feat(build-macos-apps): add macOS app building skills and commands (#72)

* feat(build-macos-apps): add macOS app building skills and commands

New plugin for building, debugging, instrumenting, and implementing macOS apps with SwiftUI and AppKit guidance, codesigning, packaging, and telemetry workflows.

11 skills (liquid-glass, signing-entitlements, packaging-notarization, test-triage, window-management, telemetry, swiftui-patterns, view-refactor, appkit-interop, build-run-debug, swiftpm-macos) + 3 commands (build-and-run-macos-app, fix-codesign-error, test-macos-app) + agent definition. Claude + Codex manifests included; already registered in the marketplace manifests.

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- Collapse codex capabilities array (JSON_PRETTIER)
- Apply prettier formatting to 7 SKILL.md files (MARKDOWN_PRETTIER)

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Author: duyet

build-macos-apps/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

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+{
+  "name": "build-macos-apps",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Build, debug, instrument, and implement macOS apps with SwiftUI and AppKit guidance, codesigning, packaging, and telemetry workflows.",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "duyet",
+    "url": "https://github.com/duyet"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/duyet/codex-claude-plugins",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/duyet/codex-claude-plugins",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}

build-macos-apps/.codex-plugin/plugin.json

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+{
+  "name": "build-macos-apps",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Build, debug, instrument, and implement macOS apps with SwiftUI and AppKit guidance, codesigning, packaging, and telemetry workflows.",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "duyet"
+  },
+  "skills": "./skills/",
+  "commands": "./commands/",
+  "agents": "./agents/",
+  "interface": {
+    "displayName": "Build macOS Apps",
+    "shortDescription": "Build, debug, instrument, and implement macOS apps with SwiftUI and AppKit guidance",
+    "developerName": "duyet",
+    "category": "development",
+    "capabilities": ["Skill", "Command", "Agent"],
+    "links": {
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/duyet/codex-claude-plugins"
+    }
+  }
+}

build-macos-apps/README.md

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+# Build macOS Apps Plugin
+
+This plugin packages macOS-first development workflows.
+
+It currently includes these skills:
+
+- `build-run-debug`
+- `test-triage`
+- `signing-entitlements`
+- `swiftpm-macos`
+- `packaging-notarization`
+- `swiftui-patterns`
+- `liquid-glass`
+- `window-management`
+- `appkit-interop`
+- `view-refactor`
+- `telemetry`
+
+## What It Covers
+
+- discovering local Xcode workspaces, projects, and Swift packages
+- building and running macOS apps with shell-first desktop workflows
+- creating one project-local `script/build_and_run.sh` entrypoint and wiring `.codex/environments/environment.toml` so the Codex app Run button works
+- implementing native macOS SwiftUI scenes, menus, settings, toolbars, and multiwindow flows
+- adopting modern macOS Liquid Glass and design-system guidance with standard SwiftUI structures, toolbars, search, controls, and custom glass surfaces
+- tailoring SwiftUI windows with title/toolbar styling, material-backed container backgrounds, minimize/restoration behavior, default and ideal placement, borderless window style, and launch behavior
+- bridging into AppKit for representables, responder-chain behavior, panels, and other desktop-only needs
+- refactoring large macOS view files toward stable scene, selection, and command structure
+- adding lightweight `Logger` / `os.Logger` instrumentation for windows, sidebars, menu commands, and menu bar actions
+- reading and verifying runtime events with Console, `log stream`, and process logs
+- triaging failing unit, integration, and UI-hosted macOS tests
+- debugging launch failures, crashes, linker problems, and runtime regressions
+- inspecting signing identities, entitlements, hardened runtime, and Gatekeeper issues
+- preparing packaging and notarization workflows for distribution
+
+## Plugin Structure
+
+```text
+build-macos-apps/
+├── .claude-plugin/            # Claude manifest
+├── .codex-plugin/             # Codex manifest
+├── agents/
+│   └── openai.yaml            # OpenAI surface metadata
+├── assets/                    # Icons and SVGs
+├── commands/                  # Slash commands
+│   ├── build-and-run-macos-app.md
+│   ├── fix-codesign-error.md
+│   └── test-macos-app.md
+└── skills/                    # Skill payloads
+    ├── build-run-debug/
+    ├── test-triage/
+    ├── signing-entitlements/
+    ├── swiftpm-macos/
+    ├── packaging-notarization/
+    ├── swiftui-patterns/
+    ├── liquid-glass/
+    ├── window-management/
+    ├── appkit-interop/
+    ├── view-refactor/
+    └── telemetry/
+```
+
+## License
+
+MIT

build-macos-apps/agents/openai.yaml

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+interface:
+  display_name: "Build macOS Apps"
+  short_description: "Build, debug, instrument, and implement macOS apps with SwiftUI and AppKit guidance"
+  icon_small: "./assets/build-macos-apps-small.svg"
+  icon_large: "./assets/app-icon.png"
+  default_prompt: "Build/refactor native macOS UI, inspect AppKit interop, add telemetry, or debug a macOS app."

