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A builder, not just a researcher. Agent skills that turn top-grossing app patterns into native-quality mobile screens.

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How it works

appllama-app-design-skill

When your agent uses it

Build native-feeling, benchmark-quality mobile app screens (Expo / React Native). Use when designing or implementing any mobile UI — screens, flows, onboarding, paywalls, tab bars, sheets, settings, empty states — or when polishing motion, navigation, typography, dark mode, or perceived performance. Enforces Apple HIG fidelity, semantic colors, native controls, anti-slop discipline, navigation semantics (push vs replace, modal vs sheet vs overlay, the one-way doors where back must not exist), purposeful Reanimated motion, a full-motion simulator-verified iteration loop, and a study-real-apps-first workflow (pairs with the Appllama MCP). Trigger on "build a screen", "make this screen better", "design the onboarding", "wire up this flow", "polish the UI", "make it feel native", or any mobile design/implementation task.

What it loads into context

Frontmatter

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SKILL.md

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Reference documents

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The playbook

  1. The Prime Directive: study before you draw
  2. Platform baseline
  3. Native fidelity laws
  4. Navigation laws
  5. Anti-slop laws
  6. Motion laws
  7. State architecture
  8. Perceived performance
  9. Image & illustration assets
  10. The simulator loop (non-negotiable)
  11. Definition of done, per screen
  12. References

Files

  • ../../.claude-plugin/plugin.jsonasset635 bytes
  • SKILL.mdcore20,220 bytes
  • references/image-assets.mddoc3,622 bytes
  • references/motion.mddoc4,469 bytes
  • references/native-controls.mddoc4,565 bytes
  • references/performance.mddoc3,293 bytes
  • references/simulator-loop.mddoc3,971 bytes
Read SKILL.md

# Appllama App Design Skill

You are building screens that will sit on a phone next to the best-designed apps
in the world. The user will compare your output to those apps within seconds of
launching it. This skill defines the bar and the method for clearing it.

## The Prime Directive: study before you draw

Never design a screen from imagination when you can study how top apps solved
the same screen. Real, shipping, revenue-ranked apps encode thousands of hours
of design iteration and A/B testing. Your first move on any screen is research:

1. If the **Appllama MCP** is connected, pull real screens for the category and
   screen type you are building (see the `appllama-usage` skill for the exact
View the complete source on GitHub

Skills included

  • appllama-app-design-skill
  • appllama-usage

Repository facts

License
MIT
Created
Aug 13, 2026
Last pushed
Sep 6, 2026
Forks
250
Open issues
2
Project activity
Slowing

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Before you install

Instructions only

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Checked Nov 2, 2026

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.claude-plugin/plugin.json

  • Network accessline 7
    "name": "Appllama",     "email": "hey@appllama.io",     "url": "https://appllama.io"
  • Network accessline 8
    "email": "hey@appllama.io",     "url": "https://appllama.io"   },
  • Network accessline 9
    "url": "https://appllama.io"
  • Network accessline 10
    },   "homepage": "https://appllama.io/mcp",   "repository": "https://github.com/Appllama/appllama-skills",
  • Network accessline 11
    "homepage": "https://appllama.io/mcp",
  • Network accessline 12
    "repository": "https://github.com/Appllama/appllama-skills",

skills/appllama-usage/agents/openai.yaml

  • Network accessline 9
    description: "Appllama, the design library of top-grossing mobile apps"       transport: "streamable_http"       url: "https://mcp.appllama.io/mcp"
  • Network accessline 11
    url: "https://mcp.appllama.io/mcp"

How the signals fit together

Facts from a static read of the files at the pinned commit. They describe what the code does, not why.

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Signal confidence: 6 facts

Works with

Agent compatibility, from the files in this repository
AgentStatusEvidenceInstall to
Claude CodeNativeManifest .claude-plugin/plugin.json.claude/skills/<skill-name>/
CodexCompatibleStandard SKILL.md skills/appllama-app-design-skill/SKILL.md.agents/skills/<skill-name>/
CursorCompatibleStandard SKILL.md skills/appllama-app-design-skill/SKILL.md.cursor/skills/<skill-name>/
Gemini CLICompatibleStandard SKILL.md skills/appllama-app-design-skill/SKILL.md.gemini/skills/<skill-name>/
GitHub CopilotCompatibleStandard SKILL.md skills/appllama-app-design-skill/SKILL.md.github/skills/<skill-name>/
OpenCodeCompatibleStandard SKILL.md skills/appllama-app-design-skill/SKILL.md.opencode/skills/<skill-name>/
  • Native The repository ships a manifest, folder or frontmatter field for this agent.
  • Compatible A standard SKILL.md that this agent can read.
  • Unknown No evidence either way.

Derived automatically from paths, manifests and frontmatter. Not tested on each agent.

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