ios_build_chatgpt

Building IOS apps via the command line with LLM prompts.

Demo

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IFwAePTK5WdYikarxJk6oYcrGUc21Tdh/view?usp=drive_link

Environment

Tested in:

• MacOS (M1)
• Latest OS
• Latest XCode
• xcodegen

Usage

Configure your project

$ mkdir -p path/to/new_project
$ cd path/to/new_project
$ cp path/to/ios_build_chatgpt/.ai_ignore .
$ cp path/to/ios_build_chatgpt/test_regimes/ios_app_rapid_test.sh .
$ cp path/to/ios_build_chatgpt/project.yml .
$ cp path/to/ios_build_chatgpt/chatgpt_app_config.yaml .

Update static data

Add correct paths in:

• project.yml
• chatgpt_app_config.yaml

OpenAI API key is required in chatgpt_app_config.yaml for LLM

Writing Code

$ path/to/ios_build_chatgpt/update_file_via_prompt.sh "your feature definition"

Roadmap

Bugs:

• filename suggestions are not working.. get a better regex
• figure out why failure outcome doesn't work on testing regime
• pasting exceptions from CLI print out into prompt doesn't work

Features:

• non-whole-file updates! Low Priority because GPT4 does what I ask.
• exception follow ups
• what happens when the LLM returns no changes
  • agent is getting stuck
• when the LLM says "the code already has that feature..."

Hard coded stuff

• Starting point as the ios Hello, World. app doesn't seem to be scripted. Create it in xcode and put it in GH.
• the prompt template - move it into a purpose built python script that returns the prompt
• remove: The substring 'edit' was not found in any filenames.
• manually created project.yml
• manually installing all deps
• this thing: "com.mycompany.new_project" in test script
• manually accepted the EULA for xcodegen