feat: add iOS simulator Face ID settings command support

Author: thymikee

README.md

@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ agent-device swipe 540 1500 540 500 120 --count 8 --pause-ms 30 --pattern ping-p
 - `alert`, `wait`, `screenshot`
 - `trace start`, `trace stop`
 - `settings wifi|airplane|location on|off`
+- `settings faceid match|nonmatch|enroll|unenroll` (aliases: `validate|unvalidate`, iOS simulator only)
 - `appstate`, `apps`, `devices`, `session list`
 
 ## iOS Snapshots

skills/agent-device/SKILL.md

@@ -90,11 +90,16 @@ agent-device settings airplane on
 agent-device settings airplane off
 agent-device settings location on
 agent-device settings location off
+agent-device settings faceid match
+agent-device settings faceid nonmatch
+agent-device settings faceid enroll
+agent-device settings faceid unenroll
 ```
 
 Note: iOS wifi/airplane toggles status bar indicators, not actual network state.
 Airplane off clears status bar overrides.
 iOS settings helpers are simulator-only.
+Face ID aliases: `validate` = `match`, `unvalidate` = `nonmatch`.
 
 ### App state
 

src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler.test.ts

@@ -90,3 +90,26 @@ test('settings rejects unsupported iOS physical devices', async () => {
     assert.match(response.error.message, /settings is not supported/i);
   }
 });
+
+test('settings validates faceid aliases in usage hint', async () => {
+  const sessionStore = makeSessionStore();
+  const response = await handleSnapshotCommands({
+    req: {
+      token: 't',
+      session: 'default',
+      command: 'settings',
+      positionals: [],
+      flags: {},
+    },
+    sessionName: 'default',
+    logPath: '/tmp/daemon.log',
+    sessionStore,
+  });
+
+  assert.ok(response);
+  assert.equal(response?.ok, false);
+  if (response && !response.ok) {
+    assert.equal(response.error.code, 'INVALID_ARGS');
+    assert.match(response.error.message, /validate\|unvalidate/);
+  }
+});

src/daemon/handlers/snapshot.ts

@@ -311,7 +311,8 @@ export async function handleSnapshotCommands(params: {
         ok: false,
         error: {
           code: 'INVALID_ARGS',
-          message: 'settings requires <wifi|airplane|location> <on|off>',
+          message:
+            'settings requires <wifi|airplane|location> <on|off> or faceid <match|nonmatch|enroll|unenroll|validate|unvalidate>',
         },
       };
     }

src/platforms/ios/__tests__/index.test.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@ import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import { promises as fs } from 'node:fs';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
-import { listIosApps, openIosApp, parseIosDeviceAppsPayload, reinstallIosApp, resolveIosApp } from '../index.ts';
+import {
+  listIosApps,
+  openIosApp,
+  parseIosDeviceAppsPayload,
+  reinstallIosApp,
+  resolveIosApp,
+  setIosSetting,
+} from '../index.ts';
 import type { DeviceInfo } from '../../../utils/device.ts';
 import { AppError } from '../../../utils/errors.ts';
 
@@ -452,3 +459,81 @@ test('listIosApps applies user-installed filter on simulator', async () => {
     await fs.rm(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
   }
 });
+
+test('setIosSetting faceid validate uses simctl biometric match', async () => {
+  await withMockedXcrun(
+    'agent-device-ios-faceid-match-test-',
+    `#!/bin/sh
+printf "__CMD__\\n" >> "$AGENT_DEVICE_TEST_ARGS_FILE"
+printf "%s\\n" "$@" >> "$AGENT_DEVICE_TEST_ARGS_FILE"
+if [ "$1" = "simctl" ] && [ "$2" = "list" ] && [ "$3" = "devices" ] && [ "$4" = "-j" ]; then
+  cat <<'JSON'
+{"devices":{"com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-18-0":[{"udid":"sim-1","state":"Booted"}]}}
+JSON
+  exit 0
+fi
+if [ "$1" = "simctl" ] && [ "$2" = "biometric" ] && [ "$3" = "sim-1" ] && [ "$4" = "match" ] && [ "$5" = "face" ]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+echo "unexpected xcrun args: $@" >&2
+exit 1
+`,
+    async ({ argsLogPath }) => {
+      const device: DeviceInfo = {
+        platform: 'ios',
+        id: 'sim-1',
+        name: 'iPhone Sim',
