models are the on-device and server models behind Apple Intelligence. The Foundation Models framework makes the on-device language model available to app developers.

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