// Apple's native container runtime for macOS. Use this skill instead of Docker when running on macOS with Apple silicon. The `container` CLI provides OCI-compatible container management optimized for Apple silicon.
This skill should be used when working with Restate durable execution framework, building workflows, virtual objects, or services that need automatic retries, state management, and fault tolerance. Use when the user mentions "restate", "durable execution", "durable workflows", needs to build resilient distributed systems, or when they invoke /restate.
Distill rough ideas into structured project specs with issues. This skill takes unstructured input (bullet points, rough notes, transcribed ideas) and systematically breaks it down into feature domains, identifies ambiguities requiring user clarification, and produces a single structured spec document with actionable issues. Use this skill when the user wants to transform rough project ideas into well-defined specifications and issues, or when they invoke /speccer.
Jujutsu (jj) workflow skill. This skill should be used when the project uses jj for version control instead of git. Provides guidance on using jj commands and references the jj-vcs skill for detailed documentation.
Jujutsu (jj) version control workflows and commands. Use this skill when working with jj repositories, managing changes, squashing commits, rebasing, or performing jj-specific operations.
Manage project changelogs following the Keep a Changelog format. This skill should be used when working with CHANGELOG.md files, adding changelog entries, releasing versions, or reviewing git commits for changelog purposes.
Read and write semantic versions in config files (JSON, TOML, YAML). This skill should be used when bumping versions in package.json, Cargo.toml, deno.json, or other config files, or when reading version values from these files.
| name | apple-container |
| description | Apple's native container runtime for macOS. Use this skill instead of Docker when running on macOS with Apple silicon. The `container` CLI provides OCI-compatible container management optimized for Apple silicon. |
Apple Container is a native container platform for macOS that runs Linux containers as lightweight virtual machines. It should be used instead of Docker on macOS with Apple silicon.
The container CLI is installed and available. It produces and consumes OCI-compatible container images, so images work with any standard container registry.
# Start the system service (required once)
container system start
# Run a container
container run -it ubuntu:latest /bin/bash
# Build an image
container build -t myimage .
# List containers
container list
# Stop a container
container stop <container-id>
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
container run | Run a container |
container build | Build an image from Dockerfile |
container list | List containers |
container stop | Stop running containers |
container exec | Run command in running container |
container logs | Fetch container logs |
container image list | List images |
container system start | Start the system service |
container system stop | Stop the system service |
The container CLI uses familiar Docker-like syntax:
| Docker Command | Container Command |
|---|---|
docker run | container run |
docker build | container build |
docker ps | container list |
docker stop | container stop |
docker exec | container exec |
docker logs | container logs |
docker images | container image list |
The buildkit builder can freeze, often due to insufficient memory. To fix:
Find and kill the frozen builder process:
ps aux | grep buildkit
kill -9 <pid>
Restart with more resources:
container builder start --cpus 6 --memory 8g