Design Skills

design

Design system skills for modern Apple platform UI including Liquid Glass, animations, and visual design patterns. Use when implementing new design language features.

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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

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

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.

Install skill

Copy and run in your terminal

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

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