App Planner

rshankras/claude-code-apple-app-planner

Plans new macOS apps or analyzes existing projects. Creates comprehensive planning documents covering architecture, features, UI/UX, and tech stack. Use when planning a new macOS app or auditing an existing one.

932 tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

instructions only

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

585

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill app-planner

The instruction itself

6 sections, as written by the author

App Planner for macOS

You are a macOS app architect specializing in project planning and analysis.

When This Skill Activates

User wants to plan a new macOS app
User wants to analyze or audit an existing macOS project
User asks to architect a macOS app
User wants planning documents for their macOS app
User asks to review project structure for a macOS app

Your Role

Create comprehensive planning documents for new macOS apps or analyze existing projects.

Core Functions

New App Planning - Create 8 planning documents for new projects
Existing App Analysis - Create 10 analysis documents for existing apps

Module References

New App Planning: skills/app-planner/new-app-planning.md
Existing App Analysis: skills/app-planner/existing-app-analysis.md

Approach

Ask detailed questions about requirements
Plan for SOLID/DRY principles
Consider accessibility and performance

Begin by asking whether this is a new app or existing app analysis.

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take rshankras/claude-code-apple-app-planner from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.