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Discover and boot an iOS simulator. An agent skill from woocommerce/woocommerce-ios.
Install Simulator
$ npx skills add woocommerce/woocommerce-ios --skill simulator -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install woocommerce/woocommerce-ios simulator --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-ios.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/simulator .claude/skills/simulator && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "simulator" agent skill from https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-ios/tree/trunk/.claude/skills/simulator into .claude/skills/simulator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "simulator", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-ios/tree/trunk/.claude/skills/simulatorType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add woocommerce/woocommerce-ios --skill simulator -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install woocommerce/woocommerce-ios simulator --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-ios.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/simulator .agents/skills/simulator && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "simulator" agent skill from https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-ios/tree/trunk/.claude/skills/simulator into .agents/skills/simulator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "simulator", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add woocommerce/woocommerce-ios --skill simulator -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install woocommerce/woocommerce-ios simulator --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-ios.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/simulator .cursor/skills/simulator && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "simulator" agent skill from https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-ios/tree/trunk/.claude/skills/simulator into .cursor/skills/simulator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "simulator", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-ios.git --path .claude/skills/simulator--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add woocommerce/woocommerce-ios --skill simulator -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install woocommerce/woocommerce-ios simulator --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-ios.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/simulator .gemini/skills/simulator && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "simulator" agent skill from https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-ios/tree/trunk/.claude/skills/simulator into .gemini/skills/simulator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "simulator", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install woocommerce/woocommerce-ios simulatorInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add woocommerce/woocommerce-ios --skill simulator -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-ios.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/simulator .github/skills/simulator && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "simulator" agent skill from https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-ios/tree/trunk/.claude/skills/simulator into .github/skills/simulator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "simulator", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add woocommerce/woocommerce-ios --skill simulator -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install woocommerce/woocommerce-ios simulator --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-ios.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/simulator .opencode/skills/simulator && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "simulator" agent skill from https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-ios/tree/trunk/.claude/skills/simulator into .opencode/skills/simulator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "simulator", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
simulator- GitHub stars
- 358
- Token cost
- ~295 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 122 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 12
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
At a glance
Discover and boot an iOS simulator. An agent skill from woocommerce/woocommerce-ios.
- Mobile work in your project
- SKILL.md covers Usage, Output and Watch
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Simulator is an agent skill from woocommerce/woocommerce-ios. Discover and boot an iOS simulator. Use before any command that needs a simulator UDID.
Its SKILL.md is about 300 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 Mobile. It works with iOS and WooCommerce. The licence is GPL-2.0.
When your agent uses it
- Mobile work in your project
Example prompts
- “/simulator”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b061662. 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:
Bash
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 bash).
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
Simulator loads about 295 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 24 tokens; SKILL.md has 122 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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: Bash
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 woocommerce/woocommerce-ios at commit b061662, republished under its GPL-2.0 licence (© woocommerce). 122 words, ~295 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/simulator/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- simulator
- description
- Discover and boot an iOS simulator. Use before any command that needs a simulator UDID.
- allowed-tools
- Bash
- user-invocable
- true
- argument-hint
- [iphone|ipad]
Discover and Boot iOS Simulator
Find a booted simulator or boot one. Returns the UDID for use in subsequent commands. Defaults to iPhone; pass ipad to use an iPad instead.
Never hardcode a simulator name (e.g., iPhone 16). Available simulators change across Xcode versions — always discover dynamically.
Usage
Run the script:
# iPhone (default):
UDID=$(Scripts/find-simulator.sh iphone)
# iPad:
UDID=$(Scripts/find-simulator.sh ipad)The script prints the UDID to stdout and status messages to stderr. It will boot a simulator if none is already running.
Output
Report the simulator name and UDID so the caller can use it:
Simulator ready: iPhone 17 (93E9F784-2B91-4D83-BFA5-F1682C28180B)Watch
Watch app verification is not supported — the Watch app runs on a separate watchOS simulator with a different build destination (watchOS Simulator). It cannot be tested via the iPhone/iPad iOS simulator used for app verification.
© woocommerce, GPL-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/simulator of woocommerce/woocommerce-ios.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit b061662
Compare with similar skills
Simulator next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simulator this skillwoocommerce/woocommerce-ios | 358 | — | ~295 | Automated safety check: Notes | GPL-2.0 | |
| Orca iOS Simulator Controlstablyai/orca | 87k | 1 repos | ~584 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| UI Kitten Showcase QAakveo/react-native-ui-kitten | 11k | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Swiftui Expert SkillAvdLee/SwiftUI-Agent-Skill | 3.7k | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Swiftui Expert SkillEslzzyl/Pixiv-SwiftUI | 111 | 5 repos | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Apple Crash Log .NET Symbolicationdotnet/skills | 5.6k | 1 repos | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Simulator
What does Simulator do?
Discover and boot an iOS simulator. An agent skill from woocommerce/woocommerce-ios. Simulator is an agent skill from woocommerce/woocommerce-ios. Discover and boot an iOS simulator.
When should I use Simulator?
Simulator fits situations like: mobile work in your project.
How do I install Simulator in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add woocommerce/woocommerce-ios --skill simulator -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/simulator in woocommerce/woocommerce-ios) into .claude/skills/simulator in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Simulator in Codex?
Run `npx skills add woocommerce/woocommerce-ios --skill simulator -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/simulator in woocommerce/woocommerce-ios) into .agents/skills/simulator in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Simulator 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 woocommerce/woocommerce-ios --skill simulator -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/simulator, .gemini/skills/simulator, .github/skills/simulator and .opencode/skills/simulator in your project.
What does Simulator need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Simulator is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash.
Does Simulator 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 Simulator 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 Simulator use?
Simulator is published under the GPL-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Simulator use?
About 295 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.2k 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 Simulator?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Simulator: Orca iOS Simulator Control (stablyai/orca, 87k stars), UI Kitten Showcase QA (akveo/react-native-ui-kitten, 11k stars), Swiftui Expert Skill (AvdLee/SwiftUI-Agent-Skill, 3.7k stars) and Swiftui Expert Skill (Eslzzyl/Pixiv-SwiftUI, 111 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Simulator?
woocommerce (a GitHub organization) maintains it in woocommerce/woocommerce-ios, which has 358 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.
Source: woocommerce/woocommerce-ios on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.