ios

name	ios
description	Use when the user invokes /ios, or when starting ANY native iOS/SwiftUI screen, component, flow, or review and it's unclear which ios-* skills apply. Dispatcher that routes to the right 2-4 companion ios-* reference skills instead of loading the whole family or designing from memory.

iOS — HIG Skill Dispatcher

Overview

The ios-* family is 15 reference skills. Loading all of them drowns the context; loading none means designing from memory — which misses the concrete specs (point values, contrast floors, current SwiftUI APIs) the skills exist to carry. This dispatcher routes a task to the 2–4 skills that carry its specs.

Resolve the target first: the screen/component/flow named in the argument, else the iOS work active in the conversation. State it in one line, then load the routed skills via the Skill tool and apply them while working — this is a router, not a checklist to recite.

Routing Table

Task	Skills (in priority order)
Any new iPhone screen (default row)	ios26-hig-patterns, ios-layout-and-grid, ios-components
Choosing/reviewing a control, bar, sheet, alert, menu	ios-components, ios26-hig-patterns
Text, type scale, Dynamic Type	ios-typography, ios-accessibility
Color, dark mode, materials, Liquid Glass	ios-color-and-materials, ios-liquid-glass-swiftui
A flow: onboarding, permissions, settings, search, IAP, ratings, empty/loading states	ios-flows-and-patterns, ios-components
Motion, transitions, animation	ios-motion-and-animation, ios-gestures-and-haptics
Gestures, haptics	ios-gestures-and-haptics
SF Symbols, in-app iconography	ios-sf-symbols-and-icons
App icon, screenshots, App Store page	ios-app-icon-and-app-store
Widgets, Live Activities	ios-widgets-and-live-activities
Charts, data display	ios-charts-and-data-visualization, ios-layout-and-grid
Accessibility audit of a screen	ios-accessibility, ios-color-and-materials
Food/macro-tracking app UI	macro-food-app-ui, ios26-hig-patterns, dense-no-scroll-layout
Full HIG review of an existing screen	ios26-hig-patterns, ios-components, ios-accessibility, ios-color-and-materials

Rules

• Load at most 4 per pass. A task matching several rows → primary row first, then the single most load-bearing skill from the secondary row.
• ios26-hig-patterns rides along on anything visual and new — it carries the platform baseline (floating tab bar, detents, 44pt targets, safe areas) the other skills assume.
• Never substitute the web skills (hallmark, components-and-states CSS patterns) for native iOS screens; cross-platform principles come from the /design family only as a supplement, never a replacement.
• Accessibility is not optional extra routing: any shipped-screen review includes ios-accessibility even if the row doesn't list it.
• Name which skills you loaded, per the always-on design-skill discipline in CLAUDE.md.