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Apple Human Interface Guidelines for layout and navigation components. Use this skill when the user asks about "sidebar", "split view", "tab bar", "tab view", "scroll view", "window design", "panel", "list view", "table view", "column view", "outline view", "navigation structure", "app layout", "boxes", "ornaments", or organizing content hierarchically in Apple apps. Also use when the user says "how should I organize my app", "what navigation pattern should I use", "my layout breaks on iPad", "how do I build a sidebar", "should I use tabs or a sidebar", or "my app doesn't adapt to different screen sizes". Cross-references: hig-foundations for layout/spacing principles, hig-platforms for platform-specific navigation, hig-patterns for multitasking and full-screen, hig-components-content for content display.
Apple HIG guidance for presentation components including alerts, action sheets, popovers, sheets, and digit entry views. Use this skill when the user says "should I use an alert or a sheet," "how do I show a confirmation dialog," "when should I use a popover," "my modals are annoying users," or asks about alert design, action sheet, popover, sheet, modal, dialog, digit entry, confirmation dialog, warning dialog, modal presentation, non-modal content, destructive action confirmation, or overlay UI patterns. Cross-references: hig-components-menus, hig-components-controls, hig-components-search, hig-patterns.
Apple Human Interface Guidelines for platform-specific design. Use this skill when the user asks about "designing for iOS", "iPad app design", "macOS design", "tvOS", "visionOS", "watchOS", "Apple platform", "which platform", platform differences, platform-specific conventions, or multi-platform app design. Also use when the user says "should I design differently for iPad vs iPhone", "how does my app work on visionOS", "what's different about macOS apps", "porting my app to another platform", "universal app design", or "what input methods does this platform use". Cross-references: hig-foundations for shared design foundations, hig-patterns for interaction patterns, hig-components-layout for navigation structures, hig-components-content for content display.
Apple HIG guidance for status and progress UI components including progress indicators, status bars, and activity rings. Use this skill when asked about: "progress indicator", "progress bar", "loading spinner", "status bar", "activity ring", "progress display", determinate vs indeterminate progress, loading states, or fitness tracking rings. Also use when the user says "how do I show loading state," "should I use a spinner or progress bar," "what goes in the status bar," or asks about activity indicators. Cross-references: hig-components-system for widgets and complications, hig-inputs for gesture-driven progress controls, hig-technologies for HealthKit and activity ring data integration.
Apple HIG guidance for system experience components: widgets, live activities, notifications, complications, home screen quick actions, top shelf, watch faces, app clips, and app shortcuts. Use when asked about: "widget design", "live activity", "notification design", "complication", "home screen quick action", "top shelf", "watch face", "app clip", "app shortcut", "system experience". Also use when the user says "how do I design a widget," "what should my notification look like," "how do Live Activities work," "should I make an App Clip," or asks about surfaces outside the main app. Cross-references: hig-components-status for progress in widgets, hig-inputs for interaction patterns, hig-technologies for Siri and system integration.
Reference — Comprehensive Apple Human Interface Guidelines covering colors (semantic, custom, patterns), backgrounds (material hierarchy, dynamic), typography (built-in styles, custom fonts, Dynamic Type), SF Symbols (rendering modes, color, axiom-localization), Dark Mode, accessibility, and platform-specific considerations
Apple Human Interface Guidelines for content display components.
Use when making design decisions, reviewing UI for HIG compliance, choosing colors/backgrounds/typography, or defending design choices - quick decision frameworks and checklists for Apple Human Interface Guidelines
Apple Human Interface Guidelines interaction and UX patterns.
Build native macOS/iOS apps with Apple's Liquid Glass design language and Human Interface Guidelines. Use when creating SwiftUI interfaces, implementing translucent materials, designing cards/rows/badges, applying SF Symbols, following Apple HIG spacing/typography/color systems, or building any app that should feel native to Apple platforms. Triggers on macOS apps, iOS apps, SwiftUI UI, Apple-style design, glass effects, material backgrounds, native app design.
Design native iOS mobile app interfaces and components. Creates user-centric mobile designs following platform conventions and best practices.
API reference: Apple Human Interface Guidelines. Query for design patterns, UI components, accessibility, color, typography, layout, haptics.