build-macos-apps/commands/build-and-run-macos-app.md

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+# /build-and-run-macos-app
+
+Create or update the project-local macOS `build_and_run.sh` script, wire the
+Codex app Run button, then use that script as the default build/run entrypoint.
+
+## Arguments
+
+- `scheme`: Xcode scheme name (optional)
+- `workspace`: path to `.xcworkspace` (optional)
+- `project`: path to `.xcodeproj` (optional)
+- `product`: SwiftPM executable product name (optional)
+- `mode`: `run`, `debug`, `logs`, `telemetry`, or `verify` (optional, default: `run`)
+- `app_name`: process/app name to stop before relaunching (optional)
+
+## Workflow
+
+1. Detect whether the repo uses an Xcode workspace, Xcode project, or SwiftPM package.
+2. If the workspace is not inside git yet, run `git init` at the project root so Codex app git-backed features unlock.
+3. Create or update `script/build_and_run.sh` so it always stops the current app, builds the macOS target, and launches the fresh result.
+4. For SwiftPM, keep raw executable launch only for true CLI tools; for AppKit/SwiftUI GUI apps, create a project-local `.app` bundle and launch it with `/usr/bin/open -n`.
+5. Support optional script flags for `--debug`, `--logs`, `--telemetry`, and `--verify`.
+6. Follow the canonical bootstrap contract in `../skills/build-run-debug/references/run-button-bootstrap.md` for the exact script shape and `.codex/environments/environment.toml` format.
+7. Run the script in the requested mode and summarize any build, script, or launch failure.
+
+## Guardrails
+
+- Do not initialize a nested git repo inside an existing parent checkout.
+- Do not leave stale `Run` actions pointing at old script paths.
+- Keep the no-flag script path simple: kill, build, run.
+- Use `--debug`, `--logs`, `--telemetry`, or `--verify` only when the user asks for those modes.

build-macos-apps/commands/fix-codesign-error.md

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+# /fix-codesign-error
+
+Inspect a macOS signing or entitlement failure and explain the minimum fix path.
+
+## Arguments
+
+- `app`: path to `.app` bundle or binary (optional)
+- `identity`: signing identity hint (optional)
+- `mode`: `inspect` or `repair-plan` (optional, default: `inspect`)
+
+## Workflow
+
+1. Inspect the app bundle, executable, signing info, and entitlements.
+2. Determine whether the problem is identity, provisioning, hardened runtime, sandboxing, or trust policy.
+3. Summarize the exact failure class in plain language.
+4. Provide the minimal repair sequence or validation command.
+
+## Guardrails
+
+- Never invent entitlements; read them from the binary or source files.
+- Distinguish local development signing problems from distribution or notarization failures.
+- Prefer verifiable commands like `codesign -d`, `spctl`, and `plutil` over guesswork.

build-macos-apps/commands/test-macos-app.md

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+# /test-macos-app
+
+Run the smallest meaningful macOS test scope first and explain failures by category.
+
+## Arguments
+
+- `scheme`: Xcode scheme name (optional)
+- `target`: test target or product name (optional)
+- `filter`: test filter expression (optional)
+- `configuration`: `Debug` or `Release` (optional, default: `Debug`)
+
+## Workflow
+
+1. Detect whether the repo uses `xcodebuild test` or `swift test`.
+2. Prefer focused test execution when a target or filter is provided.
+3. Classify failures as compile, assertion, crash, env/setup, or flake.
+4. Summarize the top blocker and the narrowest sensible next step.
+
+## Guardrails
+
+- Avoid rerunning the full suite if a focused rerun is possible.
+- Distinguish build failures from actual failing tests.
+- Note when host app setup or simulator-only test assumptions leak into a macOS run.

