Claude Skills
The open format is called Agent Skills and works in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents — most people know it as Claude Skills.
Every Agent Skill we could find on GitHub, deduplicated by content. 86 961 files from 2 125 authors, of which 68 678 are unique — the rest is the same skill repackaged into someone else's repository. For each one: what it weighs in tokens, whether it ships runnable scripts, and which MCP servers it needs.
Implement, review, or improve Live Activities and Dynamic Island experiences in iOS apps using ActivityKit. Use when building real-time updating widgets for the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island — delivery tracking, sports scores, ride-sharing status, workout timers, media playback, or any time-sensitive information that updates in real time. Also use when working with ActivityKit, ActivityAttributes, Activity lifecycle (request/update/end), Dynamic Island layouts (compact/minimal/expanded), push-to-update Live Activities, or Lock Screen live widgets.
Measure ad effectiveness with privacy-preserving attribution using AdAttributionKit. Use when registering ad impressions, handling attribution postbacks, updating conversion values, implementing re-engagement attribution, configuring publisher or advertiser apps, or replacing SKAdNetwork with AdAttributionKit for ad measurement.
Implement AlarmKit alarms and countdown timers for iOS and iPadOS with Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, StandBy, and paired Apple Watch system UI. Covers AlarmManager scheduling, AlarmAttributes and AlarmPresentation, system Stop and AlarmButton secondary actions, authorization, state observation, countdown widget-extension handoff, and Live Activity integration. Use when building wake-up alarms, countdown timers, or alarm-style alerts that need Apple's system alarm experience.
Build iOS App Clips with invocation URLs, App Clip Codes, NFC, QR codes, Safari banners, Maps, Messages, target setup, App Store Connect experiences, size/capability constraints, NSUserActivity routing, SKOverlay promotion, App Group/keychain handoff, ephemeral notifications, location confirmation, and full-app migration. Use when creating App Clips or wiring App Clip invocation, experience configuration, or full-app handoff.
Implement App Intents for Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, widgets, Control Center, and Apple Intelligence on iOS. Covers AppIntent actions, AppEntity and EntityQuery models, AppShortcutsProvider phrases, IndexedEntity Spotlight indexing, WidgetConfigurationIntent, SnippetIntent, and assistant schemas. Use when exposing app actions or entities to system surfaces.
Optimize App Store product pages for search visibility and conversion. Use for App Store Optimization (ASO), keyword research, app name/subtitle/keyword-field strategy, conversion-focused descriptions and promotional text, screenshot captions and ordering, Custom Product Pages with assigned search keywords, In-App Events, Product Page Optimization tests, localized metadata, ratings/review strategy, and in-app review prompt timing with RequestReviewAction or AppStore.requestReview. Also use when routing ASO vs App Store review, privacy/ATT, or StoreKit implementation boundaries.
Audits App Store submission readiness and rejection risk across current review guidelines, PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy and required-reason APIs, privacy labels, ATT, StoreKit payments, metadata, entitlements, widgets, and Live Activities. Use when preparing a submission, responding to rejection, reconciling privacy evidence, or separating upload blockers from cleanup.
Build private, on-device AI features on iPhone, iPad, and Mac with Foundation Models, Core ML, MLX Swift, or llama.cpp. Use when choosing an Apple-local model runtime, building an Apple Intelligence chatbot or tool-calling feature, running an LLM on Apple Silicon, converting or compressing a Python model for Core ML, or comparing on-device inference backends. For Swift Core ML loading and prediction code, use the coreml skill.
Transfer app data to or from other platforms using AppMigrationKit. Use when implementing system-orchestrated one-time migration between iOS and Android or another platform, building an AppMigrationExtension, packaging transportable resources with ResourcesArchiver, importing resources on the destination device, reporting import progress, handling migration errors and app group cleanup, checking MigrationStatus, or testing migration code with AppMigrationTester.
Support automatic audio switching for paired third-party Bluetooth headphones or earbuds with AudioAccessoryKit. Use when a companion app registers an audio accessory, an app extension reports worn/removed placement or connected source-device changes, or AccessoryControlDevice capabilities and errors need handling. Do not use for general AVAudioSession routing, Bluetooth transport, or initial accessory pairing.
Implement iOS authentication flows with AuthenticationServices and LocalAuthentication. Use when building Sign in with Apple, passkey/WebAuthn registration or sign-in with ASAuthorizationPlatformPublicKeyCredentialProvider, ASAuthorizationController credential state and revocation handling, ASWebAuthenticationSession OAuth or third-party login, Password AutoFill, identity-token server validation, or local biometric re-authentication with LAContext.
