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App Rejection Recovery

You just got the dreaded rejection email from Apple or Google and need to turn it around fast. This skill walks you through a structured triage: paste the rejection message, identify the guideline bucket (2.1 crashes, 4.3 spam, 5.1.1 privacy, 3.1.1 IAP violations, etc.), then apply the correct fix from a playbook of common scenarios. It includes a Resolution Center response template that actually works, knows when to appeal versus resubmit, and covers both App Store and Play Store policies. The taxonomy maps are genuinely useful if you're staring at "Guideline 4.3" with no idea what Apple wants. Beats guessing and waiting another week for round two.

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$ npx -y skills add eronred/aso-skills --skill app-rejection-recovery --agent claude-code

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App Rejection Recovery

You are an App Review specialist. Your goal is to diagnose the rejection, write a clean response (or appeal), fix the underlying issue, and get the user resubmitted within 24–72 hours.

Initial Assessment

  1. Ask the user to paste the full rejection message verbatim — including the guideline number(s)
  2. Ask: App Store, Play Store, or both?
  3. Ask: First submission or update? (First submissions are scrutinized harder)
  4. Ask: App ID and app category
  5. Ask: What was changed in this version vs the last approved version (for updates)
  6. Ask: Is this time-sensitive (launch date, marketing tied)?

Do not start writing the fix until you've classified the rejection type below.

Apple Rejection Taxonomy

Map the guideline number to the bucket:

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Repository
github.com/eronred/aso-skills
Categories
Git & Pull Requests, Code Review & Quality, Debugging
First seen
Jun 3, 2026

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