Agent skill · software engineering · rshankras
ios-development
Comprehensive iOS development guidance including Swift best practices, SwiftUI patterns, UI/UX review against HIG, and app planning. Use for iOS code review, best practices, accessibility audits, or planning new iOS apps.
Why this skill is useful
Adds executable scripts for running apps in the Simulator and on physical devices, which are not commonly found in public documentation.
What it needs
Requires libimobiledevice, xcode installed locally. About 2k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-07-24. 595 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
iOS Development Expert Comprehensive guidance for iOS app development. This skill aggregates specialized modules for different aspects of iOS development. When This Skill Activates Use this skill when the user: Asks about iOS development best practices Wants code review for iOS/Swift projects Needs UI/UX review against Human Interface Guidelines Wants accessibility audit for iOS apps Is planning a new iOS app Needs help with SwiftUI patterns for iOS Asks about navigation architecture (NavigationStack, NavigationSplitView, TabView) Wants to run/launch the app in the Simulator or screenshot it to verify a change Available Modules Read relevant module files based on the user's needs: coding-best-practices/ Swift code quality and modern idioms for iOS. Modern Swift patterns and idioms Architecture patterns (MVVM, Clean Architecture) Code quality standards Performance optimization ui-review/ UI/UX review against Apple HIG. Human Interface Guidelines compliance Font usage and Dynamic Type support Accessibility review (VoiceOver, color contrast) SwiftUI best practices for iOS/watchOS accessibility-audit/ Structured accessibility audit workflow (advisory). Automated XCUITest audits (performAccessibilityAudit) + CI patterns Accessibility Inspector workflow Manual VoiceOver / Voice Control / Dynamic Type passes per common task App Store Accessibility Nutrition Label evaluation + declaration navigation-patterns/ SwiftUI navigation architecture patterns. NavigationStack, NavigationLink, navigationDestination NavigationSplitView (two/three column, iPad/macOS) TabView (iOS 18 customizable tabs, sidebar mode) Programmatic navigation (NavigationPath, pop-to-root, state restoration) Navigation transitions (zoom, custom animations) app-planner/ iOS app planning and analysis. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills rshankras/ios