Signed-off-by: Matt Bruce <mbrucedogs@gmail.com>

README.md

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Bedrock is designed to be the foundation upon which apps are built, providing:
 | **Theme Guide** | [`Sources/Bedrock/Theme/THEME_GUIDE.md`](Sources/Bedrock/Theme/THEME_GUIDE.md) | Create custom color themes using Bedrock's protocol-based theming system |
 | **Branding Guide** | [`Sources/Bedrock/Branding/BRANDING_GUIDE.md`](Sources/Bedrock/Branding/BRANDING_GUIDE.md) | Set up app icons, launch screens, and branded launch animations |
 | **Settings Guide** | [`Sources/Bedrock/Views/Settings/SETTINGS_GUIDE.md`](Sources/Bedrock/Views/Settings/SETTINGS_GUIDE.md) | Build branded settings screens with reusable UI components |
+| **SwiftData CloudKit Guide** | [`Sources/Bedrock/Storage/SWIFTDATA_CLOUDKIT_SETUP_GUIDE.md`](Sources/Bedrock/Storage/SWIFTDATA_CLOUDKIT_SETUP_GUIDE.md) | Configure SwiftData+iCloud sync with reusable Bedrock sync lifecycle utilities |
 
 ### Implementation Checklist
 
@@ -76,6 +77,15 @@ Use this checklist when setting up a new app with Bedrock:
 - [ ] Avoid manual horizontal child padding inside `SettingsCard` (card owns row insets)
 - [ ] Add `#if DEBUG` section for development tools
 
+#### ☁️ SwiftData + CloudKit Sync (When enabling cross-device data sync)
+- [ ] **Read**: `SWIFTDATA_CLOUDKIT_SETUP_GUIDE.md`
+- [ ] Enable iCloud/CloudKit + Push Notifications + Remote notifications background mode
+- [ ] Configure `aps-environment` via xcconfig (`development`/`production`)
+- [ ] Wire `SwiftDataCloudKitSyncManager` into app store lifecycle
+- [ ] Use `SwiftDataRefreshThrottler` for minimum-interval refresh gates
+- [ ] Add a root-level refresh version observation for reliable UI invalidation
+- [ ] Validate with two physical devices and CloudKit Console checks
+
 ### Quick Start Order
 
 When building a new app from scratch:

