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Axiom Swiftui

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CharlesWiltgen
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Use when building, fixing, or improving ANY SwiftUI UI — views, navigation, layout, animations, gestures, debugging, iOS 26 features, iPhone Duo, view-level performance, feature architecture.

Overview

PublisherCharlesWiltgen
RepositoryAxiom
Skill nameaxiom-swiftui
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  • Markdown instructions

    A SKILL.md file the model loads on demand, so it only costs tokens when a request actually matches.

  • Works with any LLM

    AI skills are plain Markdown, not provider-specific code, so this works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model.

  • 21 bundled files

    Scripts, templates, and references the model can read while it works. Files are read-only and never executed.

  • Open source

    Published by CharlesWiltgen on GitHub. Read the source before you install it.

Installation

Install the Axiom Swiftui AI skill in TypingMind to use it with any LLM, or drop it into another agent that reads SKILL.md.

1

Install in TypingMind

TypingMind installs a skill straight from its GitHub folder — it reads SKILL.md, bundles the resource files, and stores the result locally.

  1. Open the app and go to Plugins → Skills.
  2. Choose "Install from GitHub".
  3. Paste the skill folder URL below and confirm.
    https://github.com/CharlesWiltgen/Axiom/tree/main/axiom-codex/skills/axiom-swiftui
  4. Enable the skill in any chat where you want it available.
Plugins → Skills → Add skill → From GitHub URL, then paste the folder URL and press Continue.
2

Install in another agent

Any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use this skill — copy the folder into that agent's skills directory.

Claude Code — .claude/skills
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/CharlesWiltgen/Axiom.git /tmp/Axiom
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/Axiom/axiom-codex/skills/axiom-swiftui .claude/skills/axiom-swiftui
Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable Axiom Swiftui in any TypingMind chat and the model takes it from there. Its name and description sit in the system prompt, and the moment a request matches, the model loads the full instructions itself — you never invoke it by hand, and it costs no tokens until it is actually used.

The model loads Axiom Swiftui on its own as soon as a request matches it.

Works with any AI model

AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so Axiom Swiftui is not tied to the model it was written for. Install it once in TypingMind and use it with GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, or a local model you run yourself — all on your own API keys.

  • Loaded only when it is needed

    The system prompt carries just the name and description. The instructions are fetched on the first matching request, so an idle skill costs nothing.

  • Switch models mid-chat

    Because the skill is instructions rather than code, changing model does not break it — the next model reads the same SKILL.md.

Skill instructions

This is the SKILL.md content the model loads. Read it before installing — a skill is instructions your model will follow.

SwiftUI

You MUST use this skill for ANY SwiftUI work including views, state, navigation, layout, animations, architecture, gestures, and debugging.

Auditors are skills here. Where this router says "Launch some-auditor agent", invoke the matching Codex skill instead — same procedure, no Claude Code agent required.

Available: axiom-analyze-swiftui-performance, axiom-audit-liquid-glass, axiom-audit-swiftui-architecture, axiom-audit-swiftui-layout, axiom-audit-swiftui-nav, axiom-audit-textkit, axiom-audit-ux-flow.

The ones that shell out — builds, tests, simulators, crash symbolication — need shell access to run.

Quick Reference

Symptom / TaskReference
View not updatingSee skills/debugging.md
View update still broken after debuggingSee skills/debugging-diag.md
Slow previews / building good previews / @Previewable / PreviewModifier / variant matrixSee skills/previews.md
Preview API reference (#Preview, traits, modes, Development Assets)See skills/previews-ref.md
Preview crashes / won't loadSee skills/debugging.md (Preview Crashes section)
Hot reload / live editing / edit the running app on deviceSee skills/hot-reload.md
Navigation issuesSee skills/nav.md
Navigation still broken after debuggingSee skills/nav-diag.md
Navigation API referenceSee skills/nav-ref.md
Layout breaks on iPad/rotationSee skills/layout.md
State lost on resize/rotation (scroll, selection, focus, drafts)See skills/layout.md (State Survives the Transition)
Layout API referenceSee skills/layout-ref.md
Performance/lag/slow scrollSee skills/swiftui-performance.md
Architecture/testabilitySee skills/architecture.md
@State object rebuilt every view init, or an init assignment ignored at runtimeSee skills/architecture.md (@State is a macro now)
Animation issuesSee skills/animation-ref.md
Stacks/grids/outlinesSee skills/containers-ref.md
Custom containers / List replacement (iOS 18+)See skills/containers-ref.md Part 7
Search implementationSee skills/search-ref.md
Toolbars, ToolbarItem, sheet button placement, customizationSee skills/toolbars.md
Navigation subtitle: navigationSubtitle, .title / .subtitle / .largeTitle / .largeSubtitle placements (iOS 26)See skills/toolbars.md (Pattern 14)
Sheets, detents, popovers, fullScreenCover, presentation adaptationSee skills/presentations.md
Multi-column Table, sortable/resizable columns (iPad/Mac; collapses to first column in compact)See axiom-macos (skills/swiftui-differences.md)
Inspector panel (.inspector — trailing column in regular width, sheet in compact)See axiom-macos (skills/swiftui-differences.md)
Gesture conflictsSee skills/gestures.md
Section index — the vertical A–Z index strip / alphabet scrubber on a list's trailing edge, jump-to-sectionSee skills/26-ref.md (Section Index)
List section margins / insets around a SectionSee skills/26-ref.md (Section Margins)
Web content — WebView / WebPage, scroll modifiers, WebView-in-NavigationStackSee skills/26-ref.md (WebView & WebPage)
iPhone Duo / foldable iPhone: poses, vertical bars, the fold, arrangements, hinge, scene accessories (SwiftUI and UIKit)See skills/iphone-duo.md
iOS 26 featuresSee skills/26-ref.md

