Agent skill

Swift Development

by aiskillstore in aiskillstore/marketplace

Comprehensive Swift development for building, testing, and deploying iOS/macOS applications.

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Install Swift Development

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill swift-development -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aiskillstore/marketplace swift-development --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hmohamed01/swift-development .claude/skills/swift-development && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
swift-development
GitHub stars
430
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
359 words
Files
21 (incl. scripts, references, assets)
Skills in repo
1,085
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Comprehensive Swift development for building, testing, and deploying iOS/macOS applications.

  • Works in 4 steps: Swift Testing: When you need details on… → Swift Evolution: When checking accepted… → Framework Details: When implementing… → …
  • Claude needs to:
  • SKILL.md covers Prerequisites, Quick Start, Core Workflows and Official Documentation, plus 4 more sections
  • Runs Shell scripts from its folder; calls swift, xcodebuild and xcrun; reaches github.com and raw.githubusercontent.com

What it does

Swift Development is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Comprehensive Swift development for building, testing, and deploying iOS/macOS applications. Use when Claude needs to: (1) Build Swift packages or Xcode projects from command line, (2) Run tests with XCTest or Swift Testing framework, (3) Manage iOS simulators with simctl, (4) Handle code signing, provisioning profiles, and app distribution, (5) Format or lint Swift code with SwiftFormat/SwiftLint, (6) Work with Swift Package Manager (SPM), (7) Implement Swift 6 concurrency patterns (async/await, actors…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 24 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `references/architecture.md`, `references/best-practices.md` and `references/cicd.md`).

It sits in Mobile, covering iOS development. It works with Swift, Xcode, iOS and macOS. The repository describes itself as: Security-audited skills for Claude, Codex & Claude Code. One-click install, quality verified.

When your agent uses it

  • Claude needs to:
  • Build Swift packages
  • Xcode projects from command line
  • Run tests with XCTest

Example prompts

  • “/swift-development”

Requirements

  • A Bash shell

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Swift Testing: When you need details on @Test, #expect, #require, traits, or parameterized tests
  2. Swift Evolution: When checking accepted proposals for new language features
  3. Framework Details: When implementing features from Apple's open-source Swift packages
  4. Uncertainty: When you're unsure about current API patterns or best practices

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4ac52da. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Shell, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • swift
    • xcodebuild
    • xcrun

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • github.com
    • raw.githubusercontent.com

    Also links to:

    • developer.apple.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Swift Development loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~13k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 171 tokens; SKILL.md has 359 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~171
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~13k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 359 words (~1,803 tokens).

“These are Apple's official documentation links for manual browsing:”

— opening of SKILL.md by aiskillstore
name
swift-development

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 20 other files (scripts, references, assets) in skills/hmohamed01/swift-development of aiskillstore/marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • assets/ExportOptions/ad-hoc.plist
  • assets/ExportOptions/app-store.plist
  • assets/ExportOptions/development.plist
  • assets/Package.swift.template
  • references/architecture.md
  • references/best-practices.md
  • references/cicd.md
  • references/code-signing.md
  • references/concurrency.md
  • references/simctl.md
  • references/spm.md
  • references/swiftui-patterns.md
  • references/testing-patterns.md
  • references/troubleshooting.md
  • references/xcodebuild.md
  • scripts/format_and_lint.sh
  • … and 4 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4ac52da

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Questions about Swift Development

What does Swift Development do?

Comprehensive Swift development for building, testing, and deploying iOS/macOS applications. Swift Development is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Comprehensive Swift development for building, testing, and deploying iOS/macOS applications.

When should I use Swift Development?

Swift Development fits situations like: Claude needs to:; build Swift packages; xcode projects from command line; run tests with XCTest.

How do I install Swift Development in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill swift-development -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/hmohamed01/swift-development in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .claude/skills/swift-development in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Swift Development in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill swift-development -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/hmohamed01/swift-development in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .agents/skills/swift-development in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Swift Development in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill swift-development -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/swift-development, .gemini/skills/swift-development, .github/skills/swift-development and .opencode/skills/swift-development in your project.

What does Swift Development need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Swift Development needs a shell for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (swift, xcodebuild and xcrun). Our summary lists: A Bash shell.

Does Swift Development access the network?

SKILL.md names 3 domains. In commands or code: github.com and raw.githubusercontent.com; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: developer.apple.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Swift Development safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Swift Development use?

No licence was found for Swift Development or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Swift Development use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 11k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

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Who maintains Swift Development?

aiskillstore (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aiskillstore/marketplace, which has 430 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,085 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: aiskillstore/marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.