Do a development Pod install and archive the corresponding framework via Carthage automatically.

zama.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'cocoapods'
require 'fileutils'

def podfile_from_spec(spec)
	podfile = File.open('Podfile', 'w')

	podfile.write(<<-EOF
platform :ios, '8.0'
use_frameworks!
EOF
)

	spec.available_platforms.each do |platform|
		podfile.write(<<-EOF
target '#{platform.name}' do
platform :#{platform.name}, '#{platform.deployment_target}'
pod '#{spec.name}', :path => '..'
end
EOF
)
	end

	podfile.close
end

TMPDIR = 'Zama'.freeze

spec = Pod::Specification.from_file(Dir.glob("*.podspec").first)

FileUtils.mkdir_p(TMPDIR)

Dir.chdir(TMPDIR) do
	podfile_from_spec(spec)
	puts `pod install --no-repo-update --no-integrate`
	FileUtils.ln_sf('Pods/Pods.xcodeproj', '_.xcodeproj')

	puts `carthage build --no-skip-current`

	frameworks = Dir.glob('Carthage/**/*.framework').map { |f| Pathname.new(f).basename.sub_ext('') }.uniq
	frameworks.each do |framework|
		puts `carthage archive #{framework}`
		FileUtils.mv("#{framework}.framework.zip", '..')
	end
end

FileUtils.rm_rf(TMPDIR)

Use Pod::Executable instead of backticks