Hig

Local grep-able mirror of Apple's Human Interface Guidelines with 25+ core design docs already downloaded. You get instant access to patterns, components, and foundations without hitting the network. When you need guidance on buttons, haptics, typography, or safe areas, just grep the markdown files. It covers iOS/iPadOS foundations, navigation components, and interaction patterns with fallback instructions for fetching anything not included. The skill points you to sosumi.ai's HIG mirror when you need docs beyond what's bundled. Solid reference if you're building anything that touches Apple platforms and want design specs at your fingertips.

skills.sh installs: 246
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last updated: Jun 3, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add vabole/apple-skills --skill hig --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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Human Interface Guidelines Reference

Local greppable copy of Apple's Human Interface Guidelines — an on-demand fact lookup, not design direction.

Use it to answer factual questions: what a system component can do, what Apple calls something, accessibility and ergonomic minimums (44pt hit targets, Dynamic Type behavior, contrast), and conventions App Review actually checks.

Visual design in our repos is the designing model's own taste. Consult the HIG for facts, never for aesthetics — it describes what the system provides and requires, not what your screen should look like.