Apple Review
Comprehensive Apple-grade review of an iOS app covering design (Apple design leader perspective), engineering (architecture and code quality), compliance (App Store rejection risks), and keynote readiness (product story and demo quality). Use when asked for a full app review, Apple-quality audit, design critique, HIG compliance check, App Store readiness assessment, or "would Apple approve this",…
Apple Dev Skills
Apple platform development skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Kimi Code, Antigravity, Codex CLI, and Agy.
Asc Build Check
Check the latest CI build status and debug failures using the App Store Connect MCP server. Use when user says "check build", "what broke", "CI status", "build failing", or asks about recent build failures. Also use for signing issues, provisioning profiles, bundle ID capabilities, or Developer Portal queries.
App Security
On-device app security — Keychain storage, Sign in with Apple, biometric auth (Face ID / Touch ID), CryptoKit encryption/hashing, App Attest / DeviceCheck, and certificate pinning. Use when storing tokens/secrets, adding Sign in with Apple, gating with Face ID/Touch ID, encrypting data, verifying device integrity to your server, or pinning TLS certificates. Trigger on "Keychain", "Sign in with Ap…
Ios26 Api Reference
Authoritative iOS/macOS/watchOS 26 API reference with 3-tier smart loading. Prevents crashes from hallucinated APIs. Trigger on ANY code involving FoundationModels, SpeechTranscriber, SpeechAnalyzer, @Generable, LanguageModelSession, glassEffect, SwiftData, @Observable, Live Activity, App Intents, Vision, VideoToolbox, Network.framework, AVAudioEngine, MenuBarExtra, NSPanel, WKHapticType, or WCSe…
App Marketing Context
Gather and persist go-to-market context for an Apple app into app-marketing-context.md so every marketing skill reads it without re-asking questions. Use when starting ASO, launch planning, ad campaigns, or any growth work; when the user says "set up marketing context", "capture app context", "marketing brief", "GTM", "go-to-market", "positioning", or "before we do ASO". Distinct from product-spe…
Ios Accessibility
Audit SwiftUI views for accessibility issues and apply fixes. Use whenever VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, accessibility labels, screen readers, or App Store accessibility is mentioned. Also trigger when asked to "make it accessible", improve UI quality broadly, or prepare for App Store review.
Asc Aso
App Store Optimization — keyword research, title/subtitle/keyword-field strategy, localized metadata, and conversion-rate optimization for App Store discoverability. Use when the user says "ASO", "app store optimization", "keywords", "improve discoverability", "rank higher", "optimize my listing", "app store keywords", "subtitle", "promotional text", or wants more organic installs. Complements as…
Product Spec
Write a clear product spec / PRD for an app feature — problem, goals and non-goals, user stories, testable acceptance criteria, success metrics, scope, and open questions. Use when defining a feature before building, writing a PRD or spec, turning a vague idea into buildable requirements, or producing acceptance criteria. Trigger on "PRD", "product spec", "requirements", "acceptance criteria", "u…
Ios Test
XCTest patterns for unit tests, UI tests, and SwiftData testing with in-memory containers under Swift 6 strict concurrency, plus test performance budgets. Use when writing or fixing tests, setting up test targets, testing SwiftData models, or planning CI test suites. Trigger on "write a test", "unit test", "XCTest", "test SwiftData", "UI test", "flaky test", or "test coverage". Note: never run UI…
Rating Prompt Strategy
Design and implement an ethical App Store rating prompt strategy that maximizes review volume and average rating. Use when you need to add rating prompts to an app, decide when to ask for reviews, debug why prompts are not appearing, recover a rating after a bad version, or plan a full-year review budget. Trigger phrases: "ask for ratings", "SKStoreReviewRequest", "requestReview", "improve App St…
Apple Foundation Models
On-device AI with Apple's Foundation Models framework (import FoundationModels) in iOS 26 / Apple Intelligence — LanguageModelSession, guided generation with @Generable/@Guide, streaming, tool calling, and availability gating. Use when the user wants on-device LLM features, Apple Intelligence integration, "summarize/classify/extract on device", structured generation, "@Generable", or asks about t…
App Store Pricing
App Store pricing strategy, global equalization, subscription management, and regional pricing decisions using Apple's official 900-price-point system. Use when user asks about pricing tiers, IAP pricing, subscription pricing, regional pricing, price changes, App Store proceeds, base storefront selection, introductory offers, or promotional offers.
