# 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

- Skill: `caglarbaranbora/app-store-review-guidelines` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add caglarbaranbora/app-store-review-guidelines`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/caglarbaranbora/app-store-review-guidelines/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Security
- Author: caglarbaranbora (https://skillmd.com/u/caglarbaranbora)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/caglarbaranbora/app-store-review-guidelines

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# 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`