Non-SwiftUI UI Routes

These topics are part of the broader iOS UI domain but live in separate suites:

UIKit issues
  • Auto Layout conflicts → See axiom-uikit (skills/auto-layout-debugging.md)
  • Animation timing → See axiom-uikit (skills/uikit-animation-debugging.md)
  • SwiftUI ↔ UIKit bridging → See axiom-uikit (skills/uikit-bridging.md)
Design & guidelines
  • Liquid Glass adoption → See axiom-design (skills/liquid-glass.md)
  • SF Symbols → See axiom-design (skills/sf-symbols.md)
  • HIG compliance → See axiom-design (skills/hig.md)
  • Typography → See axiom-design (skills/typography-ref.md)
  • TextKit/rich text → See axiom-uikit (skills/textkit-ref.md)
Other
  • tvOS (focus, remote, text input) → See axiom-swift (skills/tvos.md)
  • App-level composition (root, auth, scenes) → See axiom-design (skills/app-composition.md)
  • Drag/drop, sharing, copy/paste → See axiom-swift (skills/transferable-ref.md)
  • VoiceOver, Dynamic Type → /skill axiom-accessibility
  • UI test flakiness → /skill axiom-testing
  • UX dead ends, dismiss traps → axiom-audit-ux-flow
watchOS-specific patterns
  • Glanceable UI, watch navigation, Smart Stack widgets → See axiom-watchos

Conflict Resolution

axiom-swiftui vs axiom-performance: When UI is slow (e.g., "SwiftUI List slow"):

  1. Try axiom-swiftui FIRST — Domain-specific fixes (LazyVStack, view identity, @State optimization) often solve UI performance in 5 minutes
  2. Only use axiom-performance if domain fixes don't help — Profiling takes longer and may confirm what domain knowledge already knows

Decision Tree

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digraph swiftui {
    start [label="SwiftUI issue" shape=ellipse];
    what [label="What's wrong?" shape=diamond];

    start -> what;
    what -> "skills/debugging.md" [label="view not updating"];
    what -> "skills/nav.md" [label="navigation"];
    what -> "skills/swiftui-performance.md" [label="slow/lag"];
    what -> "skills/layout.md" [label="adaptive layout"];
    what -> "skills/containers-ref.md" [label="stacks/grids/outlines"];
    what -> "skills/architecture.md" [label="feature architecture"];
    what -> "skills/animation-ref.md" [label="animations"];
    what -> "skills/gestures.md" [label="gestures"];
    what -> "skills/search-ref.md" [label="search"];
    what -> "skills/toolbars.md" [label="toolbars / sheet buttons"];
    what -> "skills/presentations.md" [label="sheets/detents/popovers"];
    what -> "skills/26-ref.md" [label="iOS 26 features"];
    what -> "skills/iphone-duo.md" [label="iPhone Duo / foldable"];
    what -> "skills/previews.md" [label="slow previews / building good previews"];
    what -> "skills/previews-ref.md" [label="preview API reference"];
    what -> "skills/debugging.md" [label="preview crashes / won't load"];
    what -> "skills/hot-reload.md" [label="hot reload / live editing"];
    what -> "axiom-macos (skills/swiftui-differences.md)" [label="Table / .inspector\n(large-window density)"];
    what -> "axiom-uikit (skills/uikit-bridging.md)" [label="UIKit interop"];
    what -> "axiom-design (skills/app-composition.md)" [label="app-level (root, auth)"];
    what -> "axiom-swift (skills/transferable-ref.md)" [label="drag/drop, sharing"];
}