Create media playback experiences using AVKit. Use when adding video players with AVPlayerViewController, enabling Picture-in-Picture, routing media with AirPlay, using SwiftUI VideoPlayer views, configuring transport controls, displaying subtitles and closed captions, or integrating AVFoundation playback with system UI.
Schedule and execute background work on iOS using BGTaskScheduler. Use when registering BGAppRefreshTask for short background fetches, BGProcessingTask for long-running maintenance, BGContinuedProcessingTask (iOS 26+) for foreground-started work that continues in background, background URLSession downloads, or background push notifications. Covers Info.plist configuration, expiration handling, task completion, and debugging with simulated launches.
Build alternative browser engines using BrowserEngineKit. Use when developing a non-WebKit browser engine for iOS/iPadOS in supported regions, managing web content/rendering/networking extension processes, configuring GPU and networking process capabilities, checking alternative-engine device eligibility, or reviewing BrowserEngineKit entitlements and Info.plist setup.
Implement VoIP calling with CallKit and PushKit. Use when building incoming/outgoing call flows, registering for VoIP push notifications, configuring CXProvider and CXCallController, handling call actions, coordinating audio sessions, or creating Call Directory extensions for caller ID and call blocking.
Build CarPlay-enabled apps using the CarPlay framework. Use when creating navigation, audio, communication, EV charging, parking, or food ordering apps for the car display, working with CPTemplateApplicationScene, CPInterfaceController template hierarchies, CPListTemplate, CPMapTemplate, CPNowPlayingTemplate, configuring CarPlay entitlements, or integrating with CarPlay Simulator for testing.
Implement, review, or improve CloudKit and iCloud sync in iOS/macOS apps. Use when working with CKContainer, CKRecord, CKQuery, CKSubscription, CKSyncEngine, CKShare, NSUbiquitousKeyValueStore, or iCloud Drive file coordination; when syncing SwiftData models via ModelConfiguration with cloudKitDatabase; when handling CKError codes for conflict resolution, network failures, or quota limits; or when checking iCloud account status before performing sync operations.
Read, create, update, and pick contacts using the Contacts and ContactsUI frameworks. Use when fetching contact data, saving new contacts, wrapping CNContactPickerViewController in SwiftUI, handling contact permissions, or working with CNContactStore fetch and save requests.
Build direct Bluetooth Low Energy workflows with Core Bluetooth. Use when implementing BLE central or peripheral GATT communication, scanning or connecting with CBCentralManager, discovering services and characteristics, reading/writing/subscribing with CBPeripheral, publishing local services with CBPeripheralManager, handling Bluetooth authorization, background BLE modes, state restoration, write flow control, or CBUUID-based workflows. For privacy-preserving accessory setup/picker flows, use accessorysetupkit first and return here for post-setup GATT communication.
Build, review, or improve Core Data persistence in apps that have not adopted SwiftData. Use when working with NSManagedObject subclasses, NSFetchedResultsController for list-driven UI, NSBatchInsertRequest / NSBatchDeleteRequest / NSBatchUpdateRequest for bulk operations, NSPersistentHistoryChangeRequest for persistent history tracking and multi-target sync, NSStagedMigrationManager for staged schema migrations (iOS 17+), NSCompositeAttributeDescription for composite attributes (iOS 17+), or when integrating Core Data threading with Swift Concurrency. For Core Data + SwiftData coexistence or migration, see the swiftdata skill instead.
Access Core Motion accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, device-motion, pedometer, activity-recognition, altitude, headphone motion, batched high-frequency workout motion, and water-submersion/depth data. Use when reading device sensors, counting steps, detecting walking/running/driving/cycling, tracking altitude, building motion interactions, handling AirPods head tracking, or implementing watchOS dive/depth features.
Read and write NFC tags using CoreNFC. Use when scanning NDEF tags, reading ISO7816/ISO15693/FeliCa/MIFARE tags, writing NDEF messages, handling NFC session lifecycle, configuring NFC entitlements, or implementing background tag reading in iOS apps.
Integrate Core ML models in iOS apps for on-device machine learning inference. Covers model loading (.mlmodel, .mlpackage, .mlmodelc), predictions with auto-generated classes and MLFeatureProvider, compute unit configuration (CPU, GPU, Neural Engine), MLTensor, VNCoreMLRequest, MLComputePlan, multi-model pipelines, and deployment strategies. Use when loading Core ML models, making predictions, configuring compute units, or profiling model performance.
