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App Store Review Guidelines by caglarbaranbora

Name: App Store Review Guidelines
Author: caglarbaranbora

App Store Review Guidelines

Route App Store submission-compliance tasks to the correct Knowledge Contracts — app completeness, demo accounts, screenshot/description accuracy, in-app purchase requirements, external payment link restrictions, restore purchases, minimum functionality, spam/duplicate-app avoidance, permission usage strings, privacy manifest, privacy nutrition label accuracy, user-generated content moderation, developer contact information, data security, copycats and impersonation, the login-services equivalent option, third-party content licensing, Apple trademarks, and the ratings API. Use when preparing an app for App Store submission, implementing in-app purchase, writing Info.plist usage descriptions, building a PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy manifest, adding user-generated content or a social login, asking users for a rating, shipping third-party assets, or reviewing App Store metadata before submitting. Triggers on App Store review, App Review guidelines, app rejected, in-app purchase, IAP, restore purchases, demo account, sc

File contents

App Store Review Guidelines — Submission Compliance Skill

Purpose

Route App Store submission-compliance tasks to the minimum required App Store Review Guidelines Knowledge Contracts.

Routing

Load only the contracts relevant to the task. All paths relative to knowledge/app-store-review-guidelines/.

Submission completeness -> app-completeness.md, demo-account.md
Metadata accuracy -> screenshots-accuracy.md, description-accuracy.md
In-app purchase -> digital-goods-iap.md, external-payment-links.md, restore-purchases.md
App value & originality -> minimum-functionality.md, spam-duplicate-apps.md
Privacy compliance -> permission-usage-strings.md, privacy-manifest.md, privacy-nutrition-label.md
Safety -> user-generated-content-moderation.md (1.2 — filter, report, block, contact), developer-contact-information.md (1.5), data-security.md (1.6)
Originality & sign-in -> copycat-and-impersonation.md (4.1), login-services-equivalent-option.md (4.8)
Intellectual property -> third-party-content-licensing.md (5.2.1-5.2.3), apple-trademarks-and-product-confusion.md (5.2.4, 5.2.5)
Ratings -> review-prompt-api.md (5.6.1, 5.6.3)

Never load more than the contracts relevant to the specific question. For implementing Sign in with Apple once 4.8 requires it, route to skill.authenticationservices.foundations; for sign-in screen layout, to skill.human-interface-guidelines.foundations.

Stop Conditions

Stop and report if the requested topic has no matching Knowledge Contract in knowledge/app-store-review-guidelines/ — do not guess or fall back to general knowledge.

Safety 1.1 (objectionable content) and 1.2.1 (creator age restriction); Design 4.6, which Apple's own text marks "Intentionally omitted"; Legal 5.6.2 and 5.6.4, which govern developer conduct rather than the app — Excluded
Safety 1.3 (Kids), 1.4 (physical harm), 1.7; Design 4.4 (extensions), 4.5 (Apple sites and services), 4.7 (mini apps and emulators); Legal 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 — Deferred, scheduled at Tier 3; these are vertical, not the near-universal surface Tier 1 covers
Design 4.0 as design guidance — owned by human-interface-guidelines

---name: app-store-review-guidelinesdescription: Route App Store submission-compliance tasks to the correct Knowledge Contracts — app completeness, demo accounts, screenshot/description accuracy, in-app purchase requirements, external payment link restrictions, restore purchases, minimum functionality, spam/duplicate-app avoidance, permission usage strings, privacy manifest, privacy nutrition label accuracy, user-generated content moderation, developer contact information, data security, copycats and impersonation, the login-services equivalent option, third-party content licensing, Apple trademarks, and the ratings API. Use when preparing an app for App Store submission, implementing in-app purchase, writing Info.plist usage descriptions, building a PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy manifest, adding user-generated content or a social login, asking users for a rating, shipping third-party assets, or reviewing App Store metadata before submitting. Triggers on App Store review, App Review guidelines, app rejected, in-app purchase, IAP, restore purchases, demo account, sc---# App Store Review Guidelines — Submission Compliance Skill## PurposeRoute App Store submission-compliance tasks to the minimum requiredApp Store Review Guidelines Knowledge Contracts.## RoutingLoad only the contracts relevant to the task. All paths relative toknowledge/app-store-review-guidelines/.- Submission completeness -> app-completeness.md, demo-account.md- Metadata accuracy -> screenshots-accuracy.md, description-accuracy.md- In-app purchase -> digital-goods-iap.md, external-payment-links.md, restore-purchases.md- App value & originality -> minimum-functionality.md, spam-duplicate-apps.md- Privacy compliance -> permission-usage-strings.md, privacy-manifest.md, privacy-nutrition-label.md- Safety -> user-generated-content-moderation.md (1.2 — filter, report, block, contact), developer-contact-information.md (1.5), data-security.md (1.6)- Originality & sign-in -> copycat-and-impersonation.md (4.1), login-services-equivalent-option.md (4.8)- Intellectual property -> third-party-content-licensing.md (5.2.1-5.2.3), apple-trademarks-and-product-confusion.md (5.2.4, 5.2.5)- Ratings -> review-prompt-api.md (5.6.1, 5.6.3)Never load more than the contracts relevant to the specific question.For implementing Sign in with Apple once 4.8 requires it, route to`skill.authenticationservices.foundations`; for sign-in screen layout, to`skill.human-interface-guidelines.foundations`.## Stop ConditionsStop and report if the requested topic has no matching KnowledgeContract in knowledge/app-store-review-guidelines/ — do not guess orfall back to general knowledge.- Safety 1.1 (objectionable content) and 1.2.1 (creator age restriction); Design 4.6, which Apple's own text marks "Intentionally omitted"; Legal 5.6.2 and 5.6.4, which govern developer conduct rather than the app — Excluded- Safety 1.3 (Kids), 1.4 (physical harm), 1.7; Design 4.4 (extensions), 4.5 (Apple sites and services), 4.7 (mini apps and emulators); Legal 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 — Deferred, scheduled at Tier 3; these are vertical, not the near-universal surface Tier 1 covers- Design 4.0 as design guidance — owned by `human-interface-guidelines`

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