Building an on-device Swift coding agent using Apple Intelligence

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I built a fully on-device coding agent called Junco , using Apple Intelligence, the Apple Foundation Model (AFM), in Swift . Why? To learn, but also to build a tool I want to use myself. Why call it “ Junco ?” Because nothing else was named “Junco,” it fits the Swift-related bird theme, and, to be honest, it’s kind of junky compared to Claude Code . Does Junco work?…

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