# progressive-web-app

Guides your agent through building a progressive web app: manifest, service worker, offline mode and installability.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 522 installs · ★ 371
- Author: aj-geddes
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/progressive-web-app/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-03-04
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/aj-geddes-progressive-web-app

## What it does

This skill walks the agent through PWA work: a web app manifest, a service worker, offline support with IndexedDB, an install prompt and push notifications. Useful when a site should behave like an app — launch from the home screen, keep working on a bad connection.

Five reference guides sit in the `references/` directory: `web-app-manifest.md`, `service-worker-implementation.md`, `install-prompt-and-app-installation.md`, `offline-support-with-indexeddb.md` and `push-notifications.md`. The quick start opens with `public/manifest.json`, covering `name`, `short_name`, `start_url`, `scope`, `display`, theme colors and 192x192 plus 512x512 icons.

The manifest and service worker have to live at paths your server actually serves. In the example `start_url` and `scope` are both `/`, so a project hosted in a subdirectory needs those values changed. Worth checking your routing before the agent starts writing code.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill progressive-web-app -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/progressive-web-app/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/progressive-web-app/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill progressive-web-app -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/progressive-web-app/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill progressive-web-app -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/progressive-web-app/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts progressive-web-app
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/progressive-web-app/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill progressive-web-app -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --path skills/progressive-web-app
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/progressive-web-app/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill progressive-web-app -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/progressive-web-app/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a web app manifest with icons and theme colors
- set up a service worker and asset caching
- add offline mode backed by IndexedDB
- make the app installable from the home screen
- wire up push notifications

## Example prompts
- Build a PWA for my project: manifest, service worker and offline mode
- Add home screen installation and check my manifest
- Configure service worker caching so pages open without a network

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: progressive-web-app
description: >
  Build progressive web apps using service workers, web manifest, offline
  support, and installability. Use when creating app-like web experiences.
---

# Progressive Web App

## Table of Contents

- [Overview](#overview)
- [When to Use](#when-to-use)
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
- [Reference Guides](#reference-guides)
- [Best Practices](#best-practices)

## Overview

Build progressive web applications with offline support, installability, service workers, and web app manifests to deliver app-like experiences in the browser.

## When to Use

- App-like web experiences
- Offline functionality needed
- Mobile installation required
- Push notifications
- Fast loading experiences

## Quick Start

Minimal working example:

```json
// public/manifest.json
{
  "name": "My Awesome App",
  "short_name": "AwesomeApp",
  "description": "A progressive web application",
  "start_url": "/",
  "scope": "/",
  "display": "standalone",
  "orientation": "portrait-primary",
  "background_color": "#ffffff",
  "theme_color": "#007bff",
  "icons": [
    {
      "src": "/images/icon-192.png",
      "sizes": "192x192",
      "type": "image/png",
      "purpose": "any"
    },
    {
      "src": "/images/icon-512.png",
      "sizes": "512x512",
      "type": "image/png",
      "purpose": "any"
    },
    {
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)
```

## Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the `references/` directory:

| Guide | Contents |
|---|---|
| [Web App Manifest](references/web-app-manifest.md) | Web App Manifest |
| [Service Worker Implementation](references/service-worker-implementation.md) | Service Worker Implementation |
| [Install Prompt and App Installation](references/install-prompt-and-app-installation.md) | Install Prompt and App Installation |
| [Offline Support with IndexedDB](references/offline-support-with-indexeddb.md) | Offline Support with IndexedDB |
| [Push Notifications](references/push-notifications.md) | Push Notifications |

## Best Practices

### ✅ DO

- Follow established patterns and conventions
- Write clean, maintainable code
- Add appropriate documentation
- Test thoroughly before deploying

### ❌ DON'T

- Skip testing or validation
- Ignore error handling
- Hard-code configuration values
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© aj-geddes · MIT · https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/progressive-web-app/SKILL.md

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