Use Apple CryptoKit for Swift cryptographic primitives. Use when hashing with SHA-2 or SHA-3, generating HMACs, encrypting with AES-GCM or ChaChaPoly, signing with P256/P384/P521/Curve25519 or ML-DSA keys, performing ECDH, HPKE, ML-KEM, or X-Wing key exchange, using Secure Enclave CryptoKit keys, or migrating CommonCrypto code to CryptoKit.
Access security tokens and smart cards using CryptoTokenKit. Use when building TKTokenDriver or TKSmartCardTokenDriver extensions, communicating with smart cards via TKSmartCard/TKSmartCardSlotManager, using iOS 26+ NFC smart-card sessions, registering smart cards, querying token-backed keychain items with kSecAttrTokenID, monitoring TKTokenWatcher, or configuring certificate-based smart-card authentication.
Debug iOS apps and profile performance using LLDB, the interactive Memory Graph Debugger, and Instruments. Use for crashes, retain-cycle inspection, hangs, build failures, and generic CPU, memory, energy, or network profiling. Use ios-memgraph-analysis for .memgraph capture, leaks CLI ownership paths, or persistent heap growth; use ios-ettrace-performance for ETTrace capture and JSON.
Verify device legitimacy and app integrity using DeviceCheck (DCDevice per-device bits) and App Attest (DCAppAttestService key generation, attestation, and assertion flows). Use when implementing fraud prevention, detecting compromised devices, validating app authenticity with Apple's servers, protecting sensitive API endpoints with attested requests, or adding device verification to a backend architecture.
Control motorized camera docks and enable intelligent subject tracking using DockKit. Use when discovering DockKit-compatible accessories, implementing camera subject tracking for faces or bodies, controlling dock motors for pan and tilt, configuring framing behavior, setting regions of interest, or building video apps with automatic camera tracking.
Query grid electricity forecasts and submit load events using EnergyKit to help users optimize home electricity usage. Use when building smart home apps, EV charger controls, HVAC scheduling, or energy management dashboards that guide users to use power during cleaner or cheaper grid periods.
Create, read, and manage calendar events and reminders using EventKit and EventKitUI. Use when adding events to the user's calendar, creating reminders, setting recurrence rules, requesting calendar or reminders access, presenting event editors, choosing calendars, handling alarms, observing calendar changes, or working with EKEventStore, EKEvent, EKReminder, EKCalendar, EKRecurrenceRule, EKEventEditViewController, EKCalendarChooser, or EventKitUI views.
Access eligible Wallet financial data using FinanceKit and FinanceKitUI. Use when querying transactions or balances, reading Apple Card, Apple Cash, Savings, or U.K. connected-account data, requesting financial-data authorization, using TransactionPicker, enabling iOS 26 background delivery, or saving and checking Wallet orders.
Implements keyboard, directional, and scene-level focus behavior across SwiftUI and UIKit. Use when managing @FocusState, defaultFocus, focused values, focusable interactions, focus sections, tvOS geometric focus and Siri Remote navigation, watchOS Digital Crown input, visionOS connected-device focus versus gaze hover/input targets, macOS key view loop and Full Keyboard Access, focus restoration after presentation changes, custom focus routing with UIFocusGuide, or debugging focus with UIFocusDebugger.
Integrate Game Center features using GameKit. Use when authenticating GKLocalPlayer, checking player restrictions, submitting leaderboard scores, reporting achievements, implementing real-time or turn-based matchmaking, handling GKMatch data, showing the Game Center dashboard or access point, adding challenges and friend invitations, saving game data, or verifying player identity on a server.
Read, write, and query Apple Health data using HealthKit. Covers HKHealthStore authorization, sample queries, statistics queries, statistics collection queries for charts, saving HKQuantitySample data, background delivery, workout sessions with HKWorkoutSession and HKLiveWorkoutBuilder, HKUnit, and HKQuantityTypeIdentifier values. Use when integrating with Apple Health, displaying health metrics, recording workouts, or enabling background health data delivery.
Control smart-home accessories and commission Matter devices using HomeKit and MatterSupport. Use when managing homes/rooms/accessories, creating action sets or triggers, reading accessory characteristics, onboarding Matter devices, or building a third-party smart-home ecosystem app.
