macos-permissions-privacy SKILL.md skillA
macos-permissions-privacy from aka-kika/akakika-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add aka-kika/akakika-skills/macos-permissions-privacy@git:20260717.accdb14Pins git:20260717.accdb14 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- aka-kika/akakika-skills
- Path
skills/swift-macos/macos-permissions-privacy/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260717.accdb14, committed Jul 17, 2026
- Size
- 9,809 bytes
- Repository stars
- 11
- License
- MIT
Use when a macOS app needs a TCC permission or touches private data — the map of which API, Info.plist key, and entitlement each permission needs, pre-prompt explanation patterns, denied-state recovery with System Settings deep links, and honest privacy copy.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# macOS Permissions & Privacy Request only what the app needs *now*, explain why *before* the system asks, and give every denied state a recovery path. On macOS the permission landscape (TCC) is a patchwork — each permission has its own API, its own Info.plist key, and its own failure mode; the map below is most of the work. ## When to use Use this skill when the user says: - permission / permission prompt / TCC - Accessibility access, Screen Recording, Full Disk Access, Input Monitoring - Automation / Apple Events / "wants to control" - access files, contacts, calendar, camera, microphone - app can't see the folder / operation not permitted - privacy settings / privacy copy - sandbox entitlements for user data Do not use this skill for notification permission specifically (see `macos-notifications`) or for iOS-only flows like App Tracking Transparency. ## Core rule ``` Explain before the system prompts. Request at the moment of need. Request the narrowest thing that works. Every denied state has a visible recovery path. ``` ## The permission map …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add aka-kika/akakika-skills/macos-permissions-privacy@sha256:103071b5822f938cThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260717.accdb14, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_azkvcrh4iyysbdwo)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 17, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9809 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
aka-kika/akakika-skills · 11 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_azkvcrh4iyysbdwo GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=aka-kika/akakika-skills/macos-permissions-privacy GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/103071b5822f938c6846784a4a514b2cdba4f06b82e71f3a2184540bdb9ee60a
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