Onboarding Optimization
Audit and redesign first-run flows to drive activation with minimum friction. Use when a user says "too many users drop off before they do anything useful", "our Day-1 retention is bad", "we need to improve onboarding", "users aren't reaching the aha moment", "when should we ask for permissions", "can we defer sign-up", "our activation rate is low", or "audit our first-run experience". Covers tap…
Apple Patterns Check
Validate iOS code against Apple's best practices. Run during /ship, before commits, or when reviewing code for Apple-specific compliance. Triggers on "check patterns", "apple check", "pre-commit check", or "validate swift code".
App Rejection Recovery
Diagnoses App Store rejections, drafts Resolution Center responses, and plans the fix for resubmission. Use when the user says "my app was rejected", "Apple rejected my app", "App Review rejection", "guideline violation", "Resolution Center response", "guideline 2.1", "guideline 4.3", "guideline 5.1.1", "binary rejection", "metadata rejection", "appeal App Review", "App Review Board", or "expedit…
Networking
Modern Swift networking with URLSession and async/await — typed requests, Codable decoding, HTTP status & error handling, retry with backoff, offline/connectivity handling, and a Sendable API client. Use when calling a REST/JSON API, building an API client/service layer, decoding responses, handling network errors or timeouts, adding retry logic, or detecting offline state. Trigger on "URLSession…
App Store Featured
Guides you through earning App Store editorial featuring — Today tab, App of the Day, category collections, and In-App Events. Use when preparing a featuring nomination, assessing featuring readiness, writing a pitch for Apple editors, planning an In-App Event for editorial consideration, or asking "how do I get featured on the App Store?" Covers the Apple tech checklist, nomination form timing,…
Regression Test
Add regression tests when fixing bugs. Use when user says "fix this bug", "this is broken", "fix this issue", or when implementing any bug fix to prevent recurrence.
Ios Asc
App Store Connect MCP tools for code signing, provisioning profiles, bundle IDs, TestFlight builds, beta testers, and App Store metadata/release management. Use when signing an app, creating or repairing provisioning profiles, managing bundle ID capabilities, distributing to TestFlight, managing beta groups, editing App Store versions or localized metadata, or submitting for review. Trigger on "s…
Preview Capture
Render named SwiftUI #Previews to PNG at canonical device resolution for design-contract verification, with an automatic simulator-capability check and a documented fallback for machines that cannot or must not run the simulator. Use to produce capture proof for a design contract's §9 frames.
Complete Feature
Complete a feature implementation with full validation across build, tests, lint, and Apple patterns before committing. Use when a feature feels "done", before opening a PR, or when you want to confirm nothing was missed. Trigger on "complete this feature", "is this done", "finish the feature", "ready to commit", or "final validation".
Cross Platform Adaptivity
Adapt one SwiftUI codebase across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Vision Pro — size classes, adaptive navigation, multi-window/scenes, platform conditionals, and idiomatic per-platform behavior. Use when supporting iPad alongside iPhone, bringing an app to macOS or visionOS, fixing a layout that only works on one device, choosing adaptive navigation, or sharing code across platforms…
Design Handoff
Produce a current, labeled screenshot package of a whole app experience for an external design reviewer (Claude Design, a human designer, or any image-consuming tool), reusing the project's existing screenshot UITest target and fastlane snapshot lane. Use when you need an up-to-date visual handoff of an iOS app's UI states, refresh a stale handoff after UI changes, or bundle screenshots plus desi…
Apple Architecture Diagram
Create WWDC-Keynote-ready, self-contained HTML architecture diagrams for Apple platform apps (iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS). Activates when users ask for app architecture, system design, data flow, module structure, or technical documentation for Apple apps. Produces ultra-beautiful, drill-down capable diagrams with Apple-native design language.
Cloudkit Sync
Sync SwiftData / Core Data across a user's devices with CloudKit, plus CKShare collaboration and conflict handling. Use when adding iCloud sync, "sync across devices", SwiftData + CloudKit, NSPersistentCloudKitContainer, sharing records between users, or debugging why data isn't syncing. Trigger on "CloudKit", "iCloud sync", "cloudKitDatabase", "CKShare", "sync not working", or "share data betwee…
Design Contract
Turn a visual mockup (HTML/PNG/Figma/spec) into a machine-readable design contract plus co-located mockup and #Preview/capture gates, so an executing agent cannot drift from the design. Use before writing or editing a plan that reproduces a mockup.
