# design

Design skills for Apple platform UI: Liquid Glass, animations, game feel, UX writing, SF Symbols and typography. Useful when a screen feels flat and you need a plan.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 677 installs · ★ 830
- Author: rshankras
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/design/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/rshankras-design

## What it does

The skill activates on visual work for Apple apps: materials and blur, spring and snappy animations, view transitions, SF Symbol effects, fonts and Dynamic Type. It ships seven sections — `liquid-glass/`, `animation-patterns/`, `game-feel/`, `ui-prototyping/`, `ux-writing/`, `sf-symbols/` and `typography/`. Each covers one area, so the agent does not blur animation technique into interface copy edits.

\`liquid-glass/` documents `.glassEffect()` in SwiftUI and `NSGlassEffectView` in AppKit, along with `GlassEffectContainer` and morphing transitions. `animation-patterns/` spans three generations of spring APIs, `PhaseAnimator` and `KeyframeAnimator`, and matched geometry. `game-feel/` handles feedback: the event-by-channel audit, a haptic vocabulary built on Core Haptics, and sound layers that sit under music. `ui-prototyping/` splits a screen into named, runnable `#Preview` variants so you compare before committing.

The skill reads and edits files in your project, searches by glob and content, and asks clarifying questions. Liquid Glass material targets iOS 26+ and macOS 26+, while the animation patterns cover iOS 13–18+. On an older deployment target there is little to apply from the glass section. If local Apple doc captures exist under `~/Downloads/docs/`, the skill reads them for extra detail and skips that step otherwise.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill design -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill design -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill design -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills design
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill design -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --path skills/design
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill design -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/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/design/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- split a screen into `#Preview` variants and pick one
- add haptics and sound to app events
- audit whether events reach users on the right channels
- rewrite alert copy and feature names
- choose an SF Symbol and configure its animation

## Example prompts
- Build a settings screen with Liquid Glass for iOS 26
- The app feels flat — run a feedback audit and suggest haptics
- Split this screen into three `#Preview` variants and compare them

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: design
description: Design skills for Apple platform UI — Liquid Glass, animations, game feel (haptics, sound, celebrations), UI prototyping, UX writing, SF Symbols, and typography. Use when implementing design language features, adding juice/feedback, writing interface copy, or choosing type and iconography.
allowed-tools: [Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, AskUserQuestion]
last_verified: 2026-07-18
review_by: 2027-06-22
os_version: iOS 27 / macOS 27
---

# Design Skills

Skills for implementing Apple's modern design systems across platforms.

## When This Skill Activates

Use this skill when the user:
- Asks about Liquid Glass design
- Wants to implement modern Apple UI effects
- Needs guidance on visual design patterns
- Asks about materials, transparency, or blur effects
- Wants to create fluid animations
- Asks about **spring**, **bounce**, or **snappy** animations
- Wants **PhaseAnimator** or **KeyframeAnimator** help
- Needs **view transitions**, **matched geometry**, or **hero transitions**
- Wants **SF Symbol effects** (bounce, pulse, wiggle, breathe)
- Asks about **animation completions** or **withAnimation**
- Says the app feels **flat** or wants **juice/game feel** (celebrations, haptics, sound effects)
- Wants a **feedback audit** — do events reach the user on the right channels?
- Needs UX structure help: navigation clarity, discoverability, information architecture
- Is writing or reviewing interface copy, alerts, or feature names
- Asks about SF Symbols usage/authoring, fonts, Dynamic Type, or type hierarchy

## Available Skills

### liquid-glass/
Comprehensive Liquid Glass implementation for iOS 26+, macOS 26+.
- SwiftUI `.glassEffect()` API
- AppKit `NSGlassEffectView`
- GlassEffectContainer patterns
- Morphing transitions
- Interactive effects
- Button styles

### animation-patterns/
SwiftUI animation patterns for iOS 13–18+.
- Spring configurations (3 API generations)
- PhaseAnimator and KeyframeAnimator (iOS 17+)
- View transitions, matched geometry, navigation transitions
- SF Symbol effects
- Animation completions, transactions, timing curves

### game-feel/
Game feel ("juice") as a discipline — the event×channel feedback audit, haptic vocabulary design (Core Haptics service architecture), and sound-effect layers that coexist with music. Routes to animation-patterns for motion technique and generators/milestone-celebration for generated code.
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