# GPTsApp Plugins decision brief

## Build iOS Apps (codex)

Format: gptsapp-plugin-decision-brief/1.0.0
Plugin ID: gpa:plugin:8294426868f786846b8f11077132b1a5d6184ef5213211190f468fb4f224423f
Canonical: https://plugins.gptsapp.io/plugins/codex/openai/build-ios-apps
Source owner: openai
Declared author: OpenAI (manifest declaration)
Repository: https://github.com/openai/plugins
Package root: plugins/build-ios-apps
Package format: codex-plugin
Documented targets: Codex CLI (codex-cli)
Documented targets are source declarations, not tested compatibility. Other interfaces remain unknown.
Task scope: All recorded tasks
Recorded tasks: Build native apps (mobile-development)

Work on SwiftUI interfaces, App Intents and simulator debugging with an iOS-focused package.

### Version and observation scope
Workflow-note version: 0.1.2
Workflow-note revision: Unknown
Workflow-note observation: 2026-09-07
Manifest version: 0.1.2
Manifest revision: 1e285826e604f66f7208f7ac4dba0fe8341d1f57
Manifest observation: 2026-09-07
Component observation scope: 0.1.2
A manifest observation does not revalidate older component or prerequisite notes.

### Installation and delivery
Package role: Unknown
Delivery boundary: Unknown
Access: Toolchain and simulator access are separate from installing the plugin.
License declaration: MIT declared in manifest; toolchain terms separate
A license declaration is not a directory redistribution or safety certification.
Official installation: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/plugins
Installation note: Find Build iOS Apps and review the environment needed for simulator-backed tasks.
Distribution: openai-curated / build-ios-apps; path plugins/build-ios-apps; index revision 1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89; package revision 1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89
Distribution evidence: https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89/.agents/plugins/marketplace.json

### Prerequisites by recorded task
- unknown: Confirm the Xcode, simulator and MCP environment needed by the chosen workflow [Tasks: Build native apps]
  Evidence: https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/main/plugins/build-ios-apps/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
The complete prerequisite inventory has not been established; unknown does not mean optional, free or unnecessary.

### Included components and observation limits
- iOS workflow skills (Skills): Skills directory declared; retained prior package observation, not revalidated by marketplace refresh
  Exact member count: Unknown.
- iOS MCP configuration (MCP configuration): Manifest points to .mcp.json; server not executed; retained prior package observation, not revalidated by marketplace refresh
  Exact member count: Unknown.
Included Skill, Agent and Command files are not a request to install duplicate copies. File/configuration presence is not host activation.

### Source issues
No separately recorded issue. This is not a safety review.

### Independent runtime states
Package installed: Not observed
External connection: Not observed
Access authorized: Not observed
Task completed: Not observed
This brief includes no personal prerequisite answers, credentials or runtime checks. No winner, compatibility, safety or authorization verdict.

### Sources
- https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/main/plugins/build-ios-apps/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
- https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89/.agents/plugins/marketplace.json
- https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/1dc195897af4161d039b80d8471ec0a10c9bbc89/plugins/build-ios-apps
- https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/1e285826e604f66f7208f7ac4dba0fe8341d1f57/plugins/build-ios-apps/.codex-plugin/plugin.json