Safety concerns include the risk of granting agents Bash shell access; careful tool configuration and awareness of third-party components are essential.

Apple unveils Xcode 26.3 RC with agentic coding support, enabling AI tools like Claude Agent and Codex to work directly inside Xcode for building apps across Apple platforms.

Agents can search docs, explore project structure, adjust settings, and visually verify work by capturing Xcode Previews and iterating through builds and fixes.

The system supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing other tools that support the protocol to be connected, including locally running models, with Claude and Codex as privileged options.

Industry observers warn of latency and occasional AI misstatements, mitigated by caching, queuing, and careful human evaluation of AI outputs.

Enterprises must consider governance, policy controls for AI use, data handling, and the potential for private on-premises AI deployments behind firewalls to protect IP.

A transcript sidebar monitors agent activity, offering undo options and the ability to test multiple approaches and keep track of changes.

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Practical uses include debugging, design iteration, and reverting projects to previous states, while noting potential effects on development speed and accessibility for newcomers.

Reactions point to productivity gains but security voices warn about AI-generated code risks and potential quality issues in production.

Agents gain five core capabilities: project discovery, intelligent file management, dynamic code previews, contextual snippet generation, and documentation synchronization, with change tracking and instant reversion.

Live demos show Claude analyzing project structure, consulting docs, generating code, building, and taking running screenshots, with automatic checkpoints to revert undesired changes.