Build and audit SwiftUI, UIKit, and AppKit accessibility for VoiceOver, Voice Control, Switch Control, Full Keyboard Access, Dynamic Type, focus restoration, labels/traits/actions, traversal, custom rotors, NSAccessibility, XCTest checks, adaptive system preferences, and App Store accessibility declarations. Use when implementing accessible UI, fixing an accessibility audit, testing assistive-technology behavior, or substantiating App Store Accessibility Nutrition Labels.
Use when capturing or analyzing ETTrace profiles for a focused iOS launch or runtime flow, including exact-build dSYM UUID matching, Simulator or device capture, processed per-thread flamegraph JSON, sampled inclusive/exclusive time, unresolved symbols, and comparable verification. Use debugging-instruments or swiftui-performance for generic profiling instead.
Implement, review, or improve localization and internationalization in iOS/macOS apps — String Catalogs (.xcstrings), generated localizable symbols, stable key naming, LocalizedStringKey, LocalizedStringResource, pluralization, FormatStyle for numbers/dates/measurements, right-to-left layout, Dynamic Type, and locale-aware formatting. Use when adding multi-language support, setting up String Catalogs, enabling generated symbols for compile-time-safe localization keys, handling plural forms, formatting dates/numbers/currencies for different locales, testing localizations, or making UI work correctly in RTL languages like Arabic and Hebrew.
Use when capturing or analyzing an iOS .memgraph, especially when the task mentions a memory leak, heap growth, persistent memory increase, ownership path, or matched-capture comparison with Apple CLI tools. Covers unambiguous Simulator capture, leaks/heap/vmmap/malloc_history evidence, raw artifact preservation, and same-flow verification. Use debugging-instruments for interactive Xcode Memory Graph, Instruments, generic retain-cycle inspection, or LLDB work.
Build, review, or improve networking code in iOS/macOS apps using URLSession with async/await, structured concurrency, and modern Swift patterns. Use when working with REST APIs, downloading files, uploading data, WebSocket connections, pagination, retry logic, request middleware, caching, background transfers, or network reachability monitoring. Also use when handling HTTP requests, API clients, network error handling, or data fetching in Swift apps.
Manages iOS Simulator devices and app tests with xcrun simctl: lifecycle, install/launch, push and location simulation, privacy permissions, deep links, status-bar overrides, screenshots/video, log streaming, app containers, and targetEnvironment(simulator). Use when scripting Simulator workflows, debugging CoreSimulator boot failures, or deciding which hardware, performance, networking, memory-pressure, and security behaviors require a physical device.
Implement, review, or improve maps and location features in iOS/macOS apps using MapKit and CoreLocation. Use when working with Map views, annotations, markers, polylines, user location tracking, geocoding, reverse geocoding, search/autocomplete, directions and routes, geofencing, region monitoring, CLLocationUpdate async streams, or location authorization flows. Also use when working with maps, coordinates, addresses, places, directions, distance calculations, or location-based features in Swift apps.
Use when collecting or analyzing production iOS or iPadOS performance telemetry with MetricKit, including iOS 27 MetricManager async metric or diagnostic reports, hang or crash triage, custom signposts, extended launch measurement, durable export, or iOS 26 MXMetricManager compatibility.
Integrate Apple Music playback, catalog search, and Now Playing metadata using MusicKit and MediaPlayer. Use when adding music search, Apple Music subscription flows, queue management, playback controls, remote command handling, or Now Playing info to iOS apps.
Tokenize, tag, and analyze natural language text using Apple's NaturalLanguage framework and translate between languages with the Translation framework. Use when adding language identification, sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, part-of-speech tagging, text embeddings, or in-app translation to iOS/macOS/visionOS apps.
Add drawings, shapes, and a consistent markup experience using PaperKit. Use when integrating PaperMarkupViewController for markup editing, adding shape recognition, working with PaperMarkup data models, embedding markup tools in document editors, or building annotation features that need the system-standard markup toolbar. New in iOS 26.
Integrate Apple Pay payments and Wallet passes using PassKit. Use when adding Apple Pay buttons, creating payment requests, handling payment authorization, adding passes to Wallet, configuring merchant capabilities, managing shipping/contact fields, or working with PKPaymentRequest, PKPaymentAuthorizationController, PKPaymentButton, AddPassToWalletButton, PKPass, PKAddPassesViewController, PKPassLibrary, Wallet pass distribution, or Apple Pay checkout flows for physical goods, real-world services, donations, and eligible recurring payments.
