Comprehensive design guidelines for building native Mac apps with SwiftUI and AppKit.
Automate repetitive workflows and reduce manual effort
Example: Generate reports, summarize documents, draft communications
Save 3-5 hours per week on routine tasks
Learn new skills, understand complex topics, get expert guidance
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Accelerate learning and skill development by 2x
Enhance output quality through reviews, suggestions, and refinements
Example: Review drafts, suggest improvements, catch errors
Improve work quality by 30-40% with less effort
Time estimate: 15-45 minutes depending on use case complexity
Prerequisites
Submit your Claude Code skill and start earning
epx add ehmo/platform-design-skills --skill macos-design-guidelinesCompatible with
Supported agents
Covers 11 critical areas: menu bars, windows, toolbars, sidebars, keyboard shortcuts, pointers, notifications, system integration, visual design, popovers, and accessibility
Includes 80+ actionable rules with SwiftUI and AppKit code examples for every pattern
Provides keyboard shortcut reference tables, evaluation checklist, and anti-patterns to avoid
Emphasizes Mac-specific expectations: persist
AI-first code editor with Composer
Before installing skills in Cursor, ensure your development environment meets these requirements:
node --versionmacos-design-guidelinesExecute the skills CLI command in your project's root directory to begin installation:
epx add ehmo/platform-design-skills --skill macos-design-guidelinesFetches macos-design-guidelines from ehmo/platform-design-skills and configures it for Cursor.
The CLI shows a list of agents. Use arrow keys and space to select Cursor:
Confirm successful installation by checking the skill directory location:
.cursor/skills/macos-design-guidelines
Restart Cursor to activate macos-design-guidelines. Access via /macos-design-guidelinesin your agent's command palette.
Learn more:View source on GitHubSkills CLI docsAbout CursorWhat are agent skills?
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✓ Use when
Use when skill capabilities match your task, clear ROI on time saved, and you can validate outputs. Best for repetitive tasks, learning, and quality improvement.
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Avoid when task requires deep expertise you can't validate, involves sensitive decisions, or when learning process is more valuable than speed of completion.
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Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: macos-design-guidelines is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
We added macos-design-guidelines from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.
macos-design-guidelines reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.
I recommend macos-design-guidelines for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.
Keeps context tight: macos-design-guidelines is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.
macos-design-guidelines is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
Useful defaults in macos-design-guidelines — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
Registry listing for macos-design-guidelines matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.
We added macos-design-guidelines from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.
Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: macos-design-guidelines is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
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