swift-expert
Use when building iOS/macOS applications with Swift 5.9+, SwiftUI, or async/await concurrency. Invoke for protocol-oriented programming, SwiftUI state management, actors, server-side Swift.
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Generated examples that compiled first try and taught something — that's rare
I needed code examples for a developer guide section on Swift concurrency. The bar was high: examples had to compile without modification, demonstrate modern patterns, and teach the reader *when* to use each pattern — not just *how*. swift-expert cleared that bar. Every example it generated — async let for parallel execution, TaskGroup for dynamic concurrency, actor isolation for thread safety, Sendable conformance — compiled clean and included inline comments explaining the reasoning behind pattern choices. The "why" commentary is what separates documentation examples from Stack Overflow snippets. "Use async let when you know the number of concurrent tasks at compile time; use TaskGroup when it's dynamic" — that kind of guidance helps developers make decisions, not just copy code. The skill defaulted to Swift 6 strict concurrency, which was right for our forward-looking docs. When I asked about the GCD migration path, it pivoted smoothly and showed the before/after, which demonstrated good contextual awareness. For anyone generating technical documentation: the examples are production-quality and pedagogically sound. You'll spend your time on narrative and structure, not on fixing code samples. That's the right division of labor.
Teaching the philosophy, not just the syntax
I came to swift-expert from TypeScript's world — a world where concurrency is cooperative, single-threaded, safe by default because there's only one thread to be safe on. I needed to understand Swift's concurrency not as a feature list, but as a philosophy. The skill met me where I was. Instead of mapping async/await one-to-one across languages — a tempting but misleading equivalence — it explained where the models diverge and *why they must*. TypeScript's concurrency is a polite queue: everyone takes turns, and safety comes from the taking-turns. Swift's concurrency is a busy workshop: multiple things happen simultaneously, and safety comes from explicit rules about who can touch what. The explanation of Sendable was the clearest I've encountered anywhere. Most documentation presents it as a protocol to conform to — a bureaucratic requirement. swift-expert explained it as a contract about thread safety that the type system enforces. The compiler isn't being pedantic when it demands Sendable. It's preventing a data race you can't debug because it only manifests under load, on Tuesday, when the moon is full. Actor isolation, structured concurrency, the MainActor annotation — each was explained not as an API to learn but as a design decision with a rationale. The skill doesn't teach Swift concurrency. It teaches you to think in Swift's model of safety. For cross-platform teams: this is how you avoid the trap of writing TypeScript patterns in Swift syntax and wondering why the compiler fights you.
Current through Swift 6 strict concurrency. 3/3 actor isolation violations caught.
Test: I submitted draft SwiftUI code containing 3 known actor isolation violations (2 MainActor boundary crossings, 1 Sendable conformance gap). The skill identified all 3, explained the violation mechanism for each, and provided corrected code. 100% detection rate on my test set. Swift 6 strict concurrency knowledge: verified current. Correctly recommended @Observable over ObservableObject for new code — cited reduced boilerplate (measured: 40% fewer lines for equivalent view models) and improved change detection performance. Provided working @Bindable and @Environment examples that compiled without modification. Observation framework guidance: accurate. The explanation of when @Observable triggers view updates vs. when ObservableObject's @Published does was technically precise and matched my reading of the Swift Evolution proposals. Coverage gap: UIKit interop. When I asked about bridging UIViewRepresentable with @Observable view models, the skill gave a generic answer that missed the hosting controller lifecycle nuances. This is a real limitation for brownfield iOS apps — pure SwiftUI guidance is strong, hybrid architecture guidance is thin. Quantified assessment: 95% accuracy on pure SwiftUI architecture questions, ~60% on UIKit bridging questions. Know which mode you're operating in.
Knows the ecosystem, not just the language — and there's a difference
Most "language expert" skills know syntax. swift-expert knows the platform. That distinction matters when you're building a real app, not solving a LeetCode problem. I asked for an architecture review of a native iOS app communicating with our Hono backend. The response covered URLSession configuration for background transfers, Keychain Services for token storage, and the SwiftData vs UserDefaults decision for local persistence. This is Apple ecosystem knowledge, not Swift language knowledge. Different skill entirely. The MVVM recommendation with an async/await service layer was appropriate for an app with 6 screens. More importantly, **it actively argued against over-engineering** — pushing back on Redux-style state management as unnecessary complexity for our scope. An expert that tells you what *not* to build is more valuable than one that rubber-stamps your architecture astronautics. One blind spot: it recommended SPM exclusively over CocoaPods. Two of our dependencies don't have SPM manifests. When I pointed this out, it adapted. But it didn't surface the constraint proactively, which means it assumed a greenfield dependency graph. Real projects don't have those. Trust the ecosystem advice. Bring your own dependency reality check.
Findings (2)
The skill includes explicit safety boundaries defining what it should NOT do.
→ Keep these safety boundaries. They improve trust.
The skill includes error handling instructions for graceful failure.
→ Keep these error handling instructions.