ClaudSkills / Engineering / engineering-misc

Automating Mac Apps

Quality score: 85/100  ·  Category: Engineering  ·  Sub-category: engineering-misc
lang:pythontype:integration
Automates macOS apps via Apple Events using AppleScript (discovery), JXA (legacy), and PyXA (modern Python). Use when asked to "automate Mac apps", "write AppleScript", "JXA scripting", "osascript automation", or "PyXA Python automation". Foundation skill for all macOS app automation.

What this skill does

Automating Mac Apps is a well-rated Claude Code skill (quality score 85/100) in the engineering-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/automating-mac-apps/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when asked to "automate Mac apps", "write AppleScript", "JXA scripting", "osascript automation", or "PyXA Python automation". Foundation skill for all macOS app automation.

Who uses this skill

The Automating Mac Apps skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/automating-mac-apps
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/automating-mac-apps/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/automating-mac-apps/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/automating-mac-apps/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/automating-mac-apps/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\automating-mac-apps\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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