Implement AlarmKit alarms and countdown timers for iOS and iPadOS with Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, StandBy, and paired Apple Watch system UI.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Alarmkit

skills CLI
$ npx skills add dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills --skill alarmkit -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills alarmkit --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/dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/alarmkit .claude/skills/alarmkit && 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
alarmkit
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~3.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,244 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
86
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Implement AlarmKit alarms and countdown timers for iOS and iPadOS with Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, StandBy, and paired Apple Watch system UI.

  • Works in 2 steps: Create a new alarm or timer → Review existing alarm code
  • Building wake-up alarms
  • SKILL.md covers Contents, Workflow, Authorization and Alarm vs Timer Decision, plus 9 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Alarmkit is an agent skill from dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills. Implement AlarmKit alarms and countdown timers for iOS and iPadOS with Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, StandBy, and paired Apple Watch system UI. Covers AlarmManager scheduling, AlarmAttributes and AlarmPresentation, system Stop and AlarmButton secondary actions, authorization, state observation, countdown widget-extension handoff, and Live Activity integration. Use when building wake-up alarms, countdown timers, or alarm-style alerts that need Apple's system alarm experience.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `evals/evals.json` and `references/alarmkit-patterns.md`).

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Authorization and RBAC. It works with iOS. The repository describes itself as: Agent Skills for iOS 26+, Swift 6.3, SwiftUI, and modern Apple frameworks.

When your agent uses it

  • Building wake-up alarms
  • Countdown timers
  • Alarm-style alerts that need Apples system alarm experience

Example prompts

  • “/alarmkit”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Create a new alarm or timer
  2. Review existing alarm code

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8d90fd1. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are swift).

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • sosumi.ai

    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

Alarmkit loads about 3.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~7.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 122 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,244 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~122
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~7.8k

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,244 words (~3,303 tokens).

“Schedule prominent alarms and countdown timers that surface on the Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, StandBy, and a paired Apple Watch when the alarm fires. AlarmKit requires iOS 26+ / iPadOS 26+. Alarms can break through Focus and Silent mode.”

— opening of SKILL.md by dpearson2699, Custom licence
name
alarmkit

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/alarmkit of dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • evals/evals.json
  • references/alarmkit-patterns.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8d90fd1

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Works with

Questions about Alarmkit

What does Alarmkit do?

Implement AlarmKit alarms and countdown timers for iOS and iPadOS with Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, StandBy, and paired Apple Watch system UI. Alarmkit is an agent skill from dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills. Implement AlarmKit alarms and countdown timers for iOS and iPadOS with Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, StandBy, and paired Apple Watch system UI.

When should I use Alarmkit?

Alarmkit fits situations like: building wake-up alarms; countdown timers; alarm-style alerts that need Apples system alarm experience.

How do I install Alarmkit in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills --skill alarmkit -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/alarmkit in dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills) into .claude/skills/alarmkit in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Alarmkit in Codex?

Run `npx skills add dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills --skill alarmkit -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/alarmkit in dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills) into .agents/skills/alarmkit in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Alarmkit 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 dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills --skill alarmkit -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/alarmkit, .gemini/skills/alarmkit, .github/skills/alarmkit and .opencode/skills/alarmkit in your project.

What does Alarmkit need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Alarmkit is instructions for the agent only.

Does Alarmkit access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: sosumi.ai. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Alarmkit 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Alarmkit use?

Alarmkit has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Alarmkit use?

About 3.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k 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 4.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Alarmkit?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Alarmkit: Web3auth (Web3Auth/web3auth-examples, 144 stars), Stellar iOS Mac SDK (Soneso/stellar-ios-mac-sdk, 132 stars), Apollo iOS (apollographql/skills, 117 stars) and Maui Authentication (davidortinau/maui-skills, 174 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Alarmkit?

dpearson2699 (a GitHub user) maintains it in dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills, which has 1,175 GitHub stars. The repository holds 86 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 31, 2026.

Source: dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.