ios-slim-bindings

ios-slim-bindings is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from dotnet/maui-labs. It costs 97 tokens per session (2,890 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide for exposing selected functions from native iOS libraries to .NET MAUI apps. It uses a thin Swift or Objective-C wrapper, so C# code can call the needed iOS APIs.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create or update iOS bindings, connect xcframeworks and CocoaPods or Swift Package Manager dependencies, and troubleshoot build or callback-selector errors.
Why use it?
It reduces the work of maintaining full bindings when an app needs only part of an iOS software library, especially after library updates.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Needs its repository: it reads a path above its own folder, which exists only inside the repository. The line is <XcodeProject Include="../native/MyBinding/MyBinding.xcodeproj">.

Good fit Use it to create or update iOS bindings, connect xcframeworks and CocoaPods or Swift Package Manager dependencies, and troubleshoot build or callback-selector errors.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dotnet/maui-labs
agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/dotnet/maui-labs/ios-slim-bindings

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 97 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,890 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00097 $0.02890
Opus 5 $0.00048 $0.01445
Sonnet 5 $0.00019 $0.00578
Haiku 4.5 $0.00010 $0.00289

Measured 10d ago against content hash 04f5f9351cde, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

ios-slim-bindings 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 10d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

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.

plugins/dotnet-maui-tooling/skills/ios-slim-bindings/SKILL.md · 279 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 279 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

When to use this skill

Activate this skill when the user asks:

  • How do I create iOS bindings for a native library?
  • How do I wrap an iOS SDK for use in .NET MAUI?
  • How do I create slim bindings for iOS?
  • How do I use Native Library Interop for iOS?
  • How do I bind a Swift library to .NET?
  • How do I use Objective Sharpie for iOS bindings?
  • How do I integrate an xcframework into .NET MAUI?
  • How do I create a Swift wrapper for a native iOS library?
  • How do I update iOS bindings when the native SDK changes?
  • How do I fix iOS binding build errors?
  • How do I expose native iOS APIs to C#?
  • How do I handle CocoaPods dependencies in iOS bindings?
  • How do I handle Swift Package Manager dependencies?

Overview

This skill guides the creation of Native Library Interop (Slim Bindings) for iOS. This modern approach creates a thin native Swift/Objective-C wrapper exposing only the APIs you need from a native iOS library, making bindings easier to create and maintain.

When to Use Slim Bindings vs Traditional Bindings

Scenario Recommended Approach
Need only a subset of library functionality Slim Bindings
Easier maintenance when SDK updates Slim Bindings
Prefer working in Swift/Objective-C for wrapper Slim Bindings
Better isolation from breaking changes Slim Bindings
Need entire library API surface Traditional Bindings
Creating bindings for third-party developers Traditional Bindings
Already maintaining traditional bindings Traditional Bindings

Inputs

Parameter Required Example Notes
libraryName yes FirebaseMessaging, Lottie Name of the native iOS library to bind
bindingProjectName yes MyBinding.MaciOS Name for the C# binding project
dependencySource no cocoapods, spm, xcframework How the native library is distributed
targetFrameworks no net10.0-ios;net10.0-maccatalyst Target frameworks (default: latest .NET iOS + Mac Catalyst)
exposedApis no List of specific APIs Which native APIs to expose (helps scope the wrapper)

Read the full file on GitHub · 279 lines

Files

What ships with it

2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 10d ago First seen · 279 lines · 97 tokens per session scan A 04f5f9351cde

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ios-slim-bindings is a skill published in the GitHub repository dotnet/maui-labs (213 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 97 tokens to every session and 2,890 once invoked, about $0.0005 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 2026-08-30.

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