Hig Components System
This covers all the ways your app shows up outside itself: widgets, Live Activities, notifications, complications, App Clips, and the rest of Apple's system surfaces. It's comprehensive HIG guidance with cross-references and specific constraints for each format. Use it when you're designing a widget family or figuring out whether to build an App Clip versus a full download. The structure is solid with a reference index, output format template, and questions to guide the design conversation. What stands out is the practical framing around glanceability, update budgets, and deep linking, which are the things that actually trip people up when moving from in-app to system-level experiences.
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Install
$ npx -y skills add raintree-technology/apple-hig-skills --skill hig-components-system --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
Files
Apple HIG: System Experiences
Check for .claude/apple-design-context.md before asking questions. Use existing context and only ask for information not already covered.
Key Principles
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Glanceable, immediate value. System experiences bring your app's most important content to surfaces the user sees without launching your app. Design for seconds of attention.
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Respect platform context. A Lock Screen widget has different constraints than a Home Screen widget. A complication is far smaller than a top shelf item.
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Widgets: show relevant information, not everything. Display the most useful subset, updated appropriately.
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Support multiple widget sizes with distinct layouts. Each size should be a thoughtful design, not a scaled version of another.
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Deep-link on tap. Take users to the relevant content, not the app's root screen.
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Live Activities: track events with a clear start and end. Deliveries, scores, timers, rides. Design for both Dynamic Island and Lock Screen.
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Stay updated and timely. Stale data undermines trust. End promptly when the event concludes.
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- Jun 3, 2026
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