apple-hig-sf-symbols SKILL.md skillA

apple-hig-sf-symbols from aka-kika/akakika-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add aka-kika/akakika-skills/apple-hig-sf-symbols@git:20260620.d4b3079

Pins git:20260620.d4b3079 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/apple-hig/apple-hig-sf-symbols/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20260620.d4b3079, committed Jun 20, 2026
Size
9,049 bytes
Repository stars
11
License
MIT

Use when choosing, reviewing, or implementing SF Symbols in an Apple-platform app — picking meaningful symbols, keeping the same concept on the same symbol everywhere, and handling variants, rendering modes, and accessibility.

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

# Apple HIG SF Symbols

Pick and review SF Symbols so every icon carries meaning, the same concept always uses the same symbol, and icon-only controls stay accessible. Reach for this when working on sidebar icons, toolbar icons, tab bars, buttons, menus, empty states, status indicators, inspectors, settings screens, command palettes, custom symbol review, and accessibility cleanup.

## Core rule

```
SF Symbols are meaning tools, not decoration.
```

Every symbol must help the user understand:

```
What is this?
What does it do?
What state is it in?
Where will this take me?
```

If a symbol does not make the interface clearer, remove it.

## Relationship to other skills

```
Sidebar = navigation symbols
Toolbar = action symbols
Inspector = property/detail symbols
Command palette = command/category symbols
Status areas = state symbols
```

## Principles

### 1. Prefer system symbols before custom icons

Use Apple-provided SF Symbols first.

```swift
Image(systemName: "folder")
Image(systemName: "sparkles")
Image(systemName: "gearshape")
Image(systemName: "sidebar.left")
Image(systemName: "magnifyingglass")
```
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add aka-kika/akakika-skills/apple-hig-sf-symbols@sha256:4ad404b37a0004da

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260620.d4b3079, 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.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_qnmxwcfr2yuqeyxd.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_qnmxwcfr2yuqeyxd)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jun 20, 2026.

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Audit of the latest version

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  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9049 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

GitHub

aka-kika/akakika-skills · 11 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-12 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qnmxwcfr2yuqeyxd
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=aka-kika/akakika-skills/apple-hig-sf-symbols
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4ad404b37a0004dab77cacc5bd6501d9551f7a449eeff4afabe73f806d8db574

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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