# progressive-web-app

A skill for building installable web apps: manifest, service worker, offline support and an install prompt.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 500 installs · ★ 236
- Author: secondsky
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/progressive-web-app/skills/progressive-web-app/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/secondsky-progressive-web-app

## What it does

The skill hands your agent ready-made PWA snippets. Inside are a `manifest.json` example with `start_url`, `display: standalone` and 192x192 plus 512x512 icons, a service worker with an `app-v1` cache and a cache-first strategy, a `beforeinstallprompt` handler for the install button, and a push subscription through `pushManager` with a VAPID key.

The agent takes those pieces and wires them into your project: registers the worker, fills the static asset list, adds an offline fallback. A seven-item checklist comes along — HTTPS, manifest, worker registration, offline page, responsive layout, load under 3s on 3G, installability.

HTTPS is not optional here. Without it the service worker never registers and `beforeinstallprompt` stays silent. Push needs a public VAPID key, or the `subscribe` call fails. If you already run your own worker, the template overwrites the `fetch` handler — worth checking that your existing cache strategies survive.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --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 secondsky/claude-skills --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 secondsky/claude-skills --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 secondsky/claude-skills 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 secondsky/claude-skills --skill progressive-web-app -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills --path plugins/progressive-web-app/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 secondsky/claude-skills --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/secondsky/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/progressive-web-app/skills/progressive-web-app/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a manifest with icons and a start_url
- register a service worker without breaking the cache
- show a custom install button instead of the browser banner
- subscribe users to push notifications
- add an offline fallback page

## Example prompts
- add PWA support: manifest, service worker and an offline page
- wire up an install button with beforeinstallprompt
- set up push subscriptions with a VAPID key

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: progressive-web-app
description: Progressive Web Apps with service workers, web manifest, offline support, installation prompts. Use for installable web apps, offline functionality, push notifications, or encountering service worker registration, cache strategy, manifest configuration errors.
license: MIT
---

# Progressive Web App (PWA)

Build web applications that work like native apps with offline support and installability.

## Web App Manifest

```json
{
  "name": "My Application",
  "short_name": "MyApp",
  "start_url": "/",
  "display": "standalone",
  "background_color": "#ffffff",
  "theme_color": "#000000",
  "icons": [
    { "src": "/icon-192.png", "sizes": "192x192", "type": "image/png" },
    { "src": "/icon-512.png", "sizes": "512x512", "type": "image/png" }
  ]
}
```

## Service Worker

```javascript
const CACHE_NAME = 'app-v1';
const STATIC_ASSETS = ['/', '/index.html', '/styles.css', '/app.js'];

// Install
self.addEventListener('install', event => {
  event.waitUntil(
    caches.open(CACHE_NAME).then(cache => cache.addAll(STATIC_ASSETS))
  );
});

// Fetch with cache-first strategy
self.addEventListener('fetch', event => {
  event.respondWith(
    caches.match(event.request).then(cached => {
      if (cached) return cached;

      return fetch(event.request).then(response => {
        if (response.status === 200) {
          const clone = response.clone();
          caches.open(CACHE_NAME).then(cache => cache.put(event.request, clone));
        }
        return response;
      });
    })
  );
});
```

## Install Prompt

```javascript
let deferredPrompt;

window.addEventListener('beforeinstallprompt', e => {
  e.preventDefault();
  deferredPrompt = e;
  showInstallButton();
});

async function installApp() {
  if (!deferredPrompt) return;
  deferredPrompt.prompt();
  const { outcome } = await deferredPrompt.userChoice;
  console.log('Install outcome:', outcome);
  deferredPrompt = null;
}
```

## Push Notifications

```javascript
async function subscribeToPush() {
  const registration = await navigator.serviceWorker.ready;
  const subscription = await registration.pushManager.subscribe({
    userVisibleOnly: true,
    applicationServerKey: VAPID_PUBLIC_KEY
  });
  await sendSubscriptionToServer(subscription);
}
```

## PWA Checklist

- [ ] HTTPS enabled
- [ ] Web manifest configured
- [ ] Service worker registered
- [ ] Offline fallback page
- [ ] Responsive design
- [ ] Fast loading (<3s on 3G)
- [ ] Installable
````
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© secondsky · MIT · https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/progressive-web-app/skills/progressive-web-app/SKILL.md

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