Display and manipulate PDF documents using PDFKit. Use when embedding PDFView to show PDF files, creating or modifying PDFDocument instances, adding annotations (highlights, notes, signature widgets), extracting text with PDFSelection, navigating pages, generating thumbnails, filling PDF forms, or wrapping PDFView in SwiftUI.
Add Apple Pencil drawing with PKCanvasView, PKToolPicker, PKDrawing serialization/export, stroke inspection, and PencilKit/PaperKit handoffs. Use when building drawing apps, annotation features, handwriting capture, signature fields, content-version-safe ink workflows, or Apple Pencil-powered experiences on iOS/iPadOS/visionOS.
Create child communication safety experiences using PermissionKit to request parental permission for children. Use when building apps that involve child-to-contact communication, need to check communication limits, request parent/guardian approval, or handle permission responses for minors.
Implement, review, or improve photo picking, camera capture, and media handling in iOS apps using PhotoKit and AVFoundation. Use when working with PhotosPicker, PHPickerViewController, camera capture sessions (AVCaptureSession), photo library access, image loading and display, video recording, or media permissions. Also use when selecting photos from the library, taking pictures, recording video, processing images, or handling photo/camera privacy permissions in Swift apps.
Implement, review, or debug push notifications in iOS/macOS apps — local notifications, remote (APNs) notifications, rich notifications, notification actions, silent pushes, and notification service/content extensions. Use when working with UNUserNotificationCenter, registering for remote notifications, handling notification payloads, setting up notification categories and actions, creating rich notification content, or debugging notification delivery. Also use when working with alerts, badges, sounds, background pushes, or user notification permissions in Swift apps.
Build iOS augmented reality and 3D experiences with RealityKit and ARKit. Use when adding RealityView content, loading entities or USDZ models, anchoring objects to planes or world positions, distinguishing entity hit tests from ARKit real-world raycasts, handling AR camera availability, world tracking, scene updates, or RealityKit entity gestures and interactions.
Increase widget visibility on Apple Watch using RelevanceKit. Use when providing contextual relevance signals for watchOS widgets, declaring time-based or location-based relevance, combining multiple relevance providers, helping the system surface the right widget at the right time on watchOS 26, or routing mixed RelevanceKit/WidgetKit/HealthKit/MapKit Smart Stack scope.
Maintain and extend existing SceneKit 3D scenes and visualizations. Use when working with SCNView, SCNScene, SCNNode scene graphs, SceneKit geometry/materials/lights/cameras, SCNAction animation, SCNPhysicsBody physics, SCNParticleSystem effects, .scn/.dae/.abc SceneKit assets, shader modifiers, or SwiftUI SceneView. SceneKit is soft-deprecated and in maintenance mode; route new apps, significant updates, USD/USDZ pipelines, and migration planning toward RealityKit.
Access research-grade sensor data using SensorKit for approved studies. Use when an app needs SensorKit entitlement setup, Research Sensor & Usage Data authorization, ambient light, recorded motion, device usage, keyboard metrics, visits, speech, face, wrist temperature, ECG, PPG, acoustic settings, or sleep-session data. Route ordinary motion to CoreMotion and health records/workouts to HealthKit.
Build shared real-time experiences using GroupActivities and SharePlay. Use when implementing shared media playback, collaborative app features, synchronized game state, or any FaceTime, Messages, AirDrop, or nearby visionOS group activity on iOS, macOS, tvOS, or visionOS.
Transcribe speech to text using Apple's Speech framework. Use when implementing live microphone transcription with AVAudioEngine, recognizing recorded audio files, handling speech and microphone authorization, choosing on-device vs server-backed SFSpeechRecognizer behavior, or adopting SpeechAnalyzer, SpeechTranscriber, DictationTranscriber, AssetInventory, and async result streams on iOS 26+.
Build 2D games and animations using SpriteKit. Use when creating game scenes with SKScene and SKView, adding sprites with SKSpriteNode, animating with SKAction sequences, simulating physics with SKPhysicsBody and contact detection, creating particle effects with SKEmitterNode, building tile maps, using SKCameraNode, or integrating SpriteKit scenes in SwiftUI with SpriteView.
Implement, review, or improve in-app purchases and subscriptions using StoreKit 2. Use when building paywalls with SubscriptionStoreView or ProductView, processing transactions with Product and Transaction APIs, verifying entitlements, handling purchase flows (consumable, non-consumable, auto-renewable), implementing offer codes or promotional/win-back/introductory offers, managing subscription status and renewal state, setting up StoreKit testing with configuration files, or integrating Family Sharing, Ask to Buy, refund handling, and billing retry logic.
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