Code Signing API Reference

Comprehensive CLI and API reference for iOS/macOS code signing: certificate management, provisioning profile inspection, entitlement extraction, Keychain operations, codesign verification, fastlane match, and Xcode build settings.

Quick Reference

# Diagnostic flow — run these 3 commands first for any signing issue
security find-identity -v -p codesigning          # List valid signing identities
security cms -D -i path/to/embedded.mobileprovision  # Decode provisioning profile
codesign -d --entitlements - MyApp.app             # Extract entitlements from binary

Certificate Reference

Certificate Types