+        kind: 'simulator',
+        booted: true,
+      };
+      await setIosSetting(device, 'faceid', 'validate');
+      const lines = (await fs.readFile(argsLogPath, 'utf8'))
+        .trim()
+        .split('\n')
+        .filter(Boolean);
+      const logged = lines.join(' ');
+      assert.match(logged, /simctl biometric sim-1 match face/);
+    },
+  );
+});
+
+test('setIosSetting faceid retries alternate biometric argument order', async () => {
+  await withMockedXcrun(
+    'agent-device-ios-faceid-fallback-test-',
+    `#!/bin/sh
+printf "__CMD__\\n" >> "$AGENT_DEVICE_TEST_ARGS_FILE"
+printf "%s\\n" "$@" >> "$AGENT_DEVICE_TEST_ARGS_FILE"
+if [ "$1" = "simctl" ] && [ "$2" = "list" ] && [ "$3" = "devices" ] && [ "$4" = "-j" ]; then
+  cat <<'JSON'
+{"devices":{"com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-18-0":[{"udid":"sim-1","state":"Booted"}]}}
+JSON
+  exit 0
+fi
+if [ "$1" = "simctl" ] && [ "$2" = "biometric" ] && [ "$3" = "sim-1" ] && [ "$4" = "match" ] && [ "$5" = "face" ]; then
+  exit 2
+fi
+if [ "$1" = "simctl" ] && [ "$2" = "biometric" ] && [ "$3" = "match" ] && [ "$4" = "sim-1" ] && [ "$5" = "face" ]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+echo "unexpected xcrun args: $@" >&2
+exit 1
+`,
+    async ({ argsLogPath }) => {
+      const device: DeviceInfo = {
+        platform: 'ios',
+        id: 'sim-1',
+        name: 'iPhone Sim',
+        kind: 'simulator',
+        booted: true,
+      };
+      await setIosSetting(device, 'faceid', 'match');
+      const lines = (await fs.readFile(argsLogPath, 'utf8'))
+        .trim()
+        .split('\n')
+        .filter(Boolean);
+      const logged = lines.join(' ');
+      assert.match(logged, /simctl biometric sim-1 match face/);
+      assert.match(logged, /simctl biometric match sim-1 face/);
+    },
+  );
+});

src/platforms/ios/apps.ts

@@ -225,15 +225,16 @@ export async function setIosSetting(
   ensureSimulator(device, 'settings');
   await ensureBootedSimulator(device);
   const normalized = setting.toLowerCase();
-  const enabled = parseSettingState(state);
 
   switch (normalized) {
     case 'wifi': {
+      const enabled = parseSettingState(state);
       const mode = enabled ? 'active' : 'failed';
       await runCmd('xcrun', ['simctl', 'status_bar', device.id, 'override', '--wifiMode', mode]);
       return;
     }
     case 'airplane': {
+      const enabled = parseSettingState(state);
       if (enabled) {
         await runCmd('xcrun', [
           'simctl',
@@ -259,13 +260,19 @@ export async function setIosSetting(
       return;
     }
     case 'location': {
+      const enabled = parseSettingState(state);
       if (!appBundleId) {
         throw new AppError('INVALID_ARGS', 'location setting requires an active app in session');
       }
       const action = enabled ? 'grant' : 'revoke';
       await runCmd('xcrun', ['simctl', 'privacy', device.id, action, 'location', appBundleId]);
       return;
     }
+    case 'faceid': {
+      const action = parseFaceIdAction(state);
+      await runFaceIdSimctlCommand(device.id, action);
+      return;
+    }
     default:
       throw new AppError('INVALID_ARGS', `Unsupported setting: ${setting}`);
   }
@@ -328,6 +335,83 @@ function parseSettingState(state: string): boolean {
   throw new AppError('INVALID_ARGS', `Invalid setting state: ${state}`);
 }
 
+type FaceIdAction = 'match' | 'nonmatch' | 'enroll' | 'unenroll';
+
+function parseFaceIdAction(state: string): FaceIdAction {
+  const normalized = state.trim().toLowerCase();
+  if (normalized === 'match' || normalized === 'validate') return 'match';
+  if (normalized === 'nonmatch' || normalized === 'nomatch' || normalized === 'unvalidate') {
+    return 'nonmatch';
+  }
+  if (normalized === 'enroll') return 'enroll';
+  if (normalized === 'unenroll') return 'unenroll';
+  throw new AppError(
+    'INVALID_ARGS',
+    `Invalid faceid state: ${state}. Use match|nonmatch|enroll|unenroll (aliases: validate|unvalidate).`,
+  );
+}
+
+async function runFaceIdSimctlCommand(deviceId: string, action: FaceIdAction): Promise<void> {
