These are the steps required to add and embed a framework into your project using Carthage.

Carthage Instructions.md

1. Add the URL of the framework's repo to your Cartfile using one of the following:

  github "ReactiveCocoa/ReactiveCocoa" # GitHub.com
  github "https://enterprise.local/ghe/desktop/git-error-translations" # GitHub Enterprise
  git "https://enterprise.local/desktop/git-error-translations2.git"
  git "/Users/user/foo/bar.git"

…optionally followed by one of the following version specifiers:

  >= 1.0 for “at least version 1.0”
  ~> 1.0 for “compatible with version 1.0”
  == 1.0 for “exactly version 1.0”
  "some-branch-or-tag-or-commit" for a specific Git object (anything allowed by git rev-parse)  

2. Run carthage update. This will clone and build the framework for you.

3. Drag-and-drop the framework into your Xcode project. It should be located here:

  ../Carthage/Build/iOS/Framework.framework

4. Add the framework in Embedded Binaries, under the target's General settings tab.

5. Add the Carthage build directory to your Framework Search Paths under the target's Build Settings.

  $(PROJECT_DIR)Carthage/Build/iOS

6. Add a run script under the project's Build Phases that runs Carthage's copy-frameworks tool.

  /usr/local/bin/carthage copy-frameworks

7. Make sure you add the path to the built framework as an input file to the run script.

  $(SRCROOT)/Carthage/Build/iOS/Framework.framework

8. Now, simply use import Framework anywhere in your project to use its public interface.