Browse and search symbols within a specific Apple framework. Perfect for exploring framework APIs, finding all views/controllers/delegates in a framework, or discovering available types. Use after list_technologies to get framework identifiers.
AI agents call search_framework_symbols to retrieve information from Apple Docs MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and searches through static Apple framework documentation and metadata. It has no side effects, cannot modify or delete data, and cannot execute code or trigger external operations. It is a read-only reference lookup tool for developers exploring API signatures and symbol definitions.
From the tool's definition Tool enables 'search' and 'browse' of framework symbols, 'exploring framework APIs', and 'discovering available types' within documentation—pure query/lookup operations with no data modification, deletion, or code execution capability.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access search_framework_symbols gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Apple Docs MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for search_framework_symbols:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"search_framework_symbols": {}
}
}search_framework_symbols is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Browse and search symbols within a specific Apple framework. Perfect for exploring framework APIs, finding all views/controllers/delegates in a framework, or discovering available types. Use after list_technologies to get framework identifiers. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apple Docs MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Apple Docs MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_framework_symbols: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apple Docs MCP. Nothing to install.
search_framework_symbols is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the search_framework_symbols rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for search_framework_symbols. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
search_framework_symbols is provided by the Apple Docs MCP server (kimsungwhee/apple-docs-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Apple Docs MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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