+  const attempts = biometricCommandAttempts(deviceId, action);
+  const failures: Array<{ args: string[]; stderr: string; stdout: string; exitCode: number }> = [];
+
+  for (const args of attempts) {
+    const result = await runCmd('xcrun', args, { allowFailure: true });
+    if (result.exitCode === 0) return;
+    failures.push({
+      args,
+      stderr: result.stderr,
+      stdout: result.stdout,
+      exitCode: result.exitCode,
+    });
+  }
+
+  throw new AppError(
+    'COMMAND_FAILED',
+    'simctl biometric command failed. Ensure your Xcode Simulator runtime supports Face ID control.',
+    {
+      deviceId,
+      action,
+      attempts: failures.map((failure) => ({
+        args: failure.args.join(' '),
+        exitCode: failure.exitCode,
+        stderr: failure.stderr.slice(0, 400),
+      })),
+    },
+  );
+}
+
+function biometricCommandAttempts(deviceId: string, action: FaceIdAction): string[][] {
+  switch (action) {
+    case 'match':
+      return [
+        ['simctl', 'biometric', deviceId, 'match', 'face'],
+        ['simctl', 'biometric', 'match', deviceId, 'face'],
+      ];
+    case 'nonmatch':
+      return [
+        ['simctl', 'biometric', deviceId, 'nonmatch', 'face'],
+        ['simctl', 'biometric', deviceId, 'nomatch', 'face'],
+        ['simctl', 'biometric', 'nonmatch', deviceId, 'face'],
+        ['simctl', 'biometric', 'nomatch', deviceId, 'face'],
+      ];
+    case 'enroll':
+      return [
+        ['simctl', 'biometric', deviceId, 'enroll', 'yes'],
+        ['simctl', 'biometric', deviceId, 'enroll', '1'],
+        ['simctl', 'biometric', 'enroll', deviceId, 'yes'],
+        ['simctl', 'biometric', 'enroll', deviceId, '1'],
+      ];
+    case 'unenroll':
+      return [
+        ['simctl', 'biometric', deviceId, 'enroll', 'no'],
+        ['simctl', 'biometric', deviceId, 'enroll', '0'],
+        ['simctl', 'biometric', 'enroll', deviceId, 'no'],
+        ['simctl', 'biometric', 'enroll', deviceId, '0'],
+      ];
+  }
+}
+
 function isTransientSimulatorLaunchFailure(error: unknown): boolean {
   if (!(error instanceof AppError)) return false;
   if (error.code !== 'COMMAND_FAILED') return false;

src/utils/__tests__/args.test.ts

@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ test('usage includes swipe and press series options', () => {
   assert.match(help, /swipe <x1> <y1> <x2> <y2>/);
   assert.match(help, /--pattern one-way\|ping-pong/);
   assert.match(help, /--interval-ms/);
+  assert.match(help, /settings <wifi\|airplane\|location\|faceid>/);
 });
 
 test('command usage shows command and global flags separately', () => {
@@ -280,3 +281,9 @@ test('command usage shows no command flags when unsupported', () => {
   assert.doesNotMatch(help, /Command flags:/);
   assert.match(help, /Global flags:/);
 });
+
+test('settings usage documents faceid aliases', () => {
+  const help = usageForCommand('settings');
+  if (help === null) throw new Error('Expected command help text');
+  assert.match(help, /match\|nonmatch\|enroll\|unenroll\|validate\|unvalidate/);
+});

src/utils/command-schema.ts

@@ -524,7 +524,9 @@ export const COMMAND_SCHEMAS: Record<string, CommandSchema> = {
     allowedFlags: [...SELECTOR_SNAPSHOT_FLAGS],
   },
   settings: {
-    description: 'Toggle OS settings (simulators)',
+    usageOverride:
+      'settings <wifi|airplane|location|faceid> <on|off|match|nonmatch|enroll|unenroll|validate|unvalidate>',
+    description: 'Toggle OS settings (simulators), including Face ID on iOS simulators',
     positionalArgs: ['setting', 'state'],
     allowedFlags: [],
   },

website/docs/docs/commands.md

@@ -122,9 +122,14 @@ agent-device settings airplane on
 agent-device settings airplane off
 agent-device settings location on
 agent-device settings location off
+agent-device settings faceid match
+agent-device settings faceid nonmatch
+agent-device settings faceid enroll
+agent-device settings faceid unenroll
 ```
 
 - iOS `settings` support is simulator-only.
+- Face ID controls are iOS simulator-only and support aliases: `validate` = `match`, `unvalidate` = `nonmatch`.
 
 ## App state and app lists