Sources/Bedrock/Storage/SWIFTDATA_CLOUDKIT_SETUP_GUIDE.md

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+# SwiftData + CloudKit Setup Guide
+
+Use this guide when enabling near-real-time SwiftData sync across multiple Apple devices.
+
+## Overview
+
+Bedrock provides four reusable building blocks for SwiftData + CloudKit apps:
+
+- `SwiftDataCloudKitSyncManager`: observes remote CloudKit-backed store changes.
+- `SwiftDataRefreshThrottler`: enforces minimum refresh intervals.
+- `SwiftDataStore`: generic store protocol (`modelContext`, `modelContainer`, `reloadData`).
+- `SwiftDataCloudKitStore`: adds CloudKit sync defaults (remote-change metadata + Mac pulse fallback).
+
+These utilities are domain-neutral and intended to be integrated by your app store/state layer.
+
+## 1) Required Capabilities and Entitlements
+
+Enable in the app target:
+
+- iCloud with CloudKit
+- Push Notifications
+- Background Modes -> Remote notifications
+- App Groups (if app/widget share SQLite storage)
+
+Required entitlements:
+
+- `com.apple.developer.icloud-container-identifiers`
+- `com.apple.developer.icloud-services` includes `CloudKit`
+- `aps-environment` (per build configuration)
+- `com.apple.security.application-groups` (if app group is used)
+
+Recommended xcconfig setup:
+
+```xcconfig
+// Debug.xcconfig
+APS_ENVIRONMENT = development
+
+// Release.xcconfig
+APS_ENVIRONMENT = production
+```
+
+Entitlements reference:
+
+```xml
+<key>aps-environment</key>
+<string>$(APS_ENVIRONMENT)</string>
+```
+
+## 2) Container Configuration
+
+Configure your SwiftData container with CloudKit mirroring:
+
+```swift
+let config = ModelConfiguration(
+    schema: schema,
+    url: storeURL,
+    cloudKitDatabase: isRunningTests ? .none : .private(cloudKitContainerIdentifier)
+)
+```
+
+For deterministic tests, disable CloudKit mirroring.
+
+## 3) Integrate `SwiftDataCloudKitSyncManager`
+
+Your app store owns domain behavior and plugs remote-change events into reload logic:
+
+```swift
+import Bedrock
+import SwiftData
+
+@MainActor
+@Observable
+final class AppDataStore: SwiftDataCloudKitStore {
+    @ObservationIgnored let modelContainer: ModelContainer
+    @ObservationIgnored var modelContext: ModelContext
+    @ObservationIgnored let cloudKitSyncManager = SwiftDataCloudKitSyncManager(
+        isEnabled: true,
+        logIdentifier: "AppCloudKitSync"
+    )
+
+    private(set) var refreshVersion: Int = 0
+
+    init(modelContext: ModelContext) {
+        self.modelContainer = modelContext.container
+        self.modelContext = modelContext
+        startSyncObservation()
+        reloadData()
+    }
+
+    private func startSyncObservation() {
+        cloudKitSyncManager.startObserving { [weak self] in
+            guard let self else { return }
+            _ = self.cloudKitSyncManager.processObservedRemoteChange(
+                modelContext: &self.modelContext,
+                modelContainer: self.modelContainer
+            )
+            self.reloadData()
+        }
+    }
+
+    func reloadData() {
+        // Fetch your app entities and recompute derived state.
+        refreshVersion &+= 1
+    }
+}
+```
+
+## 4) Integrate `SwiftDataRefreshThrottler`
+
+Use throttling for on-appear and tab/scene refresh paths:
+
+```swift
+@ObservationIgnored private let refreshThrottler = SwiftDataRefreshThrottler()
+
+func refreshIfNeeded(minimumInterval: TimeInterval = 5) {
+    guard refreshThrottler.shouldRefresh(minimumInterval: minimumInterval) else { return }
+    refresh()
+}
+```
+
+## 5) UI Invalidation Pattern
+
+Remote merges can arrive in bursts. Keep a refresh counter in your store and observe it in root-level views:
+
+```swift
+let _ = store.refreshVersion
+```
+
+This forces reevaluation even when model object identities do not change as expected.
+
+## 6) Fallback Refresh Pattern
+
+Keep a foreground fallback only as a safety net:
+
+1. Capture activation timestamp.
+2. Delay once (for example 8 seconds).
+3. Skip fallback if `store.hasReceivedRemoteChange(since:)` is true.
+4. Otherwise run a refresh.
+
+### Mac Runtime Fallback (iOS-on-Mac)
+
+If APNs delivery is unreliable on Mac runtime, pulse import scheduling explicitly while active:
+
+```swift
+if store.supportsMacCloudKitImportPulseFallback {
+    store.forceCloudKitImportPulse(reason: "active_loop")
+}
+```
+
+Recommended usage:
+
+1. Start a foreground-only task when scene becomes `.active`.
+2. Pulse on an interval (for example 5 seconds).
+3. Cancel on `.background` / `.inactive`.
+4. Keep this fallback Mac-only; leave iPhone/iPad on event-driven sync.
+
+## 7) Verification Checklist (Release Gate)
+
+Run on two physical devices, same Apple ID, same app flavor:
+
+1. Single edit appears cross-device while both apps are open.
+2. Rapid batch edits all appear without manual pull-to-refresh.
+3. Background/foreground recovery works without force-quit.
+4. Logs show remote event sequence increasing.
+5. CloudKit Console private DB records update as expected.
+
+## 8) Troubleshooting
+
+- Push events appear but UI is stale: verify context recreation + UI invalidation counter.
+- Updates only after app relaunch: verify remote observer active and push entitlement provisioning.
+- Works only in one build type: verify `aps-environment` and signing profile consistency.

