Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., attends the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference held at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California on June 9, 2025.
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apple announced that it is introducing agentic coding into its flagship coding tool called Xcode, supporting one of Silicon Valley’s hottest trends.
In agent-assisted coding, programmers let artificial intelligence software write code independently. Apple announced that its tools will support Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex.
“Xcode and Coding Agents can now work together to handle complex, multi-step tasks on your behalf,” an Apple representative said in a demo video accompanying Tuesday’s announcement.
Over the summer, Apple updated Xcode to support OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Claude, and the latest update expands its relationship with agent coding tools. In an email to developers, Apple said agents will be able to build and test projects, search Apple documentation, and fix issues.
Individual programmers and companies are embracing agent coding as a way to build software faster through a technique known as “vibe coding,” in which humans instruct AI and review the code it produces.
Apple Intelligence, the company’s consumer AI suite, is facing delays and leadership changes. But in recent months, AI coding has gained increasing attention among iPhone developers.
Users must connect their OpenAI or Anthropic account to Xcode via an API key. In addition to the built-in Anthropic and OpenAI integrations, Apple said it uses open standards that allow programmers to use other compatible agents and AI tools in Xcode.
Apple’s Xcode is the company’s development environment for coders and is used to build nearly all iPhone apps. The new software, Xcode 26.3, is currently available in beta for registered Apple developers and will eventually be released in the App Store.
OpenAI on Monday released a version of its agent coding application called Codex for Mac computers.
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