axiom-ios-concurrency
Use when writing ANY code with async, actors, threads, or seeing ANY concurrency error. Covers Swift 6 concurrency, @MainActor, Sendable, data races, async/await patterns, performance optimization.
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Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/charleswiltgen/axiom --skill axiom-ios-concurrency- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads axiom-ios-concurrency automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
iOS Concurrency Router
You MUST use this skill for ANY concurrency, async/await, threading, or Swift 6 concurrency work.
When to Use
Use this router when:
- Writing async/await code
- Seeing concurrency errors (data races, actor isolation)
- Working with @MainActor
- Dealing with Sendable conformance
- Optimizing Swift performance
- Migrating to Swift 6 concurrency
- App freezes during loading (likely main thread blocking)
Conflict Resolution
ios-concurrency vs ios-performance: When app freezes or feels slow:
- Try ios-concurrency FIRST — Main thread blocking is the #1 cause of UI freezes. Check for synchronous work on @MainActor before profiling.
- Only use ios-performance if concurrency fixes don't help — Profile after ruling out obvious blocking.
ios-concurrency vs ios-build: When seeing Swift 6 concurrency errors:
- Use ios-concurrency, NOT ios-build — Concurrency errors are CODE issues, not environment issues
- ios-build is for "No such module", simulator issues, build failures unrelated to Swift language errors
ios-concurrency vs ios-data: When concurrency errors involve Core Data or SwiftData:
- Core Data threading (NSManagedObjectContext thread confinement, performBackgroundTask) → use ios-data first — Core Data has its own threading model distinct from Swift concurrency
- SwiftData + @MainActor ModelContext → use ios-concurrency — This is Swift concurrency isolation
- General "background saves losing data" → use ios-data first — Framework-specific threading rules take priority
Rationale: A 2-second freeze during data loading is almost always await on main thread or missing background dispatch. Domain knowledge solves this faster than Time Profiler. Core Data threading violations need Core Data-specific fixes, not generic concurrency patterns.
Routing Logic
Swift Concurrency Issues
Swift 6 concurrency patterns → /skill axiom-swift-concurrency
- async/await patterns
- @MainActor usage
- Actor isolation
- Sendable conformance
- Data race prevention
- Swift 6 migration
Swift concurrency API reference → /skill axiom-swift-concurrency-ref
- Actor definition, reentrancy, global actors
- Sendable patterns, @unchecked Sendable
- Task/TaskGroup/cancellation API
- AsyncStream, continuations
- DispatchQueue → actor migration
Swift performance → /skill axiom-swift-performance
- Value vs reference types
- Copy-on-write optimization
- ARC overhead
- Generic specialization
- Collection performance
Synchronous actor access → /skill axiom-assume-isolated
- MainActor.assumeIsolated
- @preconcurrency protocol conformances
- Legacy delegate callbacks
- Testing MainActor code synchronously
Thread-safe primitives → /skill axiom-synchronization
- Mutex (iOS 18+)
- OSAllocatedUnfairLock (iOS 16+)
- Atomic types
- Lock vs actor decision
Parameter ownership → /skill axiom-ownership-conventions
- borrowing/consuming modifiers
- Noncopyable types (~Copyable)
- ARC traffic reduction
- consume operator
Concurrency profiling → /skill axiom-concurrency-profiling
- Swift Concurrency Instruments template
- Actor contention diagnosis
- Thread pool exhaustion
- Task visualization
Combine reactive patterns → /skill axiom-combine-patterns
- Publisher/Subscriber lifecycle, AnyCancellable
- Combine vs async/await decision
- @Published + ObservableObject
- Operator patterns, bridging
Automated Scanning
Concurrency audit → Launch concurrency-auditor agent or /axiom:audit concurrency (5-phase semantic audit: maps isolation architecture, detects 8 anti-patterns, reasons about missing concurrency patterns, correlates compound risks, scores Swift 6.3 readiness)
Decision Tree
- Data races / actor isolation / @MainActor / Sendable? → swift-concurrency 1a. Need specific API syntax (actor definition, TaskGroup, AsyncStream, continuation)? → swift-concurrency-ref
- Writing async/await code? → swift-concurrency
- Swift 6 migration? → swift-concurrency
- assumeIsolated / @preconcurrency? → assume-isolated
- Mutex / lock / synchronization? → synchronization
- borrowing / consuming / ~Copyable? → ownership-conventions
- Profile async performance / actor contention? → concurrency-profiling
- Value type / ARC / generic optimization? → swift-performance
- Want automated concurrency scan? → concurrency-auditor (Agent)
- Combine / @Published / AnyCancellable / reactive streams? → combine-patterns
Anti-Rationalization
| Thought | Reality |
|---|---|
