macOS Notch UI

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user wants to create a notch overlay
• Dynamic Island for Mac
• Notch indicator
• Any UI that extends from the MacBook notch area

Example prompts

• “notch shape”
• “notch window”
• “notch cutout”
• “/macos-notch-ui”

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Add the NotchShape
2. 2Create Your Content View
3. 3Add the NotchWindow
4. 4Show and Hide

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 062a978. 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 script files (Swift), which the agent can run.

  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

macOS Notch UI loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 158 tokens; SKILL.md has 633 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~158

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

~3.4k

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

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

The full file from fayazara/Screendrop at commit 062a978, republished under its CC0-1.0 licence (© fayazara). 633 words, ~1,755 tokens.

name

macos-notch-ui

description

Add a Dynamic Island-style notch UI to a macOS app. Use this skill whenever the user wants to create a notch overlay, notch extender, Dynamic Island for Mac, notch indicator, or any UI that extends from the MacBook notch area. Also trigger when the user mentions "notch shape", "notch window", "notch cutout", "notch panel", "recording indicator near the notch", "Dynamic Island style", or wants to show status/content that appears to emerge from the hardware notch. This covers the NSPanel setup, the NotchShape with concave Bezier ear curves, screen positioning math, spring animations, and show/hide choreography.

// Use full screen frame (not visibleFrame) to include the menu bar / notch area
let screen = NSScreen.main!
let x = screen.frame.origin.x + (screen.frame.width - totalWidth) / 2
let y = screen.frame.origin.y + screen.frame.height - totalHeight

struct NotchContentView: View {
    var isVisible: Bool

    var body: some View {
        HStack {
            Image(systemName: "mic.fill")
                .foregroundStyle(.red)
            Text("Recording")
                .font(.system(size: 13, weight: .medium))
                .foregroundStyle(.white)
        }
        .frame(width: isVisible ? 200 : 0)
        .frame(height: 32)
        .background(NotchShape().fill(.black))
        .clipShape(NotchShape())
        .animation(.spring(response: 0.35, dampingFraction: 0.75), value: isVisible)
        .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity, alignment: .top)
    }
}

// Create once and reuse
let notchWindow = NotchWindow()

// Show with your content
let content = NotchContentView(isVisible: true)
notchWindow.showNotch(content: content)

// Hide with spring collapse animation
notchWindow.hideNotch()

// Step 1: collapse content
state.isExpanded = false

// Step 2: shrink width
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.25) {
    state.isVisible = false
}

// Step 3: remove window
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.65) {
    window.orderOut(nil)
}

var hasNotch: Bool {
    guard let screen = NSScreen.main else { return false }
    // Notch Macs have a safe area inset at the top
    return screen.safeAreaInsets.top > 0
}

© fayazara, CC0-1.0. 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 (references) in .agents/skills/macos-notch-ui of fayazara/Screendrop.

• SKILL.md
• references/NotchShape.swift
• references/NotchWindow.swift

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 062a978

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders. This page covers the copy in fayazara/Screendrop, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• fayazara/macos-app-skillsnotch-ui