apple-hig-skills
Catalogue stub — full package: raintree-technology/apple-hig-skills
Decision tree
Run this before any Apple platform UI design:
Is an HIG skill already installed?
Check: ~/.design-agent-skills/skills/hig-foundations/SKILL.md exists.
- Yes → invoke the specific platform skill and proceed
- No → go to step 2
Do you have shell access?
- Yes → run the install command below, then invoke the skill
- No → show the install command; in Claude Code, send it as a chat message starting with
! — add -g for global install or omit for project-only
Install command
npx skills add raintree-technology/apple-hig-skills
Website: apple.raintree.technology
Invoke after install
14 skills covering the full HIG — invoke by platform or component area:
hig-foundations — color, typography, layout, materialshig-platforms — iOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS, tvOS specificshig-components-controls — buttons, toggles, slidershig-components-layout — navigation bars, tab bars, toolbarshig-components-menus — context menus, action sheets, pickershig-components-dialogs — alerts, confirmations, sheetshig-inputs — text fields, search, formshig-patterns — loading, onboarding, modalityhig-technologies — SwiftUI, Accessibility, Handoff, etc.- And more...
Trigger phrases: "Apple HIG", "iOS design", "macOS design", "visionOS"
What it does
Apple's Human Interface Guidelines encoded as 14 structured agent skills. Covers every Apple platform (iOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS, tvOS) with platform-specific component behaviors, navigation patterns, typography scales, accessibility requirements, and HIG compliance checks. From the team behind apple.raintree.technology.
1---
2name: apple-hig-skills
3description: |
4 Apple Human Interface Guidelines as 14 agent skills covering iOS, macOS,
5 visionOS, watchOS, and tvOS. From raintree-technology, makers of the
6 Apple HIG compliance website.
7triggers:
8 - "Apple HIG"
9 - "Human Interface Guidelines"
10 - "iOS design"
11 - "macOS design"
12 - "visionOS"
13 - "watchOS design"
14 - "tvOS design"
15 - "Apple design guidelines"
16das:
17 category: visual-components
18 upstream: "https://github.com/raintree-technology/apple-hig-skills"
19 version: latest
20 install: false
21---
22
23# apple-hig-skills
24
25> Catalogue stub — full package: [raintree-technology/apple-hig-skills](https://github.com/raintree-technology/apple-hig-skills)
26
27## Decision tree
28
29Run this before any Apple platform UI design:
30
311. **Is an HIG skill already installed?**
32 Check: `~/.design-agent-skills/skills/hig-foundations/SKILL.md` exists.
33 - Yes → invoke the specific platform skill and proceed
34 - No → go to step 2
35
362. **Do you have shell access?**
37 - Yes → run the install command below, then invoke the skill
38 - No → show the install command; in Claude Code, send it as a chat message starting with `!` — add `-g` for global install or omit for project-only
39
40## Install command
41
42```bash
43npx skills add raintree-technology/apple-hig-skills
44```
45
46Website: [apple.raintree.technology](https://apple.raintree.technology/)
47
48## Invoke after install
49
5014 skills covering the full HIG — invoke by platform or component area:
51- `hig-foundations` — color, typography, layout, materials
52- `hig-platforms` — iOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS, tvOS specifics
53- `hig-components-controls` — buttons, toggles, sliders
54- `hig-components-layout` — navigation bars, tab bars, toolbars
55- `hig-components-menus` — context menus, action sheets, pickers
56- `hig-components-dialogs` — alerts, confirmations, sheets
57- `hig-inputs` — text fields, search, forms
58- `hig-patterns` — loading, onboarding, modality
59- `hig-technologies` — SwiftUI, Accessibility, Handoff, etc.
60- And more...
61
62Trigger phrases: "Apple HIG", "iOS design", "macOS design", "visionOS"
63
64## What it does
65
66Apple's Human Interface Guidelines encoded as 14 structured agent skills. Covers every Apple platform (iOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS, tvOS) with platform-specific component behaviors, navigation patterns, typography scales, accessibility requirements, and HIG compliance checks. From the team behind apple.raintree.technology.
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