Automated Scanning

  • Architecture audit → axiom-audit-swiftui-architecture
  • Performance scan → axiom-analyze-swiftui-performance
  • Navigation audit → axiom-audit-swiftui-nav
  • Layout audit → axiom-audit-swiftui-layout
  • UX flow audit → axiom-audit-ux-flow
  • Liquid Glass scan → axiom-audit-liquid-glass (detects migration opportunities AND adoption-completeness gaps: variant discipline for media surfaces, glass-on-glass nesting, unstyled pre-26 fallbacks, semantic toolbar placement, Tab(role: .search), the UIDesignRequiresCompatibility opt-out; scores ADOPTED / PARTIAL / NOT ADOPTED)
  • TextKit scan → axiom-audit-textkit (detects fallback triggers, glyph APIs that corrupt complex scripts, missing Writing Tools wiring, AND architectural gaps like missing fallback observation, SwiftUI wrappers dropping TextKit 2 properties, missing isWritingToolsActive guards; scores MODERN / MIXED / LEGACY)

Anti-Rationalization

ThoughtReality
"Simple SwiftUI layout, no need"SwiftUI layout has 12 gotchas. skills/layout.md covers all of them.
"I know how NavigationStack works"Navigation has state restoration, deep linking, and identity traps. skills/nav.md prevents 2-hour debugging.
"It's just a view not updating"View update failures have 4 root causes. skills/debugging.md diagnoses in 5 min.
"I'll just add .animation()"Animation issues compound. skills/animation-ref.md has the correct patterns.
"No architecture needed"Even small features benefit from separation. skills/architecture.md prevents refactoring debt.
"I know .searchable"Search has 6 gotchas. skills/search-ref.md covers all of them.
"I'll just add a Done button"Sheets without Cancel break the HIG (updated 2026-03-24). .cancellationAction / .confirmationAction produce HIG-correct placement automatically — skills/toolbars.md Pattern 2 has the rules.
"A sheet is a sheet, nothing to configure"Detents, compact adaptation, background interaction, and iOS 18 sizing decide how it behaves across window shapes. skills/presentations.md covers the adaptation traps (landscape sheets silently become full-screen covers).
"Previews are slow forever, I'll just use the simulator"Five concrete fixes in skills/previews.md. Rule 4 (auto-refresh off) is 30 seconds and often halves perceived slowness.
"@State is lazy in Xcode 27, I read the release notes"Only when the property is private/fileprivate and the deployment target is iOS 17 or later — below 17 the private case silently keeps the old eager behavior. skills/architecture.md has the gate, the three TN3211 breaks, and the one that compiles and is wrong at runtime.
"I'll just write a wrapper view for @State in this preview"@Previewable @State (Xcode 16+) eliminates that boilerplate. skills/previews-ref.md has the macro signature.
"I'll just rebuild and relaunch every time"Hot reload edits the running app in place, state preserved. skills/hot-reload.md has the InjectionNext + Inject setup and the verify-via-xclog loop.
"Duo is just a bigger iPhone; my layout already resizes"Bars move to the side, the fold divides the screen, and the outer display can't open windows. skills/iphone-duo.md covers what resizing alone misses.

Bundled files

The model reads these on demand while the skill is loaded. They are exposed as readable files and are never executed.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Axiom Swiftui AI skill do?

Use when building, fixing, or improving ANY SwiftUI UI — views, navigation, layout, animations, gestures, debugging, iOS 26 features, iPhone Duo, view-level performance, feature architecture.

Why use Axiom Swiftui on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. Axiom Swiftui is plain Markdown rather than provider-specific code, so the same skill runs on GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model — and you can switch model mid-chat without it breaking. TypingMind runs on your own API keys, so you pay providers directly instead of a per-seat subscription, and your skills and chats stay in your own storage.

How do I install Axiom Swiftui in TypingMind?

Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/CharlesWiltgen/Axiom/tree/main/axiom-codex/skills/axiom-swiftui. TypingMind reads its SKILL.md and bundles its files and installs it as a skill you can enable per chat.

Which AI models can use Axiom Swiftui?

Any model you connect in TypingMind. AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and local models can all load this skill when a request matches it.

How many AI models can I use with Axiom Swiftui?

As many as you like. As long as a model supports skills, you can use Axiom Swiftui with it — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama and more — all on TypingMind with your own API keys.

Is the Axiom Swiftui AI skill free?

Yes. It is published on GitHub by CharlesWiltgen under the MIT license. You only pay your own AI provider for the tokens you use.

What are AI skills?

An AI skill is a reusable instruction bundle that teaches an AI model how to do one specific task. It follows the open Agent Skills format: a SKILL.md file with a name and description, plus any scripts, templates or reference files the model may need. The model reads the instructions only when your request matches the skill, so an installed skill costs nothing until it is used.

How are AI skills different from plugins or MCP servers?

A plugin or MCP server gives a model new tools to call — code that runs somewhere and returns a result. An AI skill gives the model knowledge and process instead: how to approach a task, which steps to follow, what good output looks like. Skills are plain Markdown, so they need no server, no API key and no runtime, and they work with any model.

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