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Build a mobile app's screens from top-grossing patterns
Have an agent study top-grossing apps in a category, then build the screens for your new app to a simulator-checked bar.
- Appllama Skills
- Claude Code
- Cursor
- Codex
- Software and DevOps
- Intermediate
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Using the appllama/appllama-skills repo, study the top-grossing apps in the <category> category through the Appllama MCP, then build the core screens of <app idea> in Expo / React Native. Output the screen list and simulator recordings, and verify that each screen was checked in the simulator before you report it done.
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Improve an existing app screen against category leaders
Give an agent a screenshot, code, or Copy Screen ID and have it rebuild the screen to a higher bar.
- Appllama Skills
- Claude Code
- Cursor
- Codex
- Software and DevOps
- Intermediate
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Using the appllama/appllama-skills repo, take the screen at <screenshot, code path, or Copy Screen ID> and improve it against the top-grossing apps in its category through the Appllama MCP. Output the revised screen code and a list of changed patterns, and verify the result in the simulator before reporting it.
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Research how top apps structure onboarding and paywalls
Ask an agent how leading apps in a category run onboarding, what each step does, and where the paywall sits.
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Using the appllama/appllama-skills repo, research how the top-grossing apps in <category> structure onboarding and where they place the paywall, through the Appllama MCP. Output a comparison table with the flow length, the purpose of each step, and the paywall position for each app, and verify each claim against the screens you studied.
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Review an app's animations and produce a fix plan
Have an agent audit motion in your app and list what to delete, move off the JS thread, or add velocity to.
- Appllama Skills
- Claude Code
- Cursor
- Codex
- Software and DevOps
- Intermediate
View prompt
Using the appllama/appllama-skills repo, review the animations in <project folder> against the motion bar in appllama-app-design-skill. Output a fix plan that lists what to delete, what runs on the wrong thread, and what lacks finger velocity, and verify the plan's changes in the simulator recording.
How to use Appllama Skills
- Check you have what it needs: An MCP-capable agent such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex; An Appllama account with Pro, since MCP access is part of Pro; An Expo / React Native project and a simulator for the build loop.
- Open Appllama/appllama-skills on GitHub and read the README and license.
- Run
npx skills@latest add appllama/appllama-skillsfrom your project root. - Connect the Appllama MCP at
https://mcp.appllama.io/mcpand approve it with your Appllama account. - Run
get_creditsto confirm your credit balance before starting, since every other call spends one credit. - Give your agent the app idea and ask it to follow the appllama-usage build-from-scratch playbook, then the appllama-app-design-skill build bar.
These steps come from our top use case, Build a mobile app's screens from top-grossing patterns, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.
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- Who it is forMobile app builders and product designers who use an AI coding agent and want new screens to match the patterns of top-grossing apps.
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Requirements
- An MCP-capable agent such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex
- An Appllama account with Pro, since MCP access is part of Pro
- An Expo / React Native project and a simulator for the build loop
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Questions about Appllama Skills
What is Appllama Skills?
A set of agent skills that teach AI coding agents to research top-grossing mobile apps through the Appllama MCP and build native-feeling Expo / React Native screens checked in a simulator. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/Appllama/appllama-skills.
Who is Appllama Skills for?
Mobile app builders and product designers who use an AI coding agent and want new screens to match the patterns of top-grossing apps.
What can I do with Appllama Skills?
5 use cases so far, for example: Build a mobile app's screens from top-grossing patterns; Improve an existing app screen against category leaders; Research how top apps structure onboarding and paywalls. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.
What do I need to run Appllama Skills?
An MCP-capable agent such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex; An Appllama account with Pro, since MCP access is part of Pro; An Expo / React Native project and a simulator for the build loop.
What are alternatives to Appllama Skills?
Other hot AI repos in Software and DevOps: Harness2, iFixAi, Orca, Diagram Design, AI Memory.
Is Appllama Skills safe to run?
Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.