# baepsae MCP Server

Local MCP server for iOS Simulator and macOS app automation with a native Swift bridge

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## Connect

Published as `mcp-baepsae` on npm. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**50 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.

### Most discussed

### Accessibility permission error is too ambiguous for macOS app automation

## Summary
Using `mcp-baepsae` for macOS app automation, the initial Accessibility permission failure mode is difficult to diagnose in real usage.

The current error explains that Accessibility permission is required, but in practice it is still ambiguous which process actually needs the permission for a given launch mode (`npx`, local native binary, terminal host, MCP client app).

This caused repeated trial-and-error before `describe-ui` started working.

## Environment
- macOS 26.2
- Xcode 17

[Read the thread](https://github.com/oozoofrog/mcp-baepsae/issues/44) · 2026-03-18 · closed · 8 comments

### [Roadmap 00] mcp-baepsae 개선 순차 백로그

## 목적

현재 상태의 `mcp-baepsae` 를 기준으로, 기능 확대보다 먼저 **신뢰도 / 정합성 / 테스트 가시성 / workflow 안정성**을 회복하는 순서로 개선 백로그를 정리합니다.

이 이슈는 실행 순서를 정리하는 메타 이슈입니다.

---

## Phase 0 — 공개 surface 와 정합성 복구

1. #45 공개 MCP API 표면 정합성 복구
2. #46 tool manifest 자동 생성 및 문서 드리프트 CI 차단

## Phase 1 — 테스트/진단 기반 강화

3. #47 real smoke test 가시성 개선: capability tagging, skip taxonomy, environment diagnostics
4. #48 MCP/Native 공통 오류 모델과 진단 코드 체계 도입
5. #44 Accessibility permission error is too ambiguous for macOS app automation

## Phase 2

[Read the thread](https://github.com/oozoofrog/mcp-baepsae/issues/54) · 2026-03-20 · closed · 2 comments

### Tab bar buttons not exposed in accessibility tree for simulator

## Problem

When using `analyze_ui` or `query_ui` on iOS simulator apps with SwiftUI `TabView`, the individual tab buttons are **not exposed** as separate accessibility elements. Only a parent `AXGroup` with `text=Tab Bar` is visible.

### Accessibility tree output

```
AXGroup text=Tab Bar
```

Individual tabs (e.g., "Basic", "Scroll", "Drag") cannot be found by:
- `query_ui(query="Basic")` — not found in accessibility tree
- `tap(label="Basic")` — fails
- `tap(id="Basic")` — fails

### Workaro

[Read the thread](https://github.com/oozoofrog/mcp-baepsae/issues/38) · 2026-02-21 · closed · 2 comments

### Preserve real native CLI coverage alongside fake harness contract tests

## Background

Recent contract-test stabilization work moved several routing checks to a fake native harness so CI can verify argv forwarding without depending on slow real native execution.

That improves CI stability, but it also creates a risk: if too many tests rely only on the fake harness, the default CI path can stop validating whether the real Swift native CLI still accepts the routed subcommands and flags.

## Problem

The fake harness is good for:
- verifying argument forwarding
- simu

[Read the thread](https://github.com/oozoofrog/mcp-baepsae/issues/73) · 2026-03-22 · closed · 1 comment

### [Roadmap 05] `type_text` 입력 정책 정리: submission method, clipboard side effect, result reporting

## 배경

현재 simulator 대상 `type_text` 는 실사용 안정성을 위해 paste 기반 경로를 우선 사용하지만, 그 대가로 시스템 clipboard 를 건드립니다.

또한 입력 정책이 다음 축으로 분산되어 있습니다.
- simulator vs macOS target
- `auto` / `paste` / `keyboard`
- autocorrect 회피 (#37)
- clipboard 복구/경합 가능성

즉, 현재는 기능은 동작하지만 API semantics 가 충분히 명시적이지 않습니다.

## 목표

입력 관련 정책을 MCP surface 에서 명확히 드러내고, 호출자가 실제로 어떤 방식으로 입력이 수행되었는지 알 수 있게 합니다.

## 작업 범위

### 1. method semantics 명확화
- `auto`, `paste`, `keyboard` 의 정확한 의미 문서화
- simulator/macOS target 별 default 정책 재점검
- 필요 시 `

[Read the thread](https://github.com/oozoofrog/mcp-baepsae/issues/49) · 2026-03-20 · closed · 1 comment

### Most recent

### feat: menu state monitoring (kAXMenuOpenedNotification / kAXMenuClosedNotification)

## Problem

`menu_action` and `context_menu_action` use fixed delays (200ms) to wait for menus/submenus to open. This is fragile — too short for slow systems, too long for fast ones.

