Agent skill

iOS Hig Design Guide

by davepoon in davepoon/buildwithclaude

Build, update, and apply iOS design specifications using Apple Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) source data.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install iOS Hig Design Guide

skills CLI
$ npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill ios-hig-design-guide -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install davepoon/buildwithclaude ios-hig-design-guide --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/davepoon/buildwithclaude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/all-skills/skills/ios-hig-design-guide .claude/skills/ios-hig-design-guide && 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
ios-hig-design-guide
GitHub stars
3.6k
Token cost
~735 tokens
SKILL.md length
288 words
Files
3 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
247
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Build, update, and apply iOS design specifications using Apple Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) source data.

  • Works in 4 steps: Sync and verify → Narrow scope → Extract constraints → …
  • A task asks for iOS UI/UX rules
  • SKILL.md covers Quick start, Source of truth, Workflow and Output style rules, plus 1 more section
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3

What it does

iOS Hig Design Guide is an agent skill from davepoon/buildwithclaude. Build, update, and apply iOS design specifications using Apple Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) source data. Use when a task asks for iOS UI/UX rules, Apple design standards, component behavior, accessibility constraints, interaction patterns, or feature-level design-spec writing grounded in official HIG pages.

Its SKILL.md is about 740 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/ios-design-spec-workflow.md` and `scripts/sync_apple_hig_sources.py`).

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering iOS development, UI design and Game design. It works with iOS. The repository describes itself as: A single hub to find Claude Skills, Agents, Commands, Hooks, Plugins, and Marketplace collections to extend Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Agent SDK and OpenClaw. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • A task asks for iOS UI/UX rules
  • Apple design standards
  • Component behavior
  • Accessibility constraints

Example prompts

  • “/ios-hig-design-guide”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Sync and verify
  2. Narrow scope
  3. Extract constraints
  4. Produce deliverable

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 616deb5. 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/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python3

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

iOS Hig Design Guide loads about 735 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 83 tokens; SKILL.md has 288 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~83
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~735
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.6k

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

The full file from davepoon/buildwithclaude at commit 616deb5, republished under its MIT licence (© davepoon). 288 words, ~735 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ios-hig-design-guide/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
ios-hig-design-guide
description
Build, update, and apply iOS design specifications using Apple Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) source data. Use when a task asks for iOS UI/UX rules, Apple design standards, component behavior, accessibility constraints, interaction patterns, or feature-level design-spec writing grounded in official HIG pages.
category
design

iOS HIG Design Guide

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

Quick start

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

Run:

bash
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:

  1. Feature goal and user scenario
  2. Information architecture and screen inventory
  3. Interaction and state model
  4. Component specification
  5. Accessibility and localization checklist
  6. 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.

© davepoon, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (scripts, references) in plugins/all-skills/skills/ios-hig-design-guide of davepoon/buildwithclaude.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/ios-design-spec-workflow.md
  • scripts/sync_apple_hig_sources.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 616deb5

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Works with

Questions about iOS Hig Design Guide

What does iOS Hig Design Guide do?

Build, update, and apply iOS design specifications using Apple Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) source data. iOS Hig Design Guide is an agent skill from davepoon/buildwithclaude. Build, update, and apply iOS design specifications using Apple Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) source data.

When should I use iOS Hig Design Guide?

iOS Hig Design Guide fits situations like: A task asks for iOS UI/UX rules; apple design standards; component behavior; accessibility constraints.

How do I install iOS Hig Design Guide in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill ios-hig-design-guide -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/all-skills/skills/ios-hig-design-guide in davepoon/buildwithclaude) into .claude/skills/ios-hig-design-guide in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install iOS Hig Design Guide in Codex?

Run `npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill ios-hig-design-guide -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/all-skills/skills/ios-hig-design-guide in davepoon/buildwithclaude) into .agents/skills/ios-hig-design-guide in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use iOS Hig Design Guide 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 davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill ios-hig-design-guide -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ios-hig-design-guide, .gemini/skills/ios-hig-design-guide, .github/skills/ios-hig-design-guide and .opencode/skills/ios-hig-design-guide in your project.

What does iOS Hig Design Guide need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, iOS Hig Design Guide needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does iOS Hig Design Guide access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is iOS Hig Design Guide 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 iOS Hig Design Guide use?

iOS Hig Design Guide is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does iOS Hig Design Guide use?

About 735 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k 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 901 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to iOS Hig Design Guide?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with iOS Hig Design Guide: UI Review Tahoe (KartikLabhshetwar/better-shot, 2.4k stars), iOS Hig (johnrogers/claude-swift-engineering, 231 stars), Frontend Design (AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config, 154 stars) and UI Review (gustavscirulis/snapgrid, 116 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains iOS Hig Design Guide?

davepoon (a GitHub user) maintains it in davepoon/buildwithclaude, which has 3,610 GitHub stars. The repository holds 247 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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