# AskHIG

> Give your agent Apple's Human Interface Guidelines before it designs your next feature. No more awkward navigation, misplaced buttons, or clunky interactions!

- Kind: CLI
- Tags: Claude, Codex
- Price: $5 USD, plus tax where it applies; one payment, no account
- Buy: https://tools.natashatherobot.com/buy/askhig
- In bundles: [the /ask bundle](https://tools.natashatherobot.com/ask-bundle.md) ($10 USD with AskAppleDocs and AskDuoDocs)
- Page: https://tools.natashatherobot.com/askhig
- Seller: NatashaTheRobot

## What happens after you buy

1. **Download.** Download the ZIP, extract the `askhig` folder, and share the folder with your agent.
2. **Set up with your agent.** Your agent follows `INSTALL.md` to build `askhig` and set up the Claude or Codex plugins. It asks permission when needed and guides you through manual steps.
3. **Customize it.** Have your own design preferences or want your agent to use the HIG differently as you build? Ask it to update the skill or add new CLI commands to fit your workflow.

## The Problem

Your agent can write good SwiftUI code and still design an interface that feels awkward to use. It may rely on outdated design guidelines, borrow patterns from other platforms, or invent interactions, leaving you with an app where everything technically works, but nothing quite fits together.

## The Solution

AskHIG gives your agent access to Apple's Human Interface Guidelines before it designs or writes code. By getting the design right the first time, you spend fewer tokens fixing awkward interactions and reworking features later.

## Sample Prompts

- Show me how the different Liquid Glass button styles look.
- How should I style the Done button?
- Should this be as sheet or a popover on iPad?
- Is this the correct button placement on iPhone Duo or a bug?

## Features

- **Get Apple's design guidance before building.** Your agent finds the relevant Human Interface Guidelines for what you're working on, helping it make better design decisions the first time.
- **Get relevant guidance without bloating your context.** Your agent uses what it knows about your app to find and read only the Apple design guidelines it needs, saving tokens for building your features.
- **See Apple's design components.** our agent can pull up and show you Apple's own design illustrations, including light and dark versions, so you can see exactly what Apple recommends.
- **Know when Apple doesn't have an answer.** Your agent tells you when the HIG doesn't cover something instead of making up design recommendations.
- **Future-proof your app's design.** Your agent stays current with Apple's latest design guidance, including Liquid Glass and iPhone Duo, so your app follows modern Apple design patterns instead of outdated ones.

## What you get

- The `askhig` CLI tool
- Claude and Codex Skills

## What you need

- macOS 27 or later
- Xcode 27 or later
- Claude or Codex

## It is a starter tool

AskHIG is a starter tool you can customize to fit your workflow.

- You can use, copy, and change it for yourself and your work, across any number of projects. Your AI agents can read, run, and change it for you.
- The license is for one person: you. Each other person who uses AskHIG needs their own copy.
- NatashaTheRobot claims no rights to what you make with AskHIG. Apple's HIG pages and images that AskHIG downloads remain Apple's content, and Apple's terms apply to them.

The full terms are in the `LICENSE` file included with your download. The tool comes without warranty.