Merge Check
Automatically verify code quality before merging to main. Triggers when user mentions merging, creating PRs, or asks if code is ready. Spawns parallel subagents for build, test, and lint verification. Use for quality gates before main branch integration.
App Analytics
Decide what to measure and how — north-star metric, activation/retention/conversion funnels, a clean event taxonomy, App Store Connect App Analytics, StoreKit/subscription metrics, and privacy-respecting instrumentation. Use when defining product metrics, designing analytics events, measuring retention or conversion, choosing a north-star metric, or interpreting App Analytics. Trigger on "analyti…
Privacy Manifest
Apple privacy manifests (PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy) and required-reason APIs — declare data collection, tracking domains, and approved reason codes to avoid App Store rejection. Use when the user mentions "privacy manifest", "PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy", "required reason API", "ITMS-91053", "ITMS-91061", "privacy nutrition label", "App Store privacy rejection", or adds an SDK/framework. Run before submiss…
Performance Instruments
Diagnose and fix iOS performance — launch time, main-thread hangs and scroll hitches, memory growth and leaks, and energy, using Instruments, os_signpost, and MetricKit field data. Use when the app is slow, janky, or battery-hungry, when investigating launch time, frame drops, retain cycles, or memory warnings, or when profiling with Instruments. Trigger on "slow", "laggy", "hang", "hitch", "memo…
App Intents
App Intents, Shortcuts, Siri, Spotlight, interactive Widgets, Controls (Control Center / Action button), and Live Activities / Dynamic Island. Use when exposing app actions to Siri/Shortcuts/Spotlight, building an interactive or Lock Screen widget, adding a Control Center control, or showing a Live Activity / Dynamic Island. Trigger on "App Intent", "AppShortcut", "Siri", "Shortcuts", "interactiv…
Apple Design Language
Apple-native design language for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS — the editorial layer above HIG plus the domains craft skills miss: UX writing, interaction/form/loading states, and empty/error states. Use when writing or reviewing user-facing copy, button/error/alert text, designing forms or input validation, loading/empty/error/permission-denied states, deciding when to follow or tastefully break HIG, o…
Apple Cleanup
Exhaustive engineering hardening of an iOS app. Reviews for Swift 6 compliance, crash risks, App Store rejection risks, and tech debt; builds a surgical plan; dispatches parallel subagents to fix all P0-P2 issues; then pushes an alpha to TestFlight. Use for pre-submission cleanup and code hardening, not design polish.
App Launch
Pre-launch to post-launch playbook for shipping a new iOS/macOS app or major version. Use when user says "plan my app launch", "launch checklist", "prepare to ship", "TestFlight beta strategy", "Product Hunt launch", "phased release", "press outreach", "launch day checklist", "8-week launch plan", or wants a structured countdown from development to App Store live.
Apple Router
Dispatcher that points a vague app request to the right Apple dev skill(s) and the order to run them. Use when the request is broad or you are unsure which skill applies — "help me grow my app", "get ready to ship", "improve my App Store presence", "my app isn't making money", "what should I do next", or any goal that spans discovery, conversion, lifecycle, submission, or launch. Routes; it does…
Paywall Design
Design high-converting, App Review-compliant paywalls and subscription upsell screens — value framing, plan presentation, trial/intro-offer design, and required legal elements. Use when building or improving a paywall, subscription screen, upsell, or "go Pro" flow, choosing trial framing, or fixing low conversion or a 3.1.2 rejection. Trigger on "paywall", "subscription screen", "upsell", "go pre…
Ios Simulate
iOS Simulator workflows via xcrun simctl — boot and shutdown devices, automate screenshots and video, install/uninstall apps, set appearance, and control device state. Use when running an app in the Simulator, capturing screenshots for the App Store or docs, or managing simulator devices. Trigger on "simulator", "simctl", "boot a device", "take a screenshot", "record video", "set dark mode", or "…
Ios Standards
Swift 6.0+ standards — strict concurrency, @MainActor isolation, @Observable (not ObservableObject), and modern SwiftUI architecture for iOS 26+. Use when writing or reviewing Swift code, structuring ViewModels and services, or resolving concurrency and isolation design questions. Trigger on "Swift 6", "strict concurrency", "@MainActor", "@Observable", "SwiftUI architecture", or "code standards".
