HIG Doctor
HIG Doctor is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Apple Human Interface Guidelines search, lookup, and project audits for AI coding agents. It has 148 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y hig-mcp.
github.com/raintree-technology/hig-doctor (opens in a new tab)
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Install HIG Doctor
Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.
Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"hig-doctor": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"hig-mcp"
],
"env": {
"HIG_SKILLS_DIR": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --env HIG_SKILLS_DIR=your-value --transport stdio hig-doctor -- npx -y hig-mcpCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"hig-doctor": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"hig-mcp"
],
"env": {
"HIG_SKILLS_DIR": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.
VS Code
{
"servers": {
"hig-doctor": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"hig-mcp"
],
"env": {
"HIG_SKILLS_DIR": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).
Environment variables
Variables the server reads at startup.
| Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
HIG_SKILLS_DIR | No | Optional override for the skills directory. The published package bundles the HIG skills corpus, so this is only needed to point the server at a different or… |
Tools (6)
Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.
hig_list_skillsEnumerate available skills with descriptions and reference topics. Call first to discover the corpus.
hig_lookupFetch HIG reference markdown. Provide a skill name (e.g. hig-foundations) or skill + topic (e.g.
hig_searchBM25 full-text search across every reference topic. Ask in natural language (e.g.
hig_auditRun the HIG compliance audit on a project directory. Returns severity counts, per-category breakdown, a markdown…
hig_audit_fileAudit a single file — the fast inner loop after writing or editing code.
hig_explain_findingExplain a finding: full rule metadata plus an excerpt of the cited Apple HIG reference.
About HIG Doctor
Active MCP server for developers connecting HIG Doctor to coding agents. It exposes the HIG skills corpus and source audit as structured tools.
- agent-skills
- ai-agents
- apple-design
- claude-code
- hig
- human-interface-guidelines
- ios
- macos
- swiftui
- uikit
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How do I install the HIG Doctor MCP server?
Add the command npx -y hig-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.
Is HIG Doctor free?
The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.
Is HIG Doctor actively maintained?
The most recent commit was on Oct 22, 2026. The latest release is hig-doctor-v2.0.3, published Sep 4, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.