build-macos-apps/skills/appkit-interop/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: appkit-interop
+description: Bridge macOS SwiftUI into AppKit narrowly. Use when implementing representables, reaching NSWindow or panels, handling menus, or using the responder chain.
+---
+
+# AppKit Interop
+
+## Quick Start
+
+Use this skill when SwiftUI is close but not quite enough for native macOS behavior.
+Keep the bridge as small and explicit as possible. SwiftUI should usually remain
+the source of truth, while AppKit handles the imperative edge.
+
+## Choose The Smallest Bridge
+
+- Use pure SwiftUI when the required behavior already exists in scenes, toolbars, commands, inspectors, or standard controls.
+- Use `NSViewRepresentable` when you need a specific AppKit view with lightweight lifecycle needs.
+- Use `NSViewControllerRepresentable` when you need controller lifecycle, delegation, or presentation coordination.
+- Use direct AppKit window or app hooks when you need `NSWindow`, responder-chain, menu validation, panels, or app-level behavior.
+
+## Workflow
+
+1. Name the capability gap precisely.
+   - Window behavior
+   - Text system behavior
+   - Menu validation
+   - Drag and drop
+   - File open/save panels
+   - First responder control
+
+2. Pick the smallest boundary that solves it.
+   - Avoid porting a whole screen to AppKit when one wrapped control or coordinator would do.
+
+3. Keep ownership explicit.
+   - SwiftUI owns value state, selection, and observable models.
+   - AppKit objects stay inside the representable, coordinator, or bridge object.
+
+4. Expose a narrow interface back to SwiftUI.
+   - Bindings for editable state
+   - Small callbacks for events
+   - Focused bridge services only when necessary
+
+5. Validate lifecycle assumptions.
+   - SwiftUI may recreate representables.
+   - Coordinators exist to hold delegate and target-action glue, not as a second app architecture.
+
+## References
+
+- `references/representables.md`: choosing between view and view-controller wrappers, plus coordinator patterns.
+- `references/window-panels.md`: window access, utility windows, and open/save panels.
+- `references/responder-menus.md`: first responder, command routing, and menu validation.
+- `references/drag-drop-pasteboard.md`: pasteboard, file URLs, and desktop drag/drop edges.
+
+## Guardrails
+
+- Do not duplicate the source of truth between SwiftUI and AppKit.
+- Do not let `Coordinator` become an unstructured dumping ground.
+- Do not store long-lived `NSView` or `NSWindow` instances globally without a strong ownership reason.
+- Prefer a tiny tested bridge over rewriting the feature in raw AppKit.
+- If a pattern can remain entirely in `swiftui-patterns`, keep it there.
+
+## Output Expectations
+
+Provide:
+
+- the exact SwiftUI limitation being crossed
+- the smallest recommended bridge type
+- the data-flow boundary between SwiftUI and AppKit
+- the lifecycle or validation risks to watch

build-macos-apps/skills/appkit-interop/references/drag-drop-pasteboard.md

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+# Drag, Drop, and Pasteboard
+
+## Intent
+
+Use this when desktop drag/drop or pasteboard behavior exceeds what plain SwiftUI modifiers cover comfortably.
+
+## Good fits
+
+- File URL dragging
+- Pasteboard interoperability with other macOS apps
+- Rich drag previews or AppKit-specific drop validation
+- Legacy AppKit views with custom drag types
+
+## Core patterns
+
+- Start with SwiftUI drag/drop APIs when they already cover the use case.
+- Drop to AppKit when you need `NSPasteboard`, custom pasteboard types, or older AppKit delegate flows.
+- Keep data conversion at the boundary instead of leaking AppKit types through the whole feature.
+
+## Pitfalls
+
+- Do not move your whole list or canvas into AppKit just for one drop target.
+- Keep file and pasteboard types explicit and validated.

build-macos-apps/skills/appkit-interop/references/representables.md

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+# Representables
+
+## Intent
+
+Use this when wrapping an AppKit control or controller for a SwiftUI macOS app.
+
+## Choose the wrapper type
+
+- Use `NSViewRepresentable` for a view-level bridge such as `NSTextView`, `NSScrollView`, or a custom AppKit control.
+- Use `NSViewControllerRepresentable` when you need controller lifecycle, delegate coordination, or AppKit presentation logic.
+
+## Skeleton
+
+```swift
+struct LegacyTextView: NSViewRepresentable {
+  @Binding var text: String
+
+  func makeCoordinator() -> Coordinator {
+    Coordinator(text: $text)
+  }
+
+  func makeNSView(context: Context) -> NSScrollView {
+    let scrollView = NSScrollView()
+    let textView = NSTextView()
+    textView.delegate = context.coordinator
+    scrollView.documentView = textView
+    return scrollView
+  }
+
+  func updateNSView(_ nsView: NSScrollView, context: Context) {
+    guard let textView = nsView.documentView as? NSTextView else { return }
+    if textView.string != text {
+      textView.string = text
+    }
+  }
+
+  final class Coordinator: NSObject, NSTextViewDelegate {
+    @Binding var text: String
+
+    init(text: Binding<String>) {
+      _text = text
+    }
+
+    func textDidChange(_ notification: Notification) {
+      guard let textView = notification.object as? NSTextView else { return }
+      text = textView.string
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## Pitfalls
+
+- Avoid infinite update loops by only pushing state into AppKit when values actually changed.
+- Keep delegates and target-action wiring in the coordinator.
+- If the wrapper grows into a full screen, re-evaluate the boundary.