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apple-hig

Expert guide for designing iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS apps.

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by @kdbhalala

Setup & Installation

openclaw skills install @kdbhalala/apple-hig

Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:

npx clawhub install apple-hig

What This Skill Does

Covers Apple Human Interface Guidelines for iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. Provides design principles, component patterns, typography rules, accessibility standards, and platform-specific conventions for native Apple app development.

Having platform-specific rules for all five Apple OSes in one place eliminates the need to switch between multiple Apple documentation pages mid-development.

When to use it

  • Implementing SF Symbols in a SwiftUI app
  • Designing navigation patterns for an iPhone app
  • Adding Dynamic Type support for accessibility
  • Building a macOS sidebar and toolbar layout
  • Adapting a UI for visionOS spatial computing

Example Workflow

Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.

INPUT

User asks: How should I handle navigation in my iOS app that has 4 main sections?

AGENT
  1. 1Identifies the app has 4 primary destinations, within the 3-5 tab bar range
  2. 2Recommends Tab Bar for primary navigation per iOS HIG
  3. 3Specifies Tab Bar stays always visible at bottom of screen
  4. 4Notes each tab should use SF Symbols icons with text labels
  5. 5Advises using Navigation Bar with large titles within each tab for hierarchical browsing
OUTPUT

A Tab Bar with 4 items using SF Symbols, each section using a Navigation Bar with large titles and back-button drill-down for sub-views