--- title: "How I use FlowDeck to let my AI agent build and run my apps – Donny Wals" url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-use-flowdeck-to-let-my-ai-agent-build-and-run-my-apps-donny-wals-vczuonyhw source_url: https://www.donnywals.com/how-i-use-flowdeck-to-let-my-ai-agent-build-and-run-my-apps/ type: article source: "Donny Wals" published: 2026-04-17T12:47:59.574Z updated: 2026-04-17T12:48:22.613Z tags: ["ios", "ai-agents"] reading_time: 11 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How I use FlowDeck to let my AI agent build and run my apps – Donny Wals **[Donny Wals](https://daily.dev/sources/donnywals)** · 11 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer shares how FlowDeck, a CLI tool for iOS development, replaced raw xcodebuild and Xcode's MCP bridge in their AI agent workflow. FlowDeck wraps xcodebuild, simctl, and devicectl behind a single consistent interface, returning structured JSON output that keeps agent context windows clean. Key features include one-time project config, structured build error output, app log streaming, and a UI simulator session that captures screenshots and accessibility trees every 500ms for agent-driven UI validation. The post covers setup with Cursor via an agent skill file and a short agents.md rule, and compares FlowDeck to XcodeBuildMCP, noting that FlowDeck's CLI approach lets developers run the same commands their agents run. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Setting up a delivery pipeline for your agentic iOS projects – Donny Wals](https://daily.dev/posts/setting-up-a-delivery-pipeline-for-your-agentic-ios-projects-donny-wals-dz84thc9v) · Donny Wals · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Do you need an MCP to build your native app?](https://daily.dev/posts/do-you-need-an-mcp-to-build-your-native-app--sedqlfz7t) · Sentry Engineering · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ios](https://daily.dev/tags/ios), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-use-flowdeck-to-let-my-ai-agent-build-and-run-my-apps-donny-wals-vczuonyhw)