Sources/Bedrock/Storage/SwiftDataCloudKitSyncManager.swift

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+//
+//  SwiftDataCloudKitSyncManager.swift
+//  Bedrock
+//
+//  Reusable remote-change observer for SwiftData + CloudKit mirroring.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+import CoreData
+import SwiftData
+import SwiftUI
+
+@MainActor
+@Observable
+public final class SwiftDataCloudKitSyncManager {
+    public struct RemoteChangeProcessingResult {
+        public let eventCount: Int
+        public let lastRemoteChangeDate: Date?
+        public let didRebuildModelContext: Bool
+
+        public init(
+            eventCount: Int,
+            lastRemoteChangeDate: Date?,
+            didRebuildModelContext: Bool
+        ) {
+            self.eventCount = eventCount
+            self.lastRemoteChangeDate = lastRemoteChangeDate
+            self.didRebuildModelContext = didRebuildModelContext
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Last timestamp when a remote store change was observed.
+    public private(set) var lastRemoteChangeDate: Date?
+
+    /// Monotonic count of observed remote store change events.
+    public private(set) var remoteChangeEventCount: Int = 0
+
+    /// Whether remote change observation is currently active.
+    public private(set) var isObservingRemoteChanges: Bool = false
+
+    private let isEnabled: Bool
+    private let logIdentifier: String
+    private var remoteChangeObserver: NSObjectProtocol?
+
+    public init(
+        isEnabled: Bool = true,
+        logIdentifier: String = "SwiftDataCloudKitSyncManager"
+    ) {
+        self.isEnabled = isEnabled
+        self.logIdentifier = logIdentifier
+    }
+
+    /// Starts observing Core Data remote store changes and invokes `onRemoteChange` per event.
+    public func startObserving(onRemoteChange: @escaping @MainActor () -> Void) {
+        guard isEnabled else {
+            Design.debugLog("\(logIdentifier): remote observation disabled")
+            return
+        }
+        guard remoteChangeObserver == nil else { return }
+
+        Design.debugLog("\(logIdentifier): starting remote store change observation")
+        isObservingRemoteChanges = true
+
+        remoteChangeObserver = NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(
+            forName: .NSPersistentStoreRemoteChange,
+            object: nil,
+            queue: .main
+        ) { [weak self] _ in
+            guard let self else { return }
+            self.remoteChangeEventCount += 1
+            self.lastRemoteChangeDate = Date()
+            onRemoteChange()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Stops observing remote store changes.
+    public func stopObserving() {
+        if let observer = remoteChangeObserver {
+            NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(observer)
+            remoteChangeObserver = nil
+        }
+        isObservingRemoteChanges = false
+    }
+
+    /// Returns true when a remote store event has been observed on/after `date`.
+    public func hasReceivedRemoteChange(since date: Date) -> Bool {
+        guard let lastRemoteChangeDate else { return false }
+        return lastRemoteChangeDate >= date
+    }
+
+    /// Applies standard post-observation handling for a remote CloudKit merge.
+    ///
+    /// Call this from the `startObserving` callback before fetching data if your store
+    /// keeps a long-lived `ModelContext`.
+    @discardableResult
+    public func processObservedRemoteChange(
+        modelContext: inout ModelContext,
+        modelContainer: ModelContainer,
+        rebuildContextIfSafe: Bool = true
+    ) -> RemoteChangeProcessingResult {
+        var didRebuildModelContext = false
+
+        if rebuildContextIfSafe {
+            if modelContext.hasChanges {
+                Design.debugLog("\(logIdentifier): context has unsaved changes, skipping context rebuild after remote change")
+            } else {
+                modelContext = ModelContext(modelContainer)
+                didRebuildModelContext = true
+                Design.debugLog("\(logIdentifier): rebuilt model context after remote change")
+            }
+        }
+
+        return RemoteChangeProcessingResult(
+            eventCount: remoteChangeEventCount,
+            lastRemoteChangeDate: lastRemoteChangeDate,
+            didRebuildModelContext: didRebuildModelContext
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// Returns true when this runtime can use AppKit activation pulse fallback.
+    public var supportsMacImportPulseFallback: Bool {
+        ProcessInfo.processInfo.isiOSAppOnMac
+    }
+
+    /// Posts AppKit activation notifications that can nudge CloudKit import scheduling on iOS-on-Mac.
+    ///
+    /// Returns true only when a pulse was posted on a supported runtime.
+    @discardableResult
+    public func triggerMacImportPulse(reason: String? = nil) -> Bool {
+        guard supportsMacImportPulseFallback else { return false }
+
+        let reasonText = reason?.isEmpty == false ? reason! : "unspecified"
+        Design.debugLog("\(logIdentifier): triggering mac import pulse; reason=\(reasonText)")
+
+        let nsApp = NSClassFromString("NSApplication")?.value(forKeyPath: "sharedApplication") as? NSObject
+        Design.debugLog("\(logIdentifier): NSApplication.shared resolved=\(nsApp != nil)")
+
+        NotificationCenter.default.post(
+            name: Notification.Name("NSApplicationDidBecomeActiveNotification"),
+            object: nsApp
+        )
+        NotificationCenter.default.post(
+            name: Notification.Name("NSApplicationWillBecomeActiveNotification"),
+            object: nsApp
+        )
+
+        // Best-effort distributed notification for runtimes that rely on cross-process signaling.
+        if let distClass = NSClassFromString("NSDistributedNotificationCenter"),
+           let center = distClass.value(forKeyPath: "defaultCenter") as? NSObject {
+            _ = center.perform(
+                NSSelectorFromString("postNotificationName:object:"),
+                with: "NSApplicationDidBecomeActiveNotification",
+                with: nil
+            )
+        }
+
+        return true
+    }
+
+    /// Triggers the mac import pulse and refreshes `modelContext` when safe.
+    ///
+    /// Use this to avoid duplicating "pulse + context rebuild" boilerplate in each app store.
+    @discardableResult
+    public func triggerMacImportPulse(
+        reason: String? = nil,
+        modelContext: inout ModelContext,
+        modelContainer: ModelContainer,
+        rebuildContextIfSafe: Bool = true
+    ) -> Bool {
+        guard triggerMacImportPulse(reason: reason) else { return false }
+        guard rebuildContextIfSafe else { return true }
+
+        if modelContext.hasChanges {
+            Design.debugLog("\(logIdentifier): context has unsaved changes, skipping context rebuild after pulse")
+            return true
+        }
+
+        modelContext = ModelContext(modelContainer)
+        Design.debugLog("\(logIdentifier): rebuilt model context after pulse")
+        return true
+    }
+}

