design

Design Skills

Skills for implementing Apple's modern design systems across platforms.

When This Skill Activates

Use this skill when the user:

• Asks about Liquid Glass design
• Wants to implement modern Apple UI effects
• Needs guidance on visual design patterns
• Asks about materials, transparency, or blur effects
• Wants to create fluid animations
• Asks about spring, bounce, or snappy animations
• Wants PhaseAnimator or KeyframeAnimator help
• Needs view transitions, matched geometry, or hero transitions
• Wants SF Symbol effects (bounce, pulse, wiggle, breathe)
• Asks about animation completions or withAnimation

Available Skills

liquid-glass/

Comprehensive Liquid Glass implementation for iOS 26+, macOS 26+.

• SwiftUI .glassEffect() API
• AppKit NSGlassEffectView
• GlassEffectContainer patterns
• Morphing transitions
• Interactive effects
• Button styles

animation-patterns/

SwiftUI animation patterns for iOS 13–18+.

• Spring configurations (3 API generations)
• PhaseAnimator and KeyframeAnimator (iOS 17+)
• View transitions, matched geometry, navigation transitions
• SF Symbol effects
• Animation completions, transactions, timing curves

Key Principles

1. Platform Consistency

• Follow Apple Human Interface Guidelines
• Use system-provided APIs
• Respect user appearance preferences

2. Performance

• Use GlassEffectContainer for multiple effects
• Limit number of glass effects per view
• Consider GPU resources

3. Visual Hierarchy

• Glass effects create depth and layering
• Use tints to indicate prominence
• Combine with appropriate shadows

Reference Documentation

• Applying Liquid Glass to custom views (SwiftUI)
• NSGlassEffectView (AppKit)
• Local captured docs (optional): if ~/Downloads/docs/SwiftUI-Implementing-Liquid-Glass-Design.md or ~/Downloads/docs/AppKit-Implementing-Liquid-Glass-Design.md exists, read it for extra detail; skip silently if absent.