Skill

ios-hig-design-guide

Generates iOS design specs from Apple HIG sources for UI/UX rules, components, accessibility constraints, and interaction patterns.

iOS

design

mobile

Install

npx claudepluginhub davepoon/buildwithclaude --plugin all-skills

Tool Access

This skill uses the workspace's default tool permissions.

Preview

Use this skill to produce iOS design recommendations that stay close to official Apple guidance.

Supporting Assets

references/ios-design-spec-workflow.mdscripts/sync_apple_hig_sources.py

SKILL.md

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iOS HIG Design Guide

Use this skill to produce iOS design recommendations that stay close to official Apple guidance.

Quick start

Sync official sources.
Read only relevant sections.
Produce a feature-specific spec (not a generic style dump).

Run:

python3 scripts/sync_apple_hig_sources.py --skill-dir .

Source of truth

Full raw index with links and abstracts: references/apple-hig-ios-raw.md
Consolidated text dump of all downloaded pages: references/apple-hig-ios-fulltext.md
Curated text dump for iOS spec writing: references/apple-hig-ios-curated.md
Workflow for selecting relevant HIG pages: references/ios-design-spec-workflow.md
Per-page JSON sources: references/raw/pages/design/human-interface-guidelines/*.json
Crawl metadata and fetch status: references/raw/catalog.json

Workflow

1) Sync and verify

Run sync script before answering "latest" or "current" requests.
Confirm download_error is 0 in references/raw/catalog.json.
If errors exist, report failed paths and continue with successfully downloaded pages.

2) Narrow scope

Start from /design/human-interface-guidelines/designing-for-ios.
Add only sections directly related to the requested feature.
Prioritize foundational constraints (accessibility, layout, typography, color, writing, privacy).
Prefer references/apple-hig-ios-curated.md for day-to-day use; use full dump only when needed.

3) Extract constraints

For each selected page, pull concrete rules into implementable statements:

When to use component/pattern
Required states (loading, empty, error, destructive confirmation)
Accessibility behavior (labels, hints, touch target, dynamic type)
Localization/layout behavior (RTL, truncation, multiline)
Platform-specific caveats (iOS-only vs cross-platform)

4) Produce deliverable

Default output structure:

Feature goal and user scenario
Information architecture and screen inventory
Interaction and state model
Component specification
Accessibility and localization checklist
Open questions and tradeoffs

Output style rules

Cite source page paths for each major rule.
Translate HIG guidance into actionable product decisions.
Avoid copying large raw passages.
Mark inferred recommendations explicitly as inference.

Maintenance

Re-run sync script whenever Apple updates HIG content.
Keep generated raw files in references/; do not hand-edit generated outputs.
Update this SKILL.md only for workflow or quality improvements.