Share app builds from your AI editor
Add the IPALinked MCP tool to Cursor, Claude, Codex or Copilot, then say “share ./build/MyApp.ipa on IPALinked.” Your assistant uploads the build and returns a shareable install link with a QR code — free, no account, links expire in 7 days. Works for both .ipa (iOS) and .apk (Android).
Why do this from your editor?
Distributing a test build usually means switching to a browser, opening a dashboard, dragging a file, waiting, and copying a link. With an MCP tool, your AI assistant does all of that in-place. You stay in your code, describe the outcome, and get the link back in the chat. It's the same idea as asking your assistant to run tests or commit — except the “tool” is sharing your build.
Step 1 — Add the IPALinked MCP tool
The fastest way: paste this into your assistant's chat —
It will create or edit the right config file for your editor. Prefer to do it by hand? Every per-tool snippet (Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed) is on the MCP setup page. All you need is Node 18+. Restart the editor afterward.
Step 2 — Ask to share
Now just say what you want. Examples:
- “Publish
./build/MyApp.ipato IPALinked and give me the install link” - “Upload
MyApp.apkwith a password” - “Share this build with my tester”
The assistant uploads the file and returns an install link + QR that your testers and developers open to install the app on their real devices. It expires in 7 days.
Step 3 — Send the link
Drop the link in Slack, email or a message. On iPhone/iPad the tester opens it in Safari and installs over the air; on Android they download and install the APK after allowing unknown apps.
Set up the IPALinked MCP toolPer-tool configs for Cursor, Claude, Codex, Copilot, Windsurf & ZedBonus: analyze before you ship
You can also ask “analyze ./MyApp.ipa — is it ad-hoc or enterprise, and when does it expire?” The ipalinked_analyze tool reads the build locally (nothing is uploaded) and reports the bundle id, version, SDK/OS and iOS provisioning details — a quick way to catch a wrong-signing mistake before sending it to a tester.
iOS signing, the one rule to remember
Uploading always works, but for an iPhone/iPad to install over the air the .ipa must be signed for that device: ad-hoc (with the device's UDID) or enterprise. That's Apple's requirement, not IPALinked's.