Xcode Build Benchmark

by AvdLee

Xcode Build Benchmark is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by AvdLee in Xcode-Build-Optimization-Agent-Skill.

1.2K stars47 forkson AvdLee/Xcode-Build-Optimization-Agent-SkillAdded 2026/08/20Repository updated 2026/08/12

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Install Xcode Build Benchmark

Copy Xcode Build Benchmark into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/AvdLee/Xcode-Build-Optimization-Agent-Skill/tree/main/skills/xcode-build-benchmark ~/.claude/skills/xcode-build-benchmark

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/AvdLee/Xcode-Build-Optimization-Agent-Skill.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/xcode-build-benchmark/SKILL.md in AvdLee/Xcode-Build-Optimization-Agent-Skill
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/xcode-build-benchmark
Collection: One of 6 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: DevOps — 798 skills

What Xcode Build Benchmark does

Xcode Build Benchmark measures clean, cached clean, zero-change, and incremental build times with repeatable inputs and stores timestamped JSON artifacts in `.build-benchmark/`. Use it when a developer wants a baseline or wants to compare builds before and after changes.

Xcode Build Benchmark is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. Xcode Build Benchmark comes from a repository tagged agent, agent-skills, ios, ios-development and skills.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Xcode Build Benchmark

Use this skill to produce a repeatable Xcode build baseline before anyone tries to optimize build times.

Core Rules

Measure before recommending changes.
Capture clean and incremental builds separately.
Keep the command, destination, configuration, scheme, and warm-up rules consistent across runs.
Write a timestamped JSON artifact to .build-benchmark/.
Do not change project files as part of benchmarking.

Inputs To Collect

Confirm or infer:

workspace or project path
scheme
configuration
destination
whether the user wants simulator or device numbers
whether a custom DerivedData path is needed

If the project has both clean-build and incremental-build pain, benchmark both. That is the default.

Worktree Considerations

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Xcode Build Benchmark

What else does AvdLee publish alongside Xcode Build Benchmark?
Xcode Build Benchmark is one of 6 skills that DirSkills catalogs from AvdLee/Xcode-Build-Optimization-Agent-Skill, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include SPM Build Analysis, Xcode Build Fixer and Xcode Build Orchestrator. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Xcode Build Benchmark does, and is maintained by AvdLee in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the AvdLee/Xcode-Build-Optimization-Agent-Skill page.
How does Xcode Build Benchmark compare to other DevOps skills?
Xcode Build Benchmark ranks #387 by stars among the 798 DevOps skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Backend Patterns, API Connector Builder and Migration. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Xcode Build Benchmark against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.