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iOS Safari Debug MCP server

Lets your AI look at and control Safari on a real iPhone or iPad connected to your computer.

Browser automation Apple, iOS and Mac Developer tools For it and development Browser Automation

This is a helper that connects your AI assistant to Safari on a real iPhone or iPad. It lets the AI see the open tabs, look at the page, run small bits of code, and check things like cookies and network requests. It is handy for people who test or fix websites on iPhones, even if they are not programmers.

What is an MCP server? The 30-second version

On its own, your AI can only chat with you. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI a new skill. This one gives your AI a connection to Safari on a real iPhone or iPad that is plugged into your computer. Once it is set up, you can ask your AI to look at the page or change something, and it will do it through this helper.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI something about the iPhone's Safari, like which tabs are open or what a button does. The AI sends that request to this helper program. The helper talks to a small tool called ios-webkit-debug-proxy, which talks to the iPhone over the USB cable. The iPhone's Safari answers, and the helper sends the answer back to your AI, which explains it to you in the chat.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “Show me the tabs open in Safari on my iPhone”, on your own computer the iOS Safari Debug MCP server works with safari on your iPhone, and you get back A list of open tabs.

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What you can do with it

See which Safari tabs are open on the iPhone
Take a screenshot of the page and show it to you
Run small pieces of JavaScript and tell you the result
Look at all cookies, including ones normally hidden
Watch network requests while you use the page
Change colors or text on the page to test how it looks
Find elements on the page by their class or id

Try asking your AI

“Connect to my iPhone's Safari and show me what tabs are open”
“Take a screenshot of the current page”
“Show me all cookies including the hidden ones”
“Find all elements with class error and show their text”

What it gives back to you

You get answers in plain chat: a list of tabs, a screenshot image, the text of elements, or the result of a small script. For cookies or network requests, you get a list with names and values. If the AI changes something on the page, it tells you what it changed.

Before you start

What you need

A Mac computer (this works best on macOS)
An iPhone or iPad connected by USB cable
Web Inspector turned on in the iPhone's Safari settings
The ios-webkit-debug-proxy tool installed (a free helper program)

Good to know

This can change or delete things on the page and in the browser's storage, so be careful when asking it to modify cookies or run scripts.

Install it with your AI

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