Apple Design (Emil Kowalski)
3/5 out of 5. Read the verdictApple's approach to interface design and fluid, physical motion, translated for the web.
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Every skill gets the same Tally brief, alone in a clean project. How we test
Our verdict
3/5 out of 5
Passed the cut
Emil Kowalski's Apple design skill goes for the iOS feel: the system font, an off-white canvas, a green accent and a drag-to-move-money demo that behaves like a native control. The dashboard switches to Inter with Apple's system colors. Pick it if motion and touch feel matter more than a bold look.
Pick it for
- app marketing pages
- iOS companion sites
- interaction-heavy demos
- consumer apps
Skip it for
- bold brands
- editorial sites
- dense admin tools
Colors
Observations
- the dashboard switches to Inter and looks generic next to the landing page
- only slight distance from the baseline layout
Install
1 Run in your terminal
npx degit emilkowalski/skills/skills/apple-design#main .claude/skills/apple-design2 Or paste a prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Gemini
It tells your tool to install this from its source repository.
This install is for Claude Code only; for other agents use Copy prompt or copy the skill folder.
Copies just this skill's folder into your project's .claude/skills.
Check the source for the latest instructions.
We tested the apple-design skill from this repo.
Details
- Type
- Skill
- GitHub stars
- 47,231 (Stars are for the whole emilkowalski/skills repository.)
- Updated
- 6d ago
- License
- MIT
- Best for
- Visual directionMotion and video
Test runOpus 5.5Claude Code 2.1.302Oct 18, 2026generated in 6 minabout $1.41 at API pricescommit 2d22863
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