apple-hig
Enables your agent to understand and apply Apple's design guidelines. It covers various Apple products and platforms for consistency.
What it does
This tool helps create apps by following Apple's design rules. It covers all Apple systems like iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch.
When to use it
- ✓When creating a new iPhone app.
- ✓When designing an interface for Mac.
- ✓When thinking about how an app should work on Apple Watch.
Example of what to ask your AI
“How should I arrange buttons in an iOS app?”
Want more? Open the sections below.
How to use
The easiest way: copy the message below and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI. It reads the skill and follows the instructions.
Skill link
Ready-to-paste message
How it works
The AI uses a set of Apple's rules and examples to give you advice. It helps you understand how users expect to interact with apps on different Apple devices.
Installation
Easiest way: copy the skill link and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor asking it to follow the instructions.
In the terminal (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor), in your project folder:
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill apple-higOr download just the file:
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nexu-io/open-design/main/skills/apple-hig/SKILL.md -o SKILL.mdTechnical content (original SKILL.md)
Original text by the author, straight from GitHub.
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.
FAQ
What are the 'Apple Human Interface Guidelines'?
These are the rules and recommendations Apple created so that apps look and work consistently and intuitively across all their devices.
Which Apple devices are covered?
It covers iOS (iPhone/iPad), macOS (Mac), visionOS (Apple Vision Pro), watchOS (Apple Watch), and tvOS (Apple TV).
Do I need to be a designer to use this?
No, anyone who wants to create an app or understand how they work can use it. The tool simplifies the design rules.
Details
Original description by the author
Apple Human Interface Guidelines as 14 agent skills covering platforms, foundations, components, patterns, inputs, and technologies for iOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS, and tvOS.
repo: nexu-io/open-design
Popularity
- GitHub stars
- 101k
- Ranking position
- #664
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- 10/16/2026
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