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macos-design-guidelines

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What it does

Encodes Apple's macOS Human Interface Guidelines into actionable rules for AI agents to validate, generate, and refactor macOS app designs and code

Overview

MacOS Design Guidelines is a skill from the Platform Design Skills collection that encodes Apple's Human Interface Guidelines for Mac apps into actionable rules for AI agents. It covers menu bars, window management, toolbars, keyboard-driven interaction, and the expectations of desktop power users, enabling AI agents to generate HIG-compliant macOS interfaces.

Key Features

Comprehensive HIG coverage — Rules for menu bars, toolbars, sidebars, window management, keyboard shortcuts, and desktop-specific interaction patterns
Multi-platform collection — Part of a broader set covering iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, visionOS, tvOS, Android (Material Design 3), and web (WCAG 2.2)
Code generation and review — Applicable during SwiftUI or AppKit code generation, code review for HIG compliance, and design pattern evaluation
Distilled from official sources — Built by scraping and distilling the official Apple Human Interface Guidelines, with a compiled PDF version included in the repo

Who is this for?

This skill is for developers building macOS applications with SwiftUI or AppKit who want AI agents to automatically follow Apple's Human Interface Guidelines. It is valuable for teams doing native Mac development, Catalyst apps, or any project where consistent adherence to Apple's design standards matters.

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macos-design-guidelines

Installation

Vibe Index InstallInstalls to .claude/skills/ - auto-recognized by Claude Code

npx vibeindex add ehmo/platform-design-skills --skill macos-design-guidelines

skills.sh Install⚠ Installs to .agents/skills/ - may not be auto-recognized by Claude Code

npx skills add ehmo/platform-design-skills --skill macos-design-guidelines

Manual InstallCopy SKILL.md content and save to the path below

~/.claude/skills/macos-design-guidelines/SKILL.md

SKILL.md

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AddedFeb 4, 2026

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