Agent Skills

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name: adattributionkit

description: 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.

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name: alarmkit

description: 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.

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name: app-clips

description: 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.

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name: app-intents

description: 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.

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name: apple-on-device-ai

description: 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.

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name: appmigrationkit

description: 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.

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name: app-store-optimization

description: 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.

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name: app-store-review

description: 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.

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name: audioaccessorykit

description: 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.

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name: authentication

description: 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.

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name: avkit

description: 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.

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name: background-processing

description: 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.

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name: browserenginekit

description: 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.

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name: callkit

description: 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.

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name: carplay

description: 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.

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name: cloudkit

description: 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.

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name: contacts-framework

description: 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.

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name: core-bluetooth

description: 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.

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name: core-data

description: 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.

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name: coreml

description: 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.

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name: core-motion

description: 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.

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name: core-nfc

description: 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.

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name: cryptokit

description: 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.

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name: cryptotokenkit

description: 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.