Agent skill

Spotlight Indexing

by gustavscirulis in gustavscirulis/snapgrid

Generates Core Spotlight indexing infrastructure for making app content searchable via system Spotlight with rich attributes and deep link integration.

Custom licenceAuto-check: notesMobile

Install Spotlight Indexing

skills CLI
$ npx skills add gustavscirulis/snapgrid --skill spotlight-indexing -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install gustavscirulis/snapgrid spotlight-indexing --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/spotlight-indexing .claude/skills/spotlight-indexing && 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
spotlight-indexing
GitHub stars
116
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~2.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
748 words
Files
3
Skills in repo
118
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Generates Core Spotlight indexing infrastructure for making app content searchable via system Spotlight with rich attributes and deep link integration.

  • Works in 9 steps: Project Context Detection → Existing CoreSpotlight Detection → Deep Linking Detection → …
  • User wants to index content for Spotlight search
  • SKILL.md covers When This Skill Activates, Pre-Generation Checks, Configuration Questions and Generation Process, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Spotlight Indexing is an agent skill from gustavscirulis/snapgrid. Generates Core Spotlight indexing infrastructure for making app content searchable via system Spotlight with rich attributes and deep link integration. Use when user wants to index content for Spotlight search, Siri suggestions, or system-wide searchability.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.5k 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. 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 to index content for Spotlight search
  • Siri suggestions
  • System-wide searchability

Example prompts

  • “Use the spotlight-indexing skill to generate Core Spotlight indexing infrastructure for making app content searchable via system Spotlight with rich…”
  • “/spotlight-indexing”

Requirements

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

Workflow steps

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

  1. Project Context Detection
  2. Existing CoreSpotlight Detection
  3. Deep Linking Detection
  4. Entitlements Check
  5. Read Templates
  6. Create Core Files
  7. Create Integration Files
  8. Create Optional Files
  9. 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

    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

Spotlight Indexing loads about 2.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 69 tokens; SKILL.md has 748 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~69
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.5k

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 748 words (~2,546 tokens).

“Generate production Core Spotlight indexing infrastructure — makes app content searchable via Spotlight (and Siri suggestions). Indexes items with rich attributes, handles search continuation into your app, and manages index lifecycle.”

— opening of SKILL.md by gustavscirulis, Custom licence
name
spotlight-indexing
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/spotlight-indexing 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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Categories

Questions about Spotlight Indexing

What does Spotlight Indexing do?

Generates Core Spotlight indexing infrastructure for making app content searchable via system Spotlight with rich attributes and deep link integration. Spotlight Indexing is an agent skill from gustavscirulis/snapgrid. Generates Core Spotlight indexing infrastructure for making app content searchable via system Spotlight with rich attributes and deep link integration.

When should I use Spotlight Indexing?

Spotlight Indexing fits situations like: user wants to index content for Spotlight search; siri suggestions; system-wide searchability.

How do I install Spotlight Indexing in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Spotlight Indexing in Codex?

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

Can I use Spotlight Indexing 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 spotlight-indexing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/spotlight-indexing, .gemini/skills/spotlight-indexing, .github/skills/spotlight-indexing and .opencode/skills/spotlight-indexing in your project.

What does Spotlight Indexing need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Spotlight Indexing is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion.

Does Spotlight Indexing 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 Spotlight Indexing 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 Spotlight Indexing use?

Spotlight Indexing 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 Spotlight Indexing use?

About 2.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k 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 Spotlight Indexing?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Spotlight Indexing: React Native Best Practices (vercel-labs/openreview, 1.7k stars), Swiftui Pro (twostraws/SwiftUI-Agent-Skill, 5.6k stars), Kortix Brand (kortix-ai/suna, 20k stars) and Ip As Logo (KartikLabhshetwar/better-shot, 2.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Spotlight Indexing?

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.