ios-simulator-skill
21 production-ready scripts for iOS app testing, building, and automation.
Skill by bzellman
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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.
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- Skill name
ios-simulator-skill- Description
- 21 production-ready scripts for iOS app testing, building, and automation. Provides semantic UI navigation, build automation, accessibility testing, and simulator lifecycle management. Optimized for AI agents with minimal token output.
- License
- MIT
- Instructions
- 223 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
Before installing
- Ships executable scripts
Files (35)
- SKILL.md
- accessibility_audit.py · scripts/
- app_launcher.py · scripts/
- app_state_capture.py · scripts/
- build_and_test.py · scripts/
- clipboard.py · scripts/
- __init__.py · scripts/common/
- cache_utils.py · scripts/common/
- device_utils.py · scripts/common/
- idb_utils.py · scripts/common/
- screenshot_utils.py · scripts/common/
- gesture.py · scripts/
- keyboard.py · scripts/
- log_monitor.py · scripts/
- navigator.py · scripts/
- privacy_manager.py · scripts/
- push_notification.py · scripts/
- screen_mapper.py · scripts/
- sim_health_check.sh · scripts/
- sim_list.py · scripts/
- simctl_boot.py · scripts/
- simctl_create.py · scripts/
- simctl_delete.py · scripts/
- simctl_erase.py · scripts/
- simctl_shutdown.py · scripts/
- simulator_selector.py · scripts/
- status_bar.py · scripts/
- test_recorder.py · scripts/
- visual_diff.py · scripts/
- __init__.py · scripts/xcode/
- builder.py · scripts/xcode/
- cache.py · scripts/xcode/
- config.py · scripts/xcode/
- reporter.py · scripts/xcode/
- xcresult.py · scripts/xcode/
SKILL.md (first lines)
# iOS Simulator Skill
Build, test, and automate iOS applications using accessibility-driven navigation and structured data instead of pixel coordinates.
## Quick Start
```bash
# 1. Check environment
bash scripts/sim_health_check.sh
# 2. Launch app
python scripts/app_launcher.py --launch com.example.app
# 3. Map screen to see elements
python scripts/screen_mapper.py
# 4. Tap button
python scripts/navigator.py --find-text "Login" --tap
# 5. Enter text
python scripts/navigator.py --find-type TextField --enter-text "user@example.com"
```
All scripts support `--help` for detailed options and `--json` for machine-readable output.
## 21 Production Scripts
### Build & Development (2 scripts)
1. **build_and_test.py** - Build Xcode projects, run tests, parse results with progressive disclosure
- Build with live result streaming
- Parse errors and warnings from xcresult bundles
- Retrieve detailed build logs on demand
- Options: `--project`, `--scheme`, `--clean`, `--test`, `--verbose`, `--json`
2. **log_monitor.py** - Real-time log monitoring with intelligent filtering
- Stream logs or capture by duration
- Filter by severity (error/warning/info/debug)
- Deduplicate repeated messages
- Options: `--app`, `--severity`, `--follow`, `--duration`, `--output`, `--json`
### Navigation & Interaction (5 scripts)
3. **screen_mapper.py** - Analyze current screen and list interactive elements
- Element type breakdown
- Interactive button list
- Text field status
- Options: `--verbose`, `--hints`, `--json`
4. **navigator.py** - Find and interact with elements semantically
- Find by text (fuzzy matching)
- Find by element type
- Find by accessibility ID
- Enter text or tap elements
- Options: `--find-text`, `--find-type`, `--find-id`, `--tap`, `--enter-text`, `--json`
5. **gesture.py** - Perform swipes, scrolls, pinches, and complex gestures
- Directional swipes (up/down/left/right)
- Multi-swipe scrolling
- Pinch zoom
- Long press
- Pull to refresh
- Options: `--swipe`, `--scroll`, `--pinch`, `--long-press`, `--refresh`, `--json`
6. **keyboard.py** - Text input and hardware button control
- Type text (fast or slow)
- Special keys (return, delete, tab, space, arrows)
- Hardware buttons (home, lock, volume, screenshot)
- Key combinations
- Options: `--type`, `--key`, `--button`, `--slow`, `--clear`, `--dismiss`, `--json`
7. **app_launcher.py** - App lifecycle management
- Launch apps by bundle ID
- Terminate apps
- Install/uninstall from .app bundles
- Deep link navigation
- List installed apps
- Check app state
- Options: `--launch`, `--terminate`, `--install`, `--uninstall`, `--open-url`, `--list`, `--state`, `--json`
### Testing & Analysis (5 scripts)
8. **accessibility_audit.py** - Check WCAG compliance on current screen
- Critical issues (missing labels, empty buttons, no alt text)
- Warnings (missing hints, small touch targets)
- Info (missing IDs, deep nesting)
- Options: `--verbose`, `--output`, `--json`
9. **visual_diff.py** - Compare two screenshots for visual changes
- Pixel-by-pixel comparison
- Threshold-based pass/fail
- Generate diff images
- Options: `--threshold`, `--output`, `--details`, `--json`
10. **test_recorder.py** - Automatically document test execution
- Capture screenshots and accessibility trees per step
- Generate markdown reports with timing data
- Options: `--test-name`, `--output`, `--verbose`, `--json`
11. **app_state_capture.py** - Create comprehensive debugging snapshots
- Screenshot, UI hierarchy, app logs, device info
- Markdown summary for bug reports
- Options: `--app-bundle-id`, `--output`, `--log-lines`, `--json`
12. **sim_health_check.sh** - Verify environment is properly configured
- Check macOS, Xcode, simctl, IDB, Python
- List available and booted simulators
- Verify Python packages (Pillow)
### Advanced Testing & Permissions (4 scripts)
13. **clipboard.py** - Manage simulator clipboard for paste testing
- Copy text to clipboard
- Test paste flows without manual entry
- Options: `--copy`, `--test-name`, `--expected`, `--json`
14. **status_bar.py** - Override simulator status bar appearance
- Presets: clean (9:41, 100% battery), testing (11:11, 50%), low-battery (20%), airplane (offline)
- Custom time, network, battery, WiFi settingsFrom bzellman/earp-kit, MIT.
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- MIT
- Repository
- github.com/bzellman/earp-kit
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
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install-tooling
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Use when installing new skills or agents from curated lists or GitHub repositories, when the user says "install", "add skill", "add agent", or wants to set up…
SkillDFreshness: DClaude Code +9 - 0.409score
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ios-simulator-skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/bzellman-ios-simulator-skill (last updated 2026-10-24)