indie-app-shipping AGENTS.md

Repository instructions for shipping small mobile apps on iOS or Android, from choosing a platform through store submission and deciding whether to improve or pause an app.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them to build and review app flows, prepare store listings and screenshots, run compliance checks, manage testing, respond to rejections, and assess shipped apps.
Why use it?
They provide a repeatable process for handling app structure, store requirements, screenshots, testing, and launch problems.

Instructions file for CodexOpenCode

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add instructions/cuongdev/indie-app-shipping/agents-md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cuongdev/indie-app-shipping

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Grade A, and why

indie-app-shipping AGENTS.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

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Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

AGENTS.md · 52 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 52 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

AGENTS.md — Indie App Shipping

Cross-tool version of the indie-app-shipping playbook. This file is read by Cursor, Gemini CLI, and Antigravity (and Claude Code) at session start. Claude Code and Antigravity can alternatively load the richer native skill in indie-app-shipping/SKILL.md (same content, on-demand). The detailed checklists live as plain markdown under indie-app-shipping/references/** and templates under indie-app-shipping/assets/** — read the relevant file when you reach its step.

Use this whenever the user is shipping a small mobile app on iOS/macOS (App Store) or Android (Google Play): scaffolding app structure; wiring onboarding/settings/paywall/restore/legal screens; writing or reviewing store metadata; planning screenshots; running a pre-submission compliance check; writing review notes; setting up Play closed testing; handling a rejection; or deciding which shipped apps to invest in further. Trigger even when the user doesn't say "checklist."

Strategic frame

Two ways to ship: (1) one or two deep apps, or (2) many small apps to test fast. This playbook is for path 2 — ship a clean minimal app, measure real users, deepen only what shows signal. The point of a v1 is information, not perfection. If the user is clearly resourced for path 1 on a specific app (real budget, real signal), say so and adjust.

The user works in Vietnamese — respond in Vietnamese unless they switch. Store Console fields and platform terms stay in English where that's the on-platform value.

Platform selection (decide first)

  • iOS / macOS → indie-app-shipping/references/ios/
  • Android (Google Play) → indie-app-shipping/references/android/
  • Both → read both; build one skeleton with a store-abstracting billing layer (RevenueCat wraps StoreKit 2 + Play Billing).

Key differences that change how you ship: iOS has a dedicated keyword field, Play has none (weave keywords into title/short/full description); StoreKit 2 vs Play Billing; privacy nutrition labels vs Data safety form; iOS in-app account deletion vs Play in-app plus a public web deletion URL; "Sign in with Apple" required on iOS if you offer social login (no Play equivalent); human App Review vs faster but stricter Play automation; new personal Play accounts must pass a closed test (12 testers, 14 continuous days) before production. Which first? Lead with the platform where your users and monetization live — Play for VN-market reach/volume, App Store for US-market revenue — then port winners.

Read the full file on GitHub · 52 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 52 lines · 1,103 tokens per session scan A ea94be0058aa

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indie-app-shipping AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository cuongdev/indie-app-shipping (2 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,103 tokens to every session, about $0.0055 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.