ios-simulator SKILL.md skillA

ios-simulator from callstack/agent-device is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add callstack/agent-device/ios-simulator@git:20261016.610de02

Pins git:20261016.610de02 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
callstack/agent-device
Path
skills/ios-simulator/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20261016.610de02, committed Oct 16, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 10, 2026
Size
1,658 bytes
Repository stars
5,078
License
MIT

Verify and debug native, React Native, Expo, or Flutter apps on an iOS Simulator with agent-device. Use when an agent needs to launch an app, inspect its live UI, tap, type, scroll, validate a code change, collect failure evidence, or reproduce a workflow on an iPhone or iPad Simulator.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# iOS Simulator

Require the `agent-device` CLI to be installed separately before driving a simulator:

```bash
npm install -g agent-device@latest
```

Treat installation and upgrades as user-owned setup steps. Do not run that command autonomously or substitute a mutable `npx -y agent-device@latest` invocation.

For a normal app-driving task, start immediately. Do not probe first with `--help`, `--version`, `devices`, `appstate`, `snapshot`, or `screenshot`. Target iOS explicitly when opening an app or bundle id:

```bash
agent-device open <app-or-bundle-id> --platform ios --foreground
```

Follow the initial interactive snapshot and corrective error hints. If the shell reports that `agent-device` is unavailable, stop and ask the user to install it or expose their existing installation on `PATH`.

Only when the task is specialized or a command shape is unclear, read the relevant version-matched help topic:

```bash
agent-device help validate        # engineering validation and build freshness
agent-device help debugging       # screenshots, logs, traces, video, and failures
agent-device help react-native    # React Native and Expo runtime guidance
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add callstack/agent-device/ios-simulator@sha256:86f6637ff9d74223

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261016.610de02, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Aug 10, 2026 and Oct 16, 2026, about one every 33 days.

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git:20261016.610de02 latest2026-10-16 610de02 1,658 BA view · diff
git:20260811.b0d4b402026-08-11 b0d4b40 1,651 BA view · diff
git:20260810.c2c81542026-08-10 c2c8154 1,806 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1658 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

callstack/agent-device · 5,078 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_gkrwkskiufdazcic
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=callstack/agent-device/ios-simulator
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/86f6637ff9d742235328f1db6632f7c7019b6549644a01c5aa6675be1e1b307e

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