App Icon Composer
Produce HIG-correct, Icon Composer-ready layered app icons for iOS/iPadOS/macOS/watchOS 26 (Liquid Glass) — apply Apple's app-icon guidelines, design the layer stack and Default/Dark/Mono appearances, and author the art as SVG the model can write directly (no paid generator required), falling back to image-gen MCPs only for illustrative art. Use when the user says "app icon", "Icon Composer", ".i…
Push Notifications
Apple push notifications (APNs) and local notifications — authorization, device tokens, payload structure, rich/actionable notifications, notification service & content extensions, interruption levels, and Live Activity push. Use when implementing push, "remote notifications", APNs, "notification not showing", rich media notifications, notification actions, silent/background push, or pushing Live…
Asc Submission
Prepare an app for App Store submission or TestFlight distribution using the App Store Connect MCP server. Use when user says "prepare submission", "submit to app store", "prepare for review", "update metadata", "set what's new", "check submission readiness", "distribute to testflight", or wants to manage App Store Connect metadata, screenshots, or review submissions.
App Brand Identity
Create a complete brand identity system for Apple platform apps — wordmark, icon, design tokens, brand voice, and App Store marketing assets. Use when starting a new app, renaming/rebranding, designing a logo, choosing typography, building a design system, or preparing App Store screenshots and preview materials.
Overlay Sync
Scaffold, sync, and update a project's per-project overlay skills from a single descriptor, idempotently. Use when you want to bind generic engine skills (like design-handoff) to a specific Apple project, refresh those overlays after the descriptor or an engine template changes, or check in CI that committed overlays are in sync. Runs in any Apple-development project and is safe to run any number…
Ios Build
iOS build system patterns — the 4-layer validation pipeline (fast/full/export/upload), XcodeGen project config, archive-vs-debug concurrency checks, and common build-failure fixes. Use for build errors, validation before commit, signing/export problems, XcodeGen setup, or CI/CD configuration. Trigger on "build failing", "validate", "xcodebuild error", "XcodeGen", "archive build", or "set up CI".
Apple Polish
Design and keynote-readiness craftsmanship review of an iOS app. Evaluates through Jony Ive (visual obsession) and Steve Jobs (demo readiness) perspectives, presents prioritized findings, then orchestrates parallel agents to fix selected issues and push a TestFlight build. Use for design polish, not engineering bugs.
Apple Design
Apple platform design system, iOS 26 & macOS 26 Liquid Glass, design tokens, and accessibility-aware previews. Use when building or reviewing SwiftUI views, defining a theme or design tokens, applying Liquid Glass, organizing asset catalogs, or improving visual consistency. Trigger on "design system", "theme", "design tokens", "Liquid Glass", "glassEffect", "SwiftUI styling", or "make the UI cons…
Localization
Localize and internationalize an app with String Catalogs (.xcstrings), correct pluralization and grammar agreement, RTL layout, locale-aware formatting, and pseudolocalization testing. Use when adding languages, translating UI, fixing plurals or gendered strings, supporting right-to-left languages, formatting dates/numbers/currency per locale, or producing localized screenshots. Trigger on "loca…
Apple Search Ads
Set up, optimize, and scale Apple Search Ads (ASA) campaigns — keyword bidding, match types, campaign structure, Custom Product Page routing, and ROAS optimization. Use when the user mentions "Apple Search Ads", "ASA", "Search Ads", "Search tab ads", "Today tab ads", "CPT", "TTR", "Search Match", "exact match", "broad match", "CPP in ads", "ASA bidding", "Search Ads budget", "keyword bids", or "A…
Architecture Fit Check
Audit a design or subsystem for primitive/problem fit — catch the wrong-primitive trap where a powerful or opaque Apple framework (CloudKit sharing/CKShare, NSPersistentCloudKitContainer mirroring, NSFileCoordinator, App Intents graphs, widget timelines) is adopted to enforce an elegant invariant instead of fitting the problem's actual shape. Use before adopting such a framework, when a subsystem…
Retention Optimization
Diagnose and fix user retention by reading cohort curves, pinpointing churn leaks, and deploying Apple-native re-engagement levers. Use when D1/D7/D30 retention is low or dropping, when users activate but do not form habits, when deciding on a notification sequence, when adding widgets or Live Activities to drive return visits, or when diagnosing the step where users churn. Trigger on "retention"…