# Macos Packaging Notarization

Prepare macOS packaging and notarization workflows.

- Repository: https://github.com/robinebers/openusage (4503 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add robinebers/openusage --skill macos-packaging-notarization -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add robinebers/openusage --skill macos-packaging-notarization -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add robinebers/openusage