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ios-hig-design-guide

ios-hig-design-guide

github.com/davepoonDesign & UI3.7k123 installsUpdated 1d ago
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About ios-hig-design-guide

ios-hig-design-guide is a skill for creating feature-specific iOS design recommendations grounded in Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines. It guides designers and product teams from selecting relevant guidance through to an actionable specification, with source paths for major rules.

Key features

  1. 01Syncs Apple HIG source pages
  2. 02Selects guidance for a specific feature
  3. 03Extracts accessibility and layout constraints
  4. 04Structures implementable design specifications
  5. 05Cites source paths for major rules

Use cases

  1. 01Drafting an iOS feature specification
  2. 02Checking accessibility and localization requirements
  3. 03Reviewing loading, empty, and error states

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill ios-hig-design-guide

After installing, type/ios-hig-design-guidein Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Bundled filesreferences/ios-design-spec-workflow.mdscripts/sync_apple_hig_sources.py

Details

From the project README

iOS HIG Design Guide

Use this skill to produce iOS design recommendations that stay close to official Apple guidance.

Quick start

  1. Sync official sources.
  2. Read only relevant sections.
  3. Produce a feature-specific spec (not a generic style dump).

Run:

python3 scripts/sync_apple_hig_sources.py --skill-dir .

Source of truth

  • Full raw index with links and abstracts: references/apple-hig-ios-raw.md
  • Consolidated text dump of all downloaded pages: references/apple-hig-ios-fulltext.md
  • Curated text dump for iOS spec writing: references/apple-hig-ios-curated.md
  • Workflow for selecting relevant HIG pages: references/ios-design-spec-workflow.md
  • Per-page JSON sources: references/raw/pages/design/human-interface-guidelines/*.json
  • Crawl metadata and fetch status: references/raw/catalog.json

Workflow

1) Sync and verify
  • Run sync script before answering "latest" or "current" requests.
  • Confirm download_error is 0 in references/raw/catalog.json.
  • If errors exist, report failed paths and continue with successfully downloaded pages.
2) Narrow scope
  • Start from /design/human-interface-guidelines/designing-for-ios.
  • Add only sections directly related to the requested feature.
  • Prioritize foundational constraints (accessibility, layout, typography, color, writing, privacy).
  • Prefer references/apple-hig-ios-curated.md for day-to-day use; use full dump only when needed.
3) Extract constraints

For each selected page, pull concrete rules into implementable statements:

  • When to use component/pattern
  • Required states (loading, empty, error, destructive confirmation)
  • Accessibility behavior (labels, hints, touch target, dynamic type)
  • Localization/layout behavior (RTL, truncation, multiline)
  • Platform-specific caveats (iOS-only vs cross-platform)
4) Produce deliverable

Default output structure:

  1. Feature goal and user scenario
  2. Information architecture and screen inventory
  3. Interaction and state model
  4. Component specification
  5. Accessibility and localization checklist
  6. Open questions and tradeoffs

Output style rules

  • Cite source page paths for each major rule.
  • Translate HIG guidance into actionable product decisions.
  • Avoid copying large raw passages.
  • Mark inferred recommendations explicitly as inference.

Maintenance

  • Re-run sync script whenever Apple updates HIG content.
  • Keep generated raw files in references/; do not hand-edit generated outputs.
  • Update this SKILL.md only for workflow or quality improvements.

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