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swift-docc-github-pages

by ivan-magda

Personally curated and maintained collection of Claude Code plugins

4🍴 1📅 Jan 19, 2026

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name: swift-docc-github-pages description: Use when setting up DocC documentation for a Swift package, deploying to GitHub Pages, or encountering "no such module 'UIKit'" during doc generation allowed-tools: Read, Grep, Glob

Swift DocC to GitHub Pages

Automate Swift package documentation publishing to GitHub Pages via GitHub Actions.

Which Build Method?

digraph method_choice {
    "Check Package.swift platforms" [shape=box];
    "iOS only?" [shape=diamond];
    "Use xcodebuild docbuild" [shape=box, style=filled, fillcolor=lightblue];
    "Use swift-docc-plugin" [shape=box];

    "Check Package.swift platforms" -> "iOS only?";
    "iOS only?" -> "Use xcodebuild docbuild" [label=".iOS only"];
    "iOS only?" -> "Use swift-docc-plugin" [label="includes .macOS"];
}

Why? swift package generate-documentation builds for macOS. iOS-only packages fail with "no such module 'UIKit'".

Quick Reference

ItemValue
Target nameFrom Package.swift: .target(name: "MyLib")
URL formathttps://USER.github.io/REPO/documentation/targetnamelowercase/
Enable PagesSettings → Pages → Source → "GitHub Actions"

Workflow

Create .github/workflows/docc.yml. Replace TARGET_NAME, TARGET_NAME_LOWERCASE, REPO_NAME.

iOS-only (no Package.swift changes needed):

name: Documentation

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
  contents: read
  pages: write
  id-token: write

concurrency:
  group: pages
  cancel-in-progress: true

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: macos-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6

      - name: Setup Xcode
        uses: maxim-lobanov/setup-xcode@v1
        with:
          xcode-version: latest-stable

      - name: Build Documentation
        run: |
          xcodebuild docbuild \
            -scheme TARGET_NAME \
            -destination "generic/platform=iOS Simulator" \
            -derivedDataPath .derivedData

          $(xcrun --find docc) process-archive transform-for-static-hosting \
            .derivedData/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/TARGET_NAME.doccarchive \
            --hosting-base-path REPO_NAME \
            --output-path ./docs

      - name: Add redirect
        run: |
          cat > ./docs/index.html << 'EOF'
          <!DOCTYPE html><html><head>
            <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=documentation/TARGET_NAME_LOWERCASE/">
          </head></html>
          EOF

      - uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v4
        with:
          path: ./docs

  deploy:
    needs: build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment:
      name: github-pages
      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
        id: deployment

Cross-platform: Add dependency to Package.swift, replace Build Documentation step:

dependencies: [
    .package(url: "https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-docc-plugin", from: "1.1.0")
],
- name: Build Documentation
  run: |
    swift package --allow-writing-to-directory ./docs \
      generate-documentation --target TARGET_NAME \
      --disable-indexing \
      --transform-for-static-hosting \
      --hosting-base-path REPO_NAME \
      --output-path ./docs

Local Testing

# iOS-only
xcodebuild docbuild -scheme TARGET_NAME \
  -destination "generic/platform=iOS Simulator" -derivedDataPath .derivedData
$(xcrun --find docc) process-archive transform-for-static-hosting \
  .derivedData/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/TARGET_NAME.doccarchive \
  --hosting-base-path REPO_NAME --output-path ./docs

# Cross-platform
swift package --allow-writing-to-directory ./docs \
  generate-documentation --target TARGET_NAME \
  --transform-for-static-hosting --hosting-base-path REPO_NAME --output-path ./docs

Common Mistakes

ErrorFix
"no such module 'UIKit'"iOS-only package: use xcodebuild docbuild
404 at root URLAdd redirect index.html step
Empty documentationEnsure types are public
Wrong URL caseTarget in URL is always lowercase
Pages not deployingEnable GitHub Actions as Pages source

Optional

Custom docs: Add Sources/TARGET_NAME/Documentation.docc/ with landing page and articles.

Swift Package Index: Add .spi.yml for automatic hosting:

version: 1
builder:
  configs:
    - documentation_targets: [TARGET_NAME]

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