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-skills3description: Apple Human Interface Guidelines as 14 agent skills covering iOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS, and tvOS. From raintree-technology, makers of the Apple HIG compliance website.4---5
6# apple-hig-skills
7
8> Catalogue stub — full package: [raintree-technology/apple-hig-skills](https://github.com/raintree-technology/apple-hig-skills)
9
10## Decision tree
11
12Run this before any Apple platform UI design:
13
141. **Is an HIG skill already installed?**
15 Check: `~/.design-agent-skills/skills/hig-foundations/SKILL.md` exists.
16 - Yes → invoke the specific platform skill and proceed
17 - No → go to step 2
18
192. **Do you have shell access?**
20 - Yes → run the install command below, then invoke the skill
21 - 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
22
23## Install command
24
25```bash
26npx skills add raintree-technology/apple-hig-skills
27```
28
29Website: [apple.raintree.technology](https://apple.raintree.technology/)
30
31## Invoke after install
32
3314 skills covering the full HIG — invoke by platform or component area:
34- `hig-foundations` — color, typography, layout, materials
35- `hig-platforms` — iOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS, tvOS specifics
36- `hig-components-controls` — buttons, toggles, sliders
37- `hig-components-layout` — navigation bars, tab bars, toolbars
38- `hig-components-menus` — context menus, action sheets, pickers
39- `hig-components-dialogs` — alerts, confirmations, sheets
40- `hig-inputs` — text fields, search, forms
41- `hig-patterns` — loading, onboarding, modality
42- `hig-technologies` — SwiftUI, Accessibility, Handoff, etc.
43- And more...
44
45Trigger phrases: "Apple HIG", "iOS design", "macOS design", "visionOS"
46
47## What it does
48
49Apple'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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