apple-hig
nexu-io/open-design
Apple Human Interface Guidelines as 14 agent skills for iOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS, and tvOS design.
What is apple-hig?
A curated collection of Apple's Human Interface Guidelines organized into 14 agent skills covering platforms, foundations, components, patterns, inputs, and technologies. Use this when designing or reviewing interfaces for Apple platforms to ensure consistency with official design standards.
- Provides structured access to Apple HIG across 14 specialized skills
- Covers iOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS, and tvOS platforms
- Includes foundations, components, patterns, and input guidelines
- Enables agents to reference official design standards during planning
- Organizes guidelines by platform and design category
How to install apple-hig
npx skills add https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design --skill apple-hig- Access to the upstream repository at https://github.com/raintree-technology/apple-hig-skills
- Agent environment with skills directory support
How to use apple-hig
- 1.Invoke the skill by name (apple-hig) or use trigger phrases like 'apple hig', 'human interface', 'ios design', 'macos design', or 'visionos design'
- 2.Inspect the upstream README for exact installation paths and asset locations
- 3.Install the upstream bundle into your active agent's skills directory
- 4.Ask the agent to reference the skill when designing or reviewing interfaces for Apple platforms
Use cases
- Reviewing iOS or macOS app designs against official guidelines
- Ensuring cross-platform consistency for multi-device apps
- Guiding component selection and interaction patterns
- Validating accessibility and input handling approaches
- Supporting design system decisions for Apple ecosystem apps
- UI/UX designers working on Apple platforms
- Developers building iOS, macOS, or visionOS applications
- Design system maintainers for Apple ecosystem products
- Product teams ensuring platform compliance
- AI agents assisting with interface design and review
apple-hig FAQ
It covers iOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS, and tvOS with guidelines organized across 14 specialized skills.
Use the skill name 'apple-hig' or trigger phrases like 'apple hig', 'human interface', 'ios design', 'macos design', or 'visionos design'.
The guidelines are curated from the upstream repository at https://github.com/raintree-technology/apple-hig-skills, which provides the original assets, scripts, and references.
Yes, the skill covers multiple Apple platforms, making it useful for ensuring consistency across iOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS, and tvOS.
Full instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from nexu-io/open-design.
name: apple-hig description: | Apple Human Interface Guidelines as 14 agent skills covering platforms, foundations, components, patterns, inputs, and technologies for iOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS, and tvOS. triggers:
- "apple hig"
- "human interface"
- "ios design"
- "macos design"
- "visionos design" od: mode: design-system category: design-systems upstream: "https://github.com/raintree-technology/apple-hig-skills"
apple-hig
Curated from raintree-technology.
What it does
Apple Human Interface Guidelines as 14 agent skills covering platforms, foundations, components, patterns, inputs, and technologies for iOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS, and tvOS.
Source
- Upstream: https://github.com/raintree-technology/apple-hig-skills
- Category:
design-systems
How to use
This catalogue entry advertises the skill in OpenDesign so the agent discovers it during planning. To run the full upstream workflow with its original assets, scripts, and references, install the upstream bundle into your active agent's skills directory:
# Inspect the upstream README for exact paths
open https://github.com/raintree-technology/apple-hig-skills
Then ask the agent to invoke this skill by name (apple-hig) or with
one of the trigger phrases listed in this skill's frontmatter.
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