Apple Skills
Apple development skills for Claude Code, Codex, and other coding agents — current iOS 26+ APIs, SwiftUI, UIKit, Liquid Glass, Human Interface Guidelines, and practical workflow guides.
Install
Pick your agent:
Claude Code
claude plugin marketplace add vabole/apple-skills
claude plugin install apple-skills@apple-skills
Codex
npx skills add vabole/apple-skills --agent codex --skill '*' -g -y
Cursor
npx skills add vabole/apple-skills --agent cursor --skill '*' -g -y
Update
For Claude Code marketplace installs:
claude plugin update apple-skills@apple-skills
For Codex or Cursor, re-run the install command for your agent.
Uninstall
For Claude Code marketplace installs:
claude plugin uninstall apple-skills@apple-skills
For Skills CLI installs, run the remover and select the Apple Skills entries:
npx skills remove -g
What's Included
Framework Reference Docs
| Skill | Description |
|---|
| swiftui | SwiftUI views, modifiers, navigation, state management, charts |
| uikit | UIKit views, controllers, controls, scenes, Auto Layout, presentation |
| swift-testing | Swift Testing framework (@Test, @Suite, #expect, #require) |
| swift-concurrency | async/await, Task, TaskGroup, Actor, AsyncSequence |
| swiftdata | @Model, ModelContext, @Query, schema migrations |
| healthkit | HKHealthStore, HKQuantitySample, workouts, health data |
| combine | Publishers, subscribers, operators |
| storekit | StoreKit 2 (Product, Transaction, SubscriptionStoreView) |
| mapkit | MapKit for SwiftUI (Map, Marker, Annotation, MapCameraPosition) |
| tipkit | TipKit (Tip protocol, TipView, TipUIPopoverViewController) |
| appintents | App Intents, Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight integration |
| widgetkit | Widget timelines, entries, providers |
| usernotifications | Local/remote notifications, triggers |
| eventkit | EKEventStore, EKEvent, EKReminder, calendar access |
| photosui | PhotosPicker, photo selection |
| corehaptics | CHHapticEngine, haptic patterns |
| backgroundtasks | BGTaskScheduler, app refresh |
| xcuitest | XCUITest with Swift 6 @MainActor patterns |
Coordinator
| Skill | Description |
|---|
| ios-dev | Start here. Routes to best-practice guides, correctness checks, and API references for any iOS/SwiftUI task |
Design & Guidelines
| Skill | Description |
|---|
| hig | Apple Human Interface Guidelines |
| ios-liquid-glass | Liquid Glass API reference (iOS 26+) |
| ios-design-consultant | UX/design guidance for Liquid Glass apps |
| ios-ui-craft | Production-grade SwiftUI with Apple Design Award-quality aesthetics |
Workflow & Pattern Guides
Expert workflow/pattern guides that teach how to approach tasks, as opposed to the reference docs above which document what APIs exist.
| Skill | Description | Origin |
|---|
| guide-swift-concurrency | Concurrency patterns — actors, structured concurrency, cancellation, diagnostics, GCD migration | twostraws/Swift-Concurrency-Agent-Skill |
| guide-swift-testing | Swift Testing patterns — structs over classes, async tests, exit tests, common agent mistakes | twostraws/Swift-Testing-Agent-Skill |
| guide-swiftdata | SwiftData patterns — autosave, predicates, CloudKit constraints, class inheritance | twostraws/SwiftData-Agent-Skill |
| guide-swiftui-animations | Animation patterns — implicit/explicit, transitions, phase/keyframe, @Animatable | AvdLee/SwiftUI-Agent-Skill |
| guide-swiftui-charts | Swift Charts — marks, axes, selection, styling, Chart3D, accessibility | AvdLee/SwiftUI-Agent-Skill |
| guide-swiftui-performance-audit | Audit and improve SwiftUI runtime performance | Dimillian/Skills |
| guide-swiftui-ui-patterns | Best practices for building SwiftUI views and components | Dimillian/Skills, twostraws/SwiftUI-Agent-Skill |
| guide-swiftui-view-refactor | Refactor SwiftUI views for consistent structure and Observation usage | Dimillian/Skills |
| guide-macos-spm-packaging | Scaffold, build, and package SwiftPM-based macOS apps without Xcode | Dimillian/Skills |
Utilities
