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Claude skills for Apple HIG design: a thriving ecosystem

A surprisingly rich collection of Claude skills, MCP servers, and community resources already exists for Apple Human Interface Guidelines expertise, with at least a dozen dedicated tools that can differentiate between iOS, macOS, visionOS, and other Apple platforms. The most capable options combine SKILL.md files for Claude Code with MCP servers that accept platform parameters, enabling context-aware design guidance without manual switching. No single “official” Anthropic skill covers Apple HIG, but the community has filled this gap so thoroughly that the real challenge is choosing among competing solutions rather than building from scratch.

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The best dedicated Apple HIG skills available today

The Claude Code skills ecosystem has produced multiple purpose-built Apple HIG packages, each taking a different approach to encoding design knowledge. These install as SKILL.md files in your .claude/skills/ directory and auto-activate when Cl

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# ======================
# curl-download.sh  v1.0
# filename
# url
# ======================

if [ -f "$1.etag" ]; then
    HTTPCODE=$(curl --etag-compare $1.etag --url $2 -o $1 -sw '%{http_code}' --retry 9)
    if [ "$HTTPCODE" = "304" ]; then
      echo "$1: not modified"

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[DebuggerDisplay("Count = {" + nameof(Count) + "}")]
public sealed class TaskCompletionSourceDictionary
{
    private readonly TaskCompletionSourceDictionary<Type> _dictionary = new TaskCompletionSourceDictionary<Type>();

    public int Count => _dictionary.Count;

    public bool TryGetValue<T>(out TaskCompletionSource<T> taskCompletionSource) =>
        _dictionary.TryGetValue(typeof(T), out taskCompletionSource);

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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Concurrent;
using System.Net;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace OpenSource.Net
{

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public static KeyValuePair<ushort, string>[] Parse(Span<byte> message)
{
    var values = new List<KeyValuePair<ushort, string>>();
    const byte Soh = 1;
    const byte Equals = 61;
    while (0 < message.Length)
    {
        var soh = message.IndexOf(Soh);
        if (-1 == soh)
            break;

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public static class EnumerableExtensions
{
    public static bool IsOrderedSubsetOf<T>(
        this IEnumerable<T> source,
        IEnumerable<T> target,
        out T missing,
        IEqualityComparer<T> equalityComparer = null)
    {
        if (null == equalityComparer)
            equalityComparer = EqualityComparer<T>.Default;

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public static class DataProtectionBuilderExtensions
{
    public static IDataProtectionBuilder PersistKeysToStackExchangeRedisCache(this IDataProtectionBuilder builder, RedisKey key)
    {
        builder.Services.AddOptions<KeyManagementOptions>()
            .Configure<IDistributedCache>((options, distributedCache) => options.XmlRepository = new RedisXmlRepository(() => GetDatabase(distributedCache), key));
        return builder;
    }

    private static IDatabase GetDatabase(IDistributedCache store)

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public sealed class SessionIdDataFormat : ISecureDataFormat<AuthenticationTicket>
{
    private const string SessionIdClaim = "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies-SessionId";

    public string Protect(AuthenticationTicket data) => data.Principal.FindFirst(SessionIdClaim).Value;

    public string Protect(AuthenticationTicket data, string purpose) => null != purpose ? null : Protect(data);

    public AuthenticationTicket Unprotect(string protectedText)
    {

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public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddHttpClient<IRancherClient, RancherClient>();
}

public interface IRancherClient
{
    Task<HttpResponseMessage> ProjectStackActionAsync(string project, string stack, string action,
        HttpContent content = null);

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public sealed class FileTelemetryChannel : ITelemetryChannel
{
    private readonly ISerializationWriter _serializationWriter;
    private readonly StreamWriter _streamWriter;

    public FileTelemetryChannel(string fileName = null)
    {
        EndpointAddress = fileName;
        _streamWriter = new StreamWriter(
            fileName ?? $"{Path.GetTempPath()}ai-{DateTime.Now:yyyy-M-d}.jsonl",