Zoom Video SDK (macOS)

Use this skill when building custom macOS desktop video session apps.

Current release: 2.6.0 (verified 2026-07-10). The bundled inventory below is 2.5.10. Review renamed statistic/audio APIs, framework removal, external-source changes, and new callbacks in the 2.6.0 upgrade notes.

Start Here

1. macos.md
2. concepts/lifecycle-workflow.md
3. concepts/architecture.md
4. examples/session-join-pattern.md
5. scenarios/high-level-scenarios.md
6. references/macos-reference-map.md
7. references/environment-variables.md
8. references/versioning-and-compatibility.md
9. troubleshooting/common-issues.md

SDK-Bundled API Skill

Video SDK macOS 2.5.10 includes Docs/skills/zm-videosdk-macos-api/SKILL.md and paired Docs/*-API.md / Docs/*-API.json references.

• Use this repository skill for architecture, implementation workflow, scenarios, and troubleshooting.
• Use the bundled skill and Docs/index.md to verify Objective-C signatures, asynchronous completion, role requirements, callback threading, and object lifetime.
• Prefer packaged headers over generated documentation if they conflict.
• For RTMS signaling, media sockets, protocol messages, and backend processing after ZMVideoSDKRTMSHelper starts the stream, chain to zoom-rtms.
• See references/macos-reference-map.md for high-value modules.

Key Sources

• Docs: https://developers.zoom.us/docs/video-sdk/macos/
• API reference: https://marketplacefront.zoom.us/sdk/custom/macos/annotated.html
• Parent skill: ../SKILL.md

Operations

• RUNBOOK.md - 5-minute preflight and debugging checklist.