Agent skill

iOS Networking

by dpearson2699 in dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills

Build, review, or improve networking code in iOS/macOS apps using URLSession with async/await, structured concurrency, and modern Swift patterns.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install iOS Networking

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills ios-networking --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/ios-networking .claude/skills/ios-networking && 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-networking
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~4.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,112 words
Files
7 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
86
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Build, review, or improve networking code in iOS/macOS apps using URLSession with async/await, structured concurrency, and modern Swift patterns.

  • Working with REST APIs
  • SKILL.md covers Contents, Core URLSession async/await, API Client Architecture and Error Handling, plus 7 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Downloading files

What it does

iOS Networking is an agent skill from dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills. Build, review, or improve networking code in iOS/macOS apps using URLSession with async/await, structured concurrency, and modern Swift patterns. Use when working with REST APIs, downloading files, uploading data, WebSocket connections, pagination, retry logic, request middleware, caching, background transfers, or network reachability monitoring. Also use when handling HTTP requests, API clients, network error handling, or data fetching in Swift apps.

Its SKILL.md is about 4.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including reference files (for example `evals/evals.json`, `references/background-websocket.md` and `references/file-storage-patterns.md`).

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Async programming, iOS development and Error handling. It works with iOS and macOS. The repository describes itself as: Agent Skills for iOS 26+, Swift 6.3, SwiftUI, and modern Apple frameworks.

When your agent uses it

  • Working with REST APIs
  • Downloading files
  • WebSocket connections
  • Request middleware

Example prompts

  • “/ios-networking”

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

    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 Networking loads about 4.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~26k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 118 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,112 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~118
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.2k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~26k

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 1,112 words (~4,201 tokens).

“Use URLSession with async/await and structured concurrency for ordinary HTTP, REST, uploads, downloads, and streaming. Use Network.framework for lower-level protocols and delegate/task APIs for durable background transfers.”

— opening of SKILL.md by dpearson2699, Custom licence
name
ios-networking

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files (references) in skills/ios-networking of dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • evals/evals.json
  • references/background-websocket.md
  • references/file-storage-patterns.md
  • references/lightweight-clients.md
  • references/network-framework.md
  • references/urlsession-patterns.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8d90fd1

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Works with

Questions about iOS Networking

What does iOS Networking do?

Build, review, or improve networking code in iOS/macOS apps using URLSession with async/await, structured concurrency, and modern Swift patterns. iOS Networking is an agent skill from dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills. Build, review, or improve networking code in iOS/macOS apps using URLSession with async/await, structured concurrency, and modern Swift patterns.

When should I use iOS Networking?

iOS Networking fits situations like: working with REST APIs; downloading files; webSocket connections; request middleware.

How do I install iOS Networking in Claude Code?

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

How do I install iOS Networking in Codex?

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

Can I use iOS Networking 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 ios-networking -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-networking, .gemini/skills/ios-networking, .github/skills/ios-networking and .opencode/skills/ios-networking in your project.

What does iOS Networking need to run?

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

Does iOS Networking 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 Networking 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 iOS Networking use?

iOS Networking 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 iOS Networking use?

About 4.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 17k 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 22k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to iOS Networking?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with iOS Networking: Stellar iOS Mac SDK (Soneso/stellar-ios-mac-sdk, 132 stars), Swift Expert (Jeffallan/claude-skills, 12k stars), Swift Idioms (irahardianto/awesome-agv, 157 stars) and Swift Concurrency (HoangNguyen0403/agent-skills-standard, 571 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains iOS Networking?

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.