App Clips

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dpearson2699

app-clips

Build iOS App Clips with invocation URLs, App Clip Codes, NFC, QR codes, Safari banners, Maps, Messages, target setup, App Store Connect experiences, size/capability constraints, NSUserActivity routing, SKOverlay promotion, App Group/keychain handoff, ephemeral notifications, location confirmation, and full-app migration. Use when creating App Clips or wiring App Clip invocation, experience configuration, or full-app handoff.

Overview

Publisher	dpearson2699
Repository	`swift-ios-skills`
Skill name	`app-clips`
Stars	1.2K
Forks	61
Bundled files	4
Links	Skill source Repository Homepage

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.
4 bundled files
Scripts, templates, and references the model can read while it works. Files are read-only and never executed.
Open source
Published by dpearson2699 on GitHub. Read the source before you install it.

Installation

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

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.

Open the app and go to Plugins → Skills.
Choose "Install from GitHub".
Paste the skill folder URL below and confirm.
https://github.com/dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills/tree/main/skills/app-clips
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.

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/dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills.git /tmp/swift-ios-skills
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/swift-ios-skills/skills/app-clips .claude/skills/app-clips

Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable App Clips 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 App Clips 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 App Clips 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.

App Clips

Build lightweight, instantly available versions of an iOS app for focused in-the-moment experiences or demos.

App Clip Target Setup
Invocation and Experience Routing
Size and Capability Decisions
Data, Notifications, and Location
Common Mistakes
Review Checklist
References

App Clip Target Setup

An App Clip is a separate target in the same Xcode project as your full app:

File → New → Target → App Clip — Xcode creates the App Clip target, adds the Embed App Clip build phase to the full app target, and wires the association entitlements.
The App Clip bundle ID must be prefixed by the full app's bundle ID: com.example.MyApp.Clip.
Verify raw entitlement keys when diagnosing archive, signing, or App Store Connect failures:
- App Clip target: com.apple.developer.on-demand-install-capable
- App Clip target parent app link: com.apple.developer.parent-application-identifiers
- Full app target associated App Clip link: com.apple.developer.associated-appclip-app-identifiers

Use Swift packages or shared source files for code needed by both targets. Add App Clip-specific compile branches with the APPCLIP active compilation condition, and avoid linking full-app-only frameworks into the App Clip target.

Validation checkpoint: Archive both targets and inspect their archived entitlements. If signing or validation fails, correct the three raw key/target assignments above and rearchive until both pass.

Invocation and Experience Routing

Read references/routing-and-experiences.md when implementing invocation URL routing, App Store Connect experiences, Local Experiences, Safari Smart App Banners, QR/NFC/App Clip Codes, AASA, or associated domains.

App Clips receive NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb activities. Keep the invocation router shared with the full app because, after installation, the full app replaces the App Clip and receives future invocations.

SwiftUI: use .onContinueUserActivity(NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb).
UIKit cold launch: inspect connectionOptions.userActivities in scene(_:willConnectTo:options:).
UIKit continuation: handle the actual NSUserActivity in scene(_:continue:).
scene(_:willContinueUserActivityWithType:) is only advance notice and does not provide the URL.

Configure the required default App Clip experience in App Store Connect. Use advanced experiences for Maps integration, location association, production App Clip Codes, per-location cards, and precise physical-place routing; demo App Clip Codes can use the short demo App Clip link.

For custom URLs, add appclips:example.com to Associated Domains on both the full app and App Clip targets, and host an AASA file with the App Clip app identifier. For Safari banners, use app-id, app-clip-bundle-id, and optional app-clip-display=card; do not rely on app-argument for App Clip launches.

Validation checkpoint: Exercise each URL with _XCAppClipURL and a Local Experience, fix routing/AASA/experience mismatches, and repeat until the App Clip and installed full app reach the same destination.

Size and Capability Decisions

Use Size, capabilities, and promotion as the authoritative checklist for feasibility reviews, size tiers and measurement, Background Assets, CloudKit, Live Activities, unsupported features, and full-app promotion. Load it whenever any of those topics is in scope.

Keep product reviews at the boundary level: state the size basis, invocation and download fit, capability exclusions, and handoff destination. Add implementation APIs only when the user asks for implementation.

Data, Notifications, and Location

Read references/data-handoff-notifications-location.md when implementing App Group/full-app migration, keychain or Sign in with Apple handoff, ephemeral notifications, notification relaunch routing, or physical location confirmation.

Treat App Group storage as non-secret handoff state, not a trust boundary. The reference owns the iOS 15.4+ one-way keychain rule, Sign in with Apple verification, ephemeral-notification permission and relaunch routing, and physical-location confirmation—including their required raw keys and targets.

Common Mistakes

Exceeding the applicable App Clip size limit

Choose and measure the applicable limit using Size Limits.

Designing a marketing-only or web-view-heavy App Clip

App Clips should let people complete a focused task or full demo without installing the app. Avoid marketing-only clips, ad-heavy flows, splash screens, launch-blocking downloads, repeated install prompts, and web-view-heavy experiences that would work better as a website.

Review Checklist

Do not ship until every applicable gate passes; fix failures and rerun the same gate.

Target IDs, all three raw entitlement keys, and shared-code boundaries are correct.
Invocation works for SwiftUI/UIKit cold launch and continuation, then hands off to the full app.
Associated domains, AASA, App Store Connect experiences, and local invocation tests pass.
Size, capability, UX, Live Activity, and promotion decisions pass the feasibility review.
Data, credential, notification, and location flows pass the detailed handoff checks.

References

Routing and experiences
Data handoff, notifications, and location
Size, capabilities, and promotion
App Clips framework
Creating an App Clip with Xcode
Configuring App Clip experiences
Responding to invocations
Choosing the right functionality
Confirming a person's physical location
Sharing data between App Clip and full app
Enabling notifications in App Clips
Supporting invocations from your website and the Messages app
Offering Live Activities with your App Clip
Recommending your app to App Clip users
APActivationPayload
SKOverlay.AppClipConfiguration
NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb
Creating App Clip Codes
Distributing your App Clip
App Clips HIG

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 App Clips AI skill do?

Why use App Clips on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. App Clips 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 App Clips in TypingMind?

Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills/tree/main/skills/app-clips. 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 App Clips?

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 App Clips?

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

Is the App Clips AI skill free?

It is published on GitHub by dpearson2699. Check the repository for licensing terms. 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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