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Agent skill

iOS Start

by MacMagazine in MacMagazine/app-iOS

Pre-flight checklist before writing any code in MacMagazine — requirements, reusable-component search, pattern study, branch setup.

No licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install iOS Start

skills CLI
$ npx skills add MacMagazine/app-iOS --skill ios-start -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install MacMagazine/app-iOS ios-start --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/MacMagazine/app-iOS.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/ios-start .claude/skills/ios-start && 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-start
GitHub stars
171
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
308 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
6
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Pre-flight checklist before writing any code in MacMagazine — requirements, reusable-component search, pattern study, branch setup.

  • Works in 6 steps: Understand Requirements → Search for Existing Code (Avoid… → Study Existing Implementations (CRITICAL) → …
  • Begin implementing
  • SKILL.md covers Before Writing Code, Module Location Reference, Architecture Patterns and Red Flags During Planning, plus 1 more section
  • Calls git and xcodebuild

What it does

iOS Start is an agent skill from MacMagazine/app-iOS. Pre-flight checklist before writing any code in MacMagazine — requirements, reusable-component search, pattern study, branch setup. Use at the start of any feature or enhancement, before the first line of code, or when the user says "start", "new feature", "begin implementing", or "set up a branch".

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development. It works with iOS. The repository describes itself as: O melhor pedaço da Maçã.

When your agent uses it

  • Begin implementing
  • Set up a branch

Example prompts

  • “new feature”
  • “begin implementing”
  • “set up a branch”
  • “/ios-start”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Understand Requirements
  2. Search for Existing Code (Avoid Duplication)
  3. Study Existing Implementations (CRITICAL)
  4. Design Architecture
  5. Set Up Feature Branch
  6. Build System Reference

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8544bc2. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git
    • xcodebuild

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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 Start loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 78 tokens; SKILL.md has 308 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~78
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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 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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 308 words (~1,215 tokens).

“Run this at the beginning of any feature implementation to set yourself up for success.”

— opening of SKILL.md by MacMagazine
name
ios-start

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/ios-start of MacMagazine/app-iOS.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8544bc2

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Works with

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Questions about iOS Start

What does iOS Start do?

Pre-flight checklist before writing any code in MacMagazine — requirements, reusable-component search, pattern study, branch setup. iOS Start is an agent skill from MacMagazine/app-iOS. Pre-flight checklist before writing any code in MacMagazine — requirements, reusable-component search, pattern study, branch setup.

When should I use iOS Start?

iOS Start fits situations like: begin implementing; set up a branch.

How do I install iOS Start in Claude Code?

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

How do I install iOS Start in Codex?

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

Can I use iOS Start 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 MacMagazine/app-iOS --skill ios-start -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-start, .gemini/skills/ios-start, .github/skills/ios-start and .opencode/skills/ios-start in your project.

What does iOS Start need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, iOS Start needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git and xcodebuild).

Does iOS Start access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is iOS Start 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 Start use?

No licence was found for iOS Start or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does iOS Start use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.9k 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 iOS Start?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with iOS Start: Commit PR (samuelclay/NewsBlur, 7.6k stars), jscpd Code Migration Tracker (kucherenko/jscpd, 6.4k stars), Codebase Comparison with jscpd (kucherenko/jscpd, 6.4k stars) and Tss Batch Prefetch (doronz88/pymobiledevice3, 2.9k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains iOS Start?

MacMagazine (a GitHub organization) maintains it in MacMagazine/app-iOS, which has 171 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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