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Cupertino Council

Category: Product  ·  Sub-category: ux-research  ·  Last updated:
Convenes a five-lens Apple design philosophy council — Reduction (has veto), Craft, Hierarchy, Usability, Metaphor — before writing frontend code, for principled rather than merely bold design. Each lens draws on a real designer's documented public work (see references/council-lenses.md's attribution note); the council applies design philosophies, never a simulated opinion from a named individual. Tension order: Usability > Reduction > Craft > Hierarchy > Metaphor. Use at UI/frontend build-time, or when the user says "design like Apple", "make this feel premium", "this feels generic", "what would Apple do", "go deeper on the UX", "council review", "cupertino", "why does this feel like an AI made it", or "it's pretty but something's off". Applies to HTML, React, Vue, or any stack. UI- element-altitude reduction — distinct from cupertino-focus's roadmap/portfolio-altitude reduction.
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From the source SKILL.md

Five distinct design philosophies, convened before a single line of UI code is written. Where boldness alone risks decoration, the council decides. Full lens profiles, the tension-resolution case library, color palettes, and typography systems all live in ../../references/ — this file is intentionally lean and points into them rather than duplicating their content.

What this skill does

Cupertino Council is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the ux-research sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/cupertino-council/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Cupertino Council Claude Code skill is built for product managers, product designers, and cross-functional teams planning, shipping, and measuring product features. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 156,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

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mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/cupertino-council
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/cupertino-council/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/cupertino-council/SKILL.md

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

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How do I install the Cupertino Council Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/cupertino-council/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Cupertino Council skill do?
Convenes a five-lens Apple design philosophy council — Reduction (has veto), Craft, Hierarchy, Usability, Metaphor — before writing frontend code, for principled rather than merely bold design. Each lens draws on a real designer's documented public work (see references/council-lenses.md's attribution note); the council applies design philosophies, never a simulated opinion from a named individual. Tension order: Usability > Reduction > Craft > Hierarchy > Metaphor. Use at UI/frontend build-time, or when the user says "design like Apple", "make this feel premium", "this feels generic", "what would Apple do", "go deeper on the UX", "council review", "cupertino", "why does this feel like an AI made it", or "it's pretty but something's off". Applies to HTML, React, Vue, or any stack. UI- element-altitude reduction — distinct from cupertino-focus's roadmap/portfolio-altitude reduction.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Cupertino Council skill?
Use Cupertino Council when your Claude Code task falls under the Product category — specifically in the ux research area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Cupertino Council" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/product/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Cupertino Council skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Cupertino Council is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Product category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

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Anselmoo. (2026). Cupertino Council [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/cupertino-council/
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@misc{cupertino-council-2026,
  author    = {Anselmoo},
  title     = {Cupertino Council [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/cupertino-council/}
}

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