design

Q: How do I install design?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill design 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/design/ (personal) or .claude/skills/design/ (project).

by rshankrasFrontend & Design

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.

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Install

Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.

npx skills add https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill design

01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
02
Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads design automatically when relevant.
03
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.

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.

ui-prototyping/

Explore divergent UI directions for a screen as named, runnable Swift #Preview variants — compare, remix, and tune before committing to one design.

ux-writing/

Interface copy that works — voice/tone, the PACE framework, alert anatomy, feature naming, empty states, and the small-word edits that measurably improve UX.

sf-symbols/

SF Symbols end-to-end — choosing/configuring system symbols (rendering modes, variable color/draw), authoring custom symbols that interpolate across weights, and the animation preset vocabulary.

typography/

UI typography — text styles and Dynamic Type, the San Francisco family with its width axis, optical sizes, tracking vs kerning, and custom-font scaling obligations.

Key Principles

1. Platform Consistency

Follow Apple Human Interface Guidelines
Use system-provided APIs
Respect user appearance preferences

2. Performance

Use GlassEffectContainer for multiple effects
Limit number of glass effects per view
Consider GPU resources

3. Visual Hierarchy

Glass effects create depth and layering
Use tints to indicate prominence
Combine with appropriate shadows

Reference Documentation

Applying Liquid Glass to custom views (SwiftUI)
NSGlassEffectView (AppKit)
Local captured docs (optional): if ~/Downloads/docs/SwiftUI-Implementing-Liquid-Glass-Design.md or ~/Downloads/docs/AppKit-Implementing-Liquid-Glass-Design.md exists, read it for extra detail; skip silently if absent.

FAQ

What does the design skill do?

How do I install design?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill design 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/design/ (personal) or .claude/skills/design/ (project).

Which AI agents can use design?

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 design 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 design?

It is published by rshankras in rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills. It has 680 recorded installs.