App It

by Christian-Katzmann

App It is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by Christian-Katzmann in app-it.

217 stars21 forkson Christian-Katzmann/app-itAdded 2026/09/04Repository updated 2026/07/13

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Install App It

Copy App It into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/Christian-Katzmann/app-it/tree/main/plugins/app-it/skills/app-it ~/.claude/skills/app-it

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/Christian-Katzmann/app-it.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: plugins/app-it/skills/app-it/SKILL.md in Christian-Katzmann/app-it
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/app-it
Collection: One of 3 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1860 skills

What App It does

App It turns a local project or hosted web app into a macOS .app that launches from the Dock. Use it when you need a clickable desktop wrapper for a site, Artifact URL, or repeatable local launcher.

App It is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. App It comes from a repository tagged claude-code, claude-plugin, codex, codex-plugin and developer-tools.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

app-it - Make a local project or hosted web app launchable from the Dock

App It installs local projects under ~/Applications/App It/ as clickable macOS apps: click opens, window close stays warm, Cmd+Q cleans up.

Non-Negotiables

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about App It

What else does Christian-Katzmann publish alongside App It?
App It is one of 3 skills that DirSkills catalogs from Christian-Katzmann/app-it, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include App It Static and App It Windows. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way App It does, and is maintained by Christian-Katzmann in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the Christian-Katzmann/app-it page.
How does App It compare to other Automation skills?
App It ranks #1639 by stars among the 1860 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of App It against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.