# sentry-snapshots-cocoa

Sets up snapshot image generation for Apple projects and uploads them to Sentry Snapshots. Useful when you need visual preview testing or want it running in CI.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 577 installs · ★ 272
- Author: getsentry
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-for-ai/tree/HEAD/src/skills/sentry-snapshots-cocoa/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/sentry-snapshots-cocoa

## What it does

The skill first looks at what the project already has: it searches `Package.swift`, `Package.resolved` and `project.pbxproj`, and checks for Point-Free `swift-snapshot-testing`. An existing generator gets preserved. With nothing in place, it installs Sentry's own SnapshotPreviews through the `appleSnapshots` wizard. Manual setup only kicks in when the wizard is unavailable or cannot resolve targets non-interactively.

From there it picks a route from a reference table: `references/wizard-setup.md`, `references/snapshot-previews.md`, `references/snapshots.md`, plus three GitHub Actions variants — a simple one-destination workflow, a fan-out workflow for multiple simulators, and one for `swift-snapshot-testing`. Uploads go through Fastlane or `sentry-cli`, and manifests and metadata travel alongside the images.

One hard stop: for a SwiftPM package with no host app or hosted XCTest target, the skill asks you to supply them — standalone `swift test` rendering is not supported. Before uploading it checks `SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN`, `SENTRY_ORG` and `SENTRY_PROJECT`, and asks you to confirm the organization, project and export directory. That is a good moment to check whether the screenshots carry customer data, because they leave for Sentry as they are.

## Requirements
- Works with: Sentry

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add getsentry/sentry-for-ai --skill sentry-snapshots-cocoa -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/sentry-snapshots-cocoa/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/sentry-snapshots-cocoa/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add getsentry/sentry-for-ai --skill sentry-snapshots-cocoa -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/sentry-snapshots-cocoa/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add getsentry/sentry-for-ai --skill sentry-snapshots-cocoa -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/sentry-snapshots-cocoa/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install getsentry/sentry-for-ai sentry-snapshots-cocoa
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/sentry-snapshots-cocoa/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add getsentry/sentry-for-ai --skill sentry-snapshots-cocoa -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-for-ai --path src/skills/sentry-snapshots-cocoa
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/sentry-snapshots-cocoa/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add getsentry/sentry-for-ai --skill sentry-snapshots-cocoa -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-for-ai/tree/HEAD/src/skills/sentry-snapshots-cocoa/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate PNG snapshots of Swift previews for an Apple project
- upload snapshots to Sentry with their metadata
- keep an existing `swift-snapshot-testing` generator intact
- build a GitHub Actions workflow that fans out across simulators
- run snapshots selectively for changed screens only

## Example prompts
- set up SnapshotPreviews for my Apple project and upload the snapshots to Sentry
- check which snapshot generator the project already uses and don't break it
- create a GitHub Actions workflow with multiple simulators for snapshot tests

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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````text
---
name: sentry-snapshots-cocoa
description: Full Sentry Snapshots setup for Apple/Cocoa projects. Use when asked to "setup SnapshotPreviews", "setup Apple snapshot testing", "upload Apple snapshots to Sentry", "setup Apple snapshot GitHub Actions", or "setup Apple selective snapshot testing".
license: Apache-2.0
---
# Sentry Snapshots for Apple/Cocoa

## Scope

- Goal: generate Apple snapshot images and upload them to Sentry Snapshots.
- Detect existing snapshot generation first, including Point-Free
  `swift-snapshot-testing`; preserve it when it already emits or can emit PNGs or JPEGs.
- Use the Sentry Wizard `appleSnapshots` flow only when setting up Sentry’s first-party
  SnapshotPreviews solution.
- Use manual setup only if the wizard is unavailable, cannot resolve targets
  non-interactively after disambiguation, or fails after explicit disambiguation.
- Package-only SwiftPM: stop and ask for the host app/test target; standalone
  `swift test` rendering is not supported.

Snapshot uploads send generated images and metadata to Sentry.
Confirm the target organization/project and export directory, and check whether the
images contain customer data or other sensitive content before uploading.
Upload only the selected snapshot output within the user’s requested scope.

## Detect

Do only enough detection to route before calling the wizard:

```bash
# SnapshotPreviews (Sentry first-party) -> prefer wizard / SnapshotPreviews routing
find . \( -name Package.swift -o -name Package.resolved -o -path '*/project.pbxproj' \) -print0 2>/dev/null | xargs -0 grep -lE "SnapshotPreviews" 2>/dev/null

# Point-Free swift-snapshot-testing -> preserve generator, swift-snapshot-testing CI path
find . \( -name Package.swift -o -name Package.resolved -o -path '*/project.pbxproj' \) -print0 2>/dev/null | xargs -0 grep -lE "swift-snapshot-testing|SnapshotTesting|assertSnapshot|__Snapshots__|TEST_RUNNER_SNAPSHOT_TESTING_RECORD" 2>/dev/null

# Required wizard input
find . -name '*.xcodeproj' -print 2>/dev/null | head -20

# Workflow shape
ls fastlane/Fastfile Gemfile 2>/dev/null

# Sentry auth presence only -> never print secret values
````
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