Sources/Bedrock/Storage/SwiftDataRefreshThrottler.swift

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+//
+//  SwiftDataRefreshThrottler.swift
+//  Bedrock
+//
+//  Generic minimum-interval gate for refresh operations.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+
+public final class SwiftDataRefreshThrottler {
+    /// Timestamp of the last allowed refresh.
+    public private(set) var lastRefreshDate: Date?
+
+    public init(lastRefreshDate: Date? = nil) {
+        self.lastRefreshDate = lastRefreshDate
+    }
+
+    /// Returns true when a refresh should run now.
+    /// If true, records `now` as the latest refresh date.
+    @discardableResult
+    public func shouldRefresh(
+        now: Date = Date(),
+        minimumInterval: TimeInterval
+    ) -> Bool {
+        if let lastRefreshDate,
+           now.timeIntervalSince(lastRefreshDate) < minimumInterval {
+            return false
+        }
+
+        lastRefreshDate = now
+        return true
+    }
+
+    /// Clears refresh history so the next check can pass immediately.
+    public func reset() {
+        lastRefreshDate = nil
+    }
+}

Sources/Bedrock/Storage/SwiftDataStore.swift

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+//
+//  SwiftDataStore.swift
+//  Bedrock
+//
+//  Generic macOS fallback pulse wiring for SwiftData + CloudKit stores.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+import SwiftData
+
+@MainActor
+public protocol SwiftDataStore: AnyObject {
+    var modelContext: ModelContext { get set }
+    var modelContainer: ModelContainer { get }
+
+    /// App-specific fetch/recompute entry point.
+    func reloadData()
+}
+
+@MainActor
+public protocol SwiftDataCloudKitStore: SwiftDataStore {
+    var cloudKitSyncManager: SwiftDataCloudKitSyncManager { get }
+}
+
+@available(*, deprecated, renamed: "SwiftDataCloudKitStore")
+public typealias SwiftDataCloudKitPulseReloadingStore = SwiftDataCloudKitStore
+
+public extension SwiftDataCloudKitStore {
+    var lastRemoteChangeDate: Date? {
+        cloudKitSyncManager.lastRemoteChangeDate
+    }
+
+    var supportsMacCloudKitImportPulseFallback: Bool {
+        cloudKitSyncManager.supportsMacImportPulseFallback
+    }
+
+    func hasReceivedRemoteChange(since date: Date) -> Bool {
+        cloudKitSyncManager.hasReceivedRemoteChange(since: date)
+    }
+
+    /// Production fallback: pulses CloudKit import scheduling while app is active on Mac runtime.
+    func forceCloudKitImportPulse(reason: String) {
+        guard cloudKitSyncManager.triggerMacImportPulse(
+            reason: reason,
+            modelContext: &modelContext,
+            modelContainer: modelContainer
+        ) else { return }
+        reloadData()
+    }
+}