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.
npx skills add markdavidgan/apple-dev-skills --skill app-store-featuredgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/markdavidgan/apple-dev-skillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/markdavidgan/apple-dev-skills/app-store-featured)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/markdavidgan/apple-dev-skills/app-store-featured"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/markdavidgan/apple-dev-skills/app-store-featured/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/markdavidgan/apple-dev-skills/app-store-featured"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/markdavidgan/apple-dev-skills/app-store-featured.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00091 | $0.02966 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00046 | $0.01483 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00018 | $0.00593 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00009 | $0.00297 |
Grade A, and why
app-store-featured 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 9d 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 301 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
App Store Featuring
Win editorial placement by building the app Apple's editors want to champion — then telling them about it at exactly the right moment.
What Apple's Editors Actually Reward
Apple does not feature apps for marketing partnerships or install volume. Editorial decisions are made by humans who care about craft. The signal they look for:
- Exemplary adoption of recent OS features — widgets, Live Activities, App Intents, App Clips, Dynamic Island, Apple Intelligence integration. Apps that ship day-one support for a new API stand out.
- Outstanding visual and interaction design — feels native, uses SF Symbols, respects the HIG, animations are purposeful.
- Strong accessibility — VoiceOver fully functional, Dynamic Type supported, sufficient contrast, no accessibility blockers. Editors use assistive technology.
- Deep localization — App Store product page and in-app strings localized into the languages of the regions being pitched.
- Stability — crash-free sessions above 99.5 % in the relevant App Store Connect metrics. Editors check.
- A timely story — cultural moment, seasonal hook, new feature launch, major update, awareness event. The pitch needs a "why now."
- Product page quality — screenshots that communicate value in three seconds, a preview video, a compelling short description.
Featuring Surfaces
| Surface | What it is | Typical lead time |
|---|---|---|
| Today tab story | Full-page editorial card written by Apple | 3-6 weeks |
| App of the Day | Single-app spotlight, Today tab | 3-6 weeks |
| Game of the Day | Same as above, Games tab | 3-6 weeks |
| Category collections | "Apps We Love Right Now," genre lists | 2-4 weeks |
| In-App Events | Timed event card inside the App Store | 14 days minimum before event start |
| Seasonal / moment collections | Holiday, back-to-school, awareness months | 4-8 weeks |
Featuring-Readiness Scorecard
Score your app before submitting a nomination. Target 80+ before pitching a major surface.
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.
- 9d ago First seen · 301 lines · 91 tokens per session scan A 44bb3ff48fbf
app-store-featured is a skill published in the GitHub repository markdavidgan/apple-dev-skills (5 stars, last pushed 10d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 91 tokens to every session and 2,966 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 2026-08-31.
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