✈️ App Store Preflight

An AI agent skill that runs pre-submission checks on your iOS/macOS project to catch common mistakes that lead to App Store rejection.

Overview

Preflight helps developers catch potential App Store Review guideline violations before submitting their app. It scans your Xcode project, source code, metadata, and configuration files to flag issues that commonly result in rejections from Apple.

This skill integrates with the asc CLI (brew install asc) and the ASC CLI Skills to pull and inspect App Store metadata.

Most metadata examples assume the canonical JSON layout written by
asc metadata pull. If you are starting from fastlane metadata, adapt the path
examples or pull the canonical asc layout first.

Install

npx skills add truongduy2611/app-store-preflight-skills

Guideline Index (by App Type)

The references/guidelines/ directory contains a complete index of all 100+ Apple Review Guidelines and 10 app-type specific checklists:

Checklist	App Type
all_apps.md	Universal (every submission)
subscription_iap.md	Subscriptions / In-App Purchases
social_ugc.md	Social / User-Generated Content
kids.md	Kids Category
health_fitness.md	Health, Fitness & Medical
games.md	Games
macos.md	macOS / Mac App Store
ai_apps.md	AI / Generative AI
crypto_finance.md	Crypto, Finance & Trading
vpn.md	VPN & Networking

📖 Full guideline reference: references/guidelines/README.md

How It Works

1. Identify app type → load the matching checklist from references/guidelines/by-app-type/
2. Pull metadata using asc metadata pull --app "<APP_ID>" --version "<VERSION>" --dir ./metadata (or the asc-metadata-sync skill)
3. Scan against rejection rules in references/rules/
4. Report findings with severity, affected files, and resolution steps
5. Autofix + Validate — apply fixes, re-run affected checks

See SKILL.md for the full AI agent instructions.

Rejection Rules

All rules live in references/rules/, organized by category:

Metadata (references/rules/metadata/)

Rule	Guideline	What It Catches
competitor_terms	2.3.1	Android, Google Play, and other competitor brands
apple_trademark	5.2.5	Apple device images in icon, Apple trademark misuse
china_storefront	5	OpenAI/ChatGPT/Gemini references (China)
accurate_metadata	2.3.4	Device frames in app preview videos
subscription_metadata	3.1.2	Missing ToS/EULA and Privacy Policy links

Subscriptions (references/rules/subscription/)

Rule	Guideline	What It Catches
missing_tos_pp	3.1.2	No Terms or Privacy Policy in app/metadata
misleading_pricing	3.1.2	Monthly price more prominent than billed amount

Privacy (references/rules/privacy/)

Rule	Guideline	What It Catches
unnecessary_data	5.1.1	Requiring irrelevant personal data
privacy_manifest	5.1.1	Missing PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy

Design (references/rules/design/)

Rule	Guideline	What It Catches
sign_in_with_apple	4.0	Asking name/email after SIWA
minimum_functionality	4.2	WebView wrappers, apps with < 3 screens, no unique value

Entitlements (references/rules/entitlements/)

Rule	Guideline	What It Catches
unused_entitlements	2.4.5(i)	Unused entitlements in Xcode project

Adding New Rules

Create a .md file in the appropriate references/rules/ subdirectory:

# Rule: [Short Title]
- **Guideline**: [Apple Guideline Number]
- **Severity**: REJECTION | WARNING
- **Category**: metadata | subscription | privacy | design | entitlements

## What to Check
## How to Detect
## Resolution
## Example Rejection

Related Skills

• app-store-connect-cli-skills — ASC CLI skills for metadata sync, ASO audit, release flow

License

MIT