| "Just add @MainActor and it'll work" | @MainActor has isolation inheritance rules. swift-concurrency covers all patterns. |
| "I'll use nonisolated(unsafe) to silence the warning" | Silencing warnings hides data races. swift-concurrency shows the safe pattern. |
| "It's just one async call" | Even single async calls have cancellation and isolation implications. swift-concurrency covers them. |
| "I know how actors work" | Actor reentrancy and isolation rules changed in Swift 6.2. swift-concurrency is current. |
| "I'll fix the Sendable warnings later" | Sendable violations cause runtime crashes. swift-concurrency fixes them correctly now. |
| "Combine is dead, just use async/await" | Combine has no deprecation notice. Rewriting working pipelines wastes time and introduces bugs. combine-patterns covers incremental migration. |
Critical Patterns
Swift 6 Concurrency (swift-concurrency):
- Progressive journey: single-threaded → async → concurrent → actors
- @concurrent attribute for forced background execution
- Isolated conformances
- Main actor mode for approachable concurrency
- 11 copy-paste patterns
Swift Performance (swift-performance):
- ~Copyable for non-copyable types
- Copy-on-write (COW) patterns
- Value vs reference type decisions
- ARC overhead reduction
- Generic specialization
Example Invocations
User: "I'm getting 'data race' errors in Swift 6"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-swift-concurrency
User: "How do I use @MainActor correctly?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-swift-concurrency
User: "My app is slow due to unnecessary copying"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-swift-performance
User: "Should I use async/await for this network call?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-swift-concurrency
User: "How do I use assumeIsolated?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-assume-isolated
User: "My delegate callback runs on main thread, how do I access MainActor state?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-assume-isolated
User: "Should I use Mutex or actor?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-synchronization
User: "What's the difference between os_unfair_lock and OSAllocatedUnfairLock?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-synchronization
User: "What does borrowing do in Swift?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-ownership-conventions
User: "How do I use ~Copyable types?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-ownership-conventions
User: "My async code is slow, how do I profile it?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-concurrency-profiling
User: "I think I have actor contention, how do I diagnose it?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-concurrency-profiling
User: "My Core Data saves lose data from background tasks"
→ Route to: ios-data router (Core Data threading is framework-specific)
User: "How do I create a TaskGroup?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-swift-concurrency-ref
User: "What's the AsyncStream API?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-swift-concurrency-ref
User: "How do I create a custom global actor?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-swift-concurrency-ref
User: "How do I convert a completion handler to async?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-swift-concurrency-ref
User: "What are the actor reentrancy rules?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-swift-concurrency-ref
User: "My Combine pipeline silently stopped producing values"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-combine-patterns
User: "Should I use Combine or async/await for this data flow?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-combine-patterns
User: "How do I bridge a Combine publisher into async/await code?"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-combine-patterns
User: "AnyCancellable is leaking memory"
→ Invoke: /skill axiom-combine-patterns
User: "Check my code for Swift 6 concurrency issues"
→ Invoke: concurrency-auditor agent
FAQ
What does the axiom-ios-concurrency skill do?
Use when writing ANY code with async, actors, threads, or seeing ANY concurrency error. Covers Swift 6 concurrency, @MainActor, Sendable, data races, async/await patterns, performance optimization.
How do I install axiom-ios-concurrency?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/charleswiltgen/axiom --skill axiom-ios-concurrency in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/axiom-ios-concurrency/ (personal) or .claude/skills/axiom-ios-concurrency/ (project).
Which AI agents can use axiom-ios-concurrency?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is axiom-ios-concurrency safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains axiom-ios-concurrency?
It is published by charleswiltgen in charleswiltgen/axiom. It has 216 recorded installs.
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