MacOS Development

MacOS Development is a Frontend skill for Claude Code, published by rshankras in claude-code-apple-skills.

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Install MacOS Development

Copy MacOS Development 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/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills/tree/main/skills/macos ~/.claude/skills/macos

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/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: skills/macos/SKILL.md in rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/macos
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Frontend — 567 skills

What MacOS Development does

MacOS Development covers SwiftUI, SwiftData, AppKit bridging, architecture, and macOS 26 features for app development and code review. Use it when working on macOS-specific UI, platform integration, or best practices.

MacOS Development is cataloged under Frontend on DirSkills. MacOS Development comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, ai-tools, anthropic, app-store and apple.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

macOS Development Expert

Comprehensive guidance for macOS app development. This skill aggregates specialized modules for different aspects of macOS development.

When This Skill Activates

Use this skill when the user:

Asks about macOS development best practices
Wants code review for macOS/Swift projects
Needs help with SwiftUI, SwiftData, or AppKit
Is implementing macOS 26 (Tahoe) features
Wants UI/UX review against HIG
Needs architecture guidance for macOS apps

Available Modules

Read relevant module files based on the user's needs:

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

Frequently asked about MacOS Development

What else does rshankras publish alongside MacOS Development?
MacOS Development is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Ad Attribution, App Description Writer and App Store Optimization. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way MacOS Development does, and is maintained by rshankras in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills page.
How does MacOS Development compare to other Frontend skills?
MacOS Development ranks #430 by stars among the 567 Frontend skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Angular Developer, Android Clean Architecture and Accessibility. 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 MacOS Development against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.