Update SwiftUI APIs
Systematically scan Apple's developer documentation via the Sosumi MCP, identify deprecated SwiftUI APIs and their modern replacements, and update swiftui-expert-skill/references/latest-apis.md .
Prerequisites
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Sosumi MCP must be enabled and available (provides searchAppleDocumentation , fetchAppleDocumentation , fetchAppleVideoTranscript , fetchExternalDocumentation )
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Write access to this repository (or a fork)
Workflow
- Understand current coverage
Read swiftui-expert-skill/references/latest-apis.md to understand:
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Which deprecated-to-modern transitions are already documented
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The version segments in use (iOS 15+, 16+, 17+, 18+, 26+)
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The Quick Lookup Table at the bottom
- Load the scan manifest
Read references/scan-manifest.md (relative to this skill). It contains the categorized list of API areas, documentation paths, search queries, and WWDC video paths to scan.
- Scan Apple documentation
For each category in the manifest:
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Call searchAppleDocumentation with the listed queries to discover relevant pages.
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Call fetchAppleDocumentation with specific documentation paths to get full API details.
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Look for deprecation notices, "Deprecated" labels, and "Use ... instead" guidance.
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Note the iOS version where the modern replacement became available.
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Optionally call fetchAppleVideoTranscript for WWDC sessions that announce API changes.
Batch related searches together for efficiency. Focus on finding new deprecations not yet in latest-apis.md .
- Compare and identify changes
Compare findings against existing entries. Categorize results:
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New deprecations: APIs not yet documented in latest-apis.md
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Corrections: Existing entries that need updating (wrong version, better replacement available)
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New version segments: If a new iOS version introduces deprecations, add a new section
- Update latest-apis.md
Follow the established format exactly. Each entry must include:
Section placement -- place under the correct version segment:
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"Always Use (iOS 15+)" for long-deprecated APIs
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"When Targeting iOS 16+" / "17+" / "18+" / "26+" for version-gated changes
Entry format:
Always use modernAPI() instead of deprecatedAPI().
```swift // Modern View() .modernAPI()
// Deprecated View() .deprecatedAPI() ```
Quick Lookup Table -- add a row at the bottom of the file:
| deprecatedAPI() | modernAPI() | iOS XX+ |
Keep the attribution line at the top of the file:
Based on a comparison of Apple's documentation using the Sosumi MCP, we found the latest recommended APIs to use.
- Open a pull request
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Create a branch from main named update/latest-apis-YYYY-MM (use current year and month).
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Commit changes to swiftui-expert-skill/references/latest-apis.md .
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Open a PR via gh pr create with:
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Title: "Update latest SwiftUI APIs (Month Year)"
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Body: Summary of new/changed entries, attribution to Sosumi MCP
Sosumi MCP Tool Reference
Tool Parameters Returns
searchAppleDocumentation
query (string) JSON with results[] containing title , url , description , breadcrumbs , tags , type
fetchAppleDocumentation
path (string, e.g. /documentation/swiftui/view/foregroundstyle(_:) ) Markdown documentation content
fetchAppleVideoTranscript
path (string, e.g. /videos/play/wwdc2025/10133 ) Markdown transcript
fetchExternalDocumentation
url (string, full https URL) Markdown documentation content
Tips
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Start broad with searchAppleDocumentation queries, then drill into specific paths with fetchAppleDocumentation .
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Apple's deprecation docs typically say "Deprecated" in the page and link to the replacement.
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WWDC "What's new in SwiftUI" sessions are the best source for newly introduced replacements.
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When unsure about the exact iOS version for a deprecation, verify by checking the "Availability" section in the fetched documentation.
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If an API is deprecated but no direct replacement exists, note this rather than suggesting an incorrect alternative.