## Proposed Solution

Use menu notifications for reliable menu interaction:

### Notifications
- `kAXMenuOpenedNotification` — menu appeared
- `kAXMenuClosedNotification` — menu dismissed  
- `kAXMenuItemSelectedNotification` — menu item was selected

### Integration
Replace `Thread.sleep(forTimeInterval: 0.2)` in 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/oozoofrog/mcp-baepsae/issues/94) · 2026-03-31 · closed · 0 comments

### feat: app focus tracking via kAXApplicationActivatedNotification

## Problem

`activate_app` sends activation request and polls `isActive` for 1 second. But there's no way to track when focus actually changes between apps, or when the target app loses focus unexpectedly during automation.

## Proposed Solution

AXObserver-based app focus tracking:

### Notifications
- `kAXApplicationActivatedNotification` — app gained focus
- `kAXApplicationDeactivatedNotification` — app lost focus
- `kAXApplicationHiddenNotification` — app was hidden
- `kAXApplicationShownNot

[Read the thread](https://github.com/oozoofrog/mcp-baepsae/issues/93) · 2026-03-31 · closed · 0 comments

### feat: text change monitoring via kAXValueChangedNotification

## Problem

No way to know when text content changes in a target app. Automation workflows that type text and need to verify the result must poll with `read_ui_value`, which is slow and wasteful.

## Proposed Solution

AXObserver-based text change monitoring:

```
watch_text_changes(bundleId: "com.apple.dt.Xcode", id: "sourceEditor", timeout: 10)
```

Watches for:
- `kAXValueChangedNotification` — text content changed
- `kAXSelectedTextChangedNotification` — selection changed  
- `kAXSelectedChi

[Read the thread](https://github.com/oozoofrog/mcp-baepsae/issues/92) · 2026-03-31 · closed · 0 comments

### feat: window lifecycle notifications (kAXWindowCreatedNotification, kAXSheetCreatedNotification)

## Problem

`detect_dialog` only checks current state (snapshot). If a dialog appears AFTER the check, it's missed. `wait_for_ui` polls for elements but can't efficiently detect new windows/sheets.

## Proposed Solution

Add AXObserver-based window/sheet watching as a native command:

```
baepsae-native watch-windows --bundle-id com.apple.dt.Xcode --timeout 30
```

Watches for:
- `kAXWindowCreatedNotification` — new window appeared
- `kAXSheetCreatedNotification` — new sheet/dialog appeared
- `k

[Read the thread](https://github.com/oozoofrog/mcp-baepsae/issues/91) · 2026-03-31 · closed · 0 comments

### feat: paginated child access for large UI trees (AXUIElementCopyAttributeValues)

## Problem

`analyze_ui` fetches ALL children via `kAXChildrenAttribute`, which loads the entire child array at once. For apps with thousands of UI elements (Xcode project navigator, large tables), this is slow and memory-heavy.

## Proposed Solution

Use `AXUIElementCopyAttributeValues` for paginated access:

```swift
// Get child count without loading all children
var count: CFIndex = 0
AXUIElementGetAttributeValueCount(element, kAXChildrenAttribute, &count)

// Load page by page
let pageSize 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/oozoofrog/mcp-baepsae/issues/90) · 2026-03-31 · closed · 0 comments

### feat: is_settable check in set_ui_value with better error messages

## Problem

`set_ui_value` fails with opaque AXError codes when the target attribute is read-only. Users get "AXError -25205" instead of a helpful message.

## Proposed Solution

Before calling `AXUIElementSetAttributeValue`, check `AXUIElementIsAttributeSettable`:

```swift
var settable: DarwinBoolean = false
AXUIElementIsAttributeSettable(element, attribute, &settable)
if !settable.boolValue {
    throw NativeError.commandFailed(
        "Attribute '\(attribute)' is not writable on this elemen

[Read the thread](https://github.com/oozoofrog/mcp-baepsae/issues/89) · 2026-03-31 · closed · 0 comments

### feat: enumerate_ui — dynamic attribute/action/parameterized-attribute discovery

## Problem

When automating unfamiliar apps, there's no way to discover what AX attributes, actions, and parameterized attributes a specific element supports. Users must guess or read Apple documentation.

## Proposed Solution

New `enumerate_ui` tool that dumps all capabilities of a target element:

```
enumerate_ui(bundleId: "com.apple.dt.Xcode", id: "sourceEditor")
```

**Output:**
```json
{
  "attributes": [
    {"name": "AXRole", "settable": false},
    {"name": "AXValue", "settable": true}

[Read the thread](https://github.com/oozoofrog/mcp-baepsae/issues/88) · 2026-03-31 · closed · 0 comments

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