# apple-docs-index

Apple developer documentation index for iOS and macOS. Helps coding agents discover APIs across SwiftUI, UIKit, and SwiftData without blind web searches.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 673 installs · ★ 349
- Author: Prisma-Labs-Dev
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/apple-docs-index/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/apple-docs-index

## What it does

The skill supplies local index files for SwiftUI, UIKit, Core Animation, HealthKit, Combine, and SwiftData. Your assistant parses these tables using `grep` or direct file reads. It quickly locates exact doc paths on disk.

Entries map symbols directly to canonical paths, such as `/documentation/healthkit/hkworkout`. If a detailed guide is missing from your installed skills, the agent pulls Markdown from `https://sosumi.ai` or checks DocC endpoints on `developer.apple.com`.

Querying local indexes prevents context bloat from messy web scrapes. Even so, fetching omitted frameworks still requires internet access.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills --skill apple-docs-index -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills --skill apple-docs-index -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills --skill apple-docs-index -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills apple-docs-index
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/apple-docs-index/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills --skill apple-docs-index -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills --path skills/apple-docs-index
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills --skill apple-docs-index -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/Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/apple-docs-index/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- locate Apple API doc paths for iOS and macOS symbols
- check available types and modifiers across SwiftUI or UIKit
- cut agent token consumption when reading Apple documentation
- retrieve DocC and Markdown mirrors for frameworks absent locally

## Example prompts
- Check `healthkit-index.md` for workout APIs
- Search `../swiftui/swiftui-overview.md` for navigation modifiers
- Find the documentation path for `CATransaction`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: apple-docs-index
user-invocable: true
description: Index of Apple developer documentation for iOS, macOS, and related frameworks. Use when looking up what APIs exist in a framework, browsing available documentation, or deciding what docs to fetch. Covers SwiftUI, UIKit, Core Animation (QuartzCore), XCTest, HealthKit, Combine, SwiftData, and more.
---

# Apple Documentation Index

This skill provides indexes of Apple framework documentation. Use these to:
- Browse available APIs in a framework
- Find the path to specific documentation
- Decide what detailed docs to download

## Available Indexes

| Framework | File | Size | Topics |
|-----------|------|------|--------|
| SwiftUI | `../swiftui/swiftui-overview.md` | 907KB | Views, modifiers, navigation, state |
| XCTest | `xctest-index.md` | 55KB | Testing, assertions, expectations |
| XCUIAutomation | `xcuiautomation-index.md` | 58KB | UI testing, elements, queries |
| UIKit | `../uikit/uikit-overview.md` | 1.8MB | Views, controllers, controls, scenes |
| Core Animation | `../core-animation/core-animation-index.md` | 80KB | CALayer, CAAnimation, CATransaction, layer subclasses |
| HealthKit | `healthkit-index.md` | 312KB | Health data, workouts, records |
| Combine | `combine-index.md` | 153KB | Publishers, subscribers, operators |
| SwiftData | `swiftdata-index.md` | 86KB | Models, containers, queries |
| Observation | `observation-index.md` | 3KB | @Observable macro |

## How to Use

### 1. Browse an Index

```bash
# See what's in HealthKit
cat healthkit-index.md | head -100

# Search for specific topic
grep -i "workout" healthkit-index.md
grep -i "navigation" ../swiftui/swiftui-overview.md
```

### 2. Find Documentation Paths

Index files list all available documentation pages. Each entry shows the path:

```markdown
- [HKWorkout](/documentation/healthkit/hkworkout)
- [NavigationStack](/documentation/swiftui/navigationstack)
```

### 3. Fetch More Detailed Docs

1. Check whether the detailed page is already available in one of your installed Apple skills.
2. Use skill names, descriptions, or `SKILL.md` frontmatter to find likely skill directories, then grep their local `.md` files before fetching. This is faster and uses less context than fetching new docs from the internet.
3. If no installed skill has the page, use the same path with the `sosumi.ai` Markdown mirror.

For example, `/documentation/healthkit/hkworkout` maps to `https://sosumi.ai/documentation/healthkit/hkworkout`.

### 4. Browse Missing Framework Indexes

If the local indexes don't include the framework you need, use the framework's `sosumi.ai` index:

```text
https://sosumi.ai/documentation/{framework}
```

For example, `https://sosumi.ai/documentation/foundation` provides a Markdown index you can search for Foundation paths.

If the Markdown mirror is unavailable and your environment can parse JSON, Apple's public DocC index endpoint is:

```text
https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/data/index/{framework}
```

The useful path tree is under `interfaceLanguages.swift[0].children`.
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