Agent skill

App Clip

by gustavscirulis in gustavscirulis/snapgrid

Generates App Clip targets with invocation URL handling, lightweight experiences, and full app upgrade prompts.

Custom licenceAuto-check: notesMobile

Install App Clip

skills CLI
$ npx skills add gustavscirulis/snapgrid --skill app-clip -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install gustavscirulis/snapgrid app-clip --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/gustavscirulis/snapgrid.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/skills/generators/app-clip .claude/skills/app-clip && 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
app-clip
GitHub stars
116
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~2.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
741 words
Files
3
Skills in repo
118
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Generates App Clip targets with invocation URL handling, lightweight experiences, and full app upgrade prompts.

  • Works in 8 steps: Project Context Detection → Conflict Detection → Project Structure → …
  • User wants NFC/QR/Safari banner invocation
  • SKILL.md covers When This Skill Activates, Pre-Generation Checks, Configuration Questions and Generation Process, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls xcodebuild; reaches other-domain.com

What it does

App Clip is an agent skill from gustavscirulis/snapgrid. Generates App Clip targets with invocation URL handling, lightweight experiences, and full app upgrade prompts. Use when user wants NFC/QR/Safari banner invocation, instant app experiences, or App Clip Card setup.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `patterns.md` and `templates.md`).

It sits in Mobile, covering iOS development. It works with iOS. The repository describes itself as: SnapGrid is an open-source Mac app for collecting, organizing, and analyzing UI screenshots. It uses AI to automatically detect UI components and patterns, making it a powerful…

When your agent uses it

  • User wants NFC/QR/Safari banner invocation
  • Instant app experiences
  • App Clip Card setup

Example prompts

  • “Use the app-clip skill to generate App Clip targets with invocation URL handling, lightweight experiences, and full app upgrade prompts”
  • “/app-clip”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion

Workflow steps

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

  1. Project Context Detection
  2. Conflict Detection
  3. Project Structure
  4. Read Templates
  5. Create Core Files
  6. Create Location Files (if selected)
  7. Create Upgrade Files (if selected)
  8. Determine File Location

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit eb7eaf4. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Write
    • Edit
    • Glob
    • Grep
    • Bash
    • AskUserQuestion

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • xcodebuild

    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:

    • other-domain.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

App Clip loads about 2.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 741 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~56
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.2k

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion

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 741 words (~2,215 tokens).

“Generate production App Clip infrastructure — a lightweight version of your app invoked from NFC tags, QR codes, Safari banners, or Messages. Includes App Clip target setup, invocation URL handling, experience routing, location confirmation, and full app upgrade flow.”

— opening of SKILL.md by gustavscirulis, Custom licence
name
app-clip
allowed-tools
Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files in .claude/skills/skills/generators/app-clip of gustavscirulis/snapgrid.

  • SKILL.md
  • patterns.md
  • templates.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit eb7eaf4

Used in 1 other repository

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

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iOS Simulator Skilln0an/VivaDicta1301 repos~2.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Inspector Implementationipedro/Inspector170—~729Automated safety check: PassMIT
Device InteractionInfomaniak/desktop-kDrive1201 repos~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassGPL-3.0

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Questions about App Clip

What does App Clip do?

Generates App Clip targets with invocation URL handling, lightweight experiences, and full app upgrade prompts. App Clip is an agent skill from gustavscirulis/snapgrid. Generates App Clip targets with invocation URL handling, lightweight experiences, and full app upgrade prompts.

When should I use App Clip?

App Clip fits situations like: user wants NFC/QR/Safari banner invocation; instant app experiences; app Clip Card setup.

How do I install App Clip in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add gustavscirulis/snapgrid --skill app-clip -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/skills/generators/app-clip in gustavscirulis/snapgrid) into .claude/skills/app-clip in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install App Clip in Codex?

Run `npx skills add gustavscirulis/snapgrid --skill app-clip -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/skills/generators/app-clip in gustavscirulis/snapgrid) into .agents/skills/app-clip in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use App Clip 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 gustavscirulis/snapgrid --skill app-clip -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/app-clip, .gemini/skills/app-clip, .github/skills/app-clip and .opencode/skills/app-clip in your project.

What does App Clip need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, App Clip needs the command-line tools its instructions call (xcodebuild). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion.

Does App Clip access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: other-domain.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is App Clip safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does App Clip use?

App Clip 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 App Clip use?

About 2.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to App Clip?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with App Clip: Hig Project Context (raintree-technology/hig-doctor, 143 stars), Hig Components Content (raintree-technology/hig-doctor, 143 stars), iOS Simulator Skill (n0an/VivaDicta, 130 stars) and Inspector Implementation (ipedro/Inspector, 170 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains App Clip?

gustavscirulis (a GitHub user) maintains it in gustavscirulis/snapgrid, which has 116 GitHub stars. The repository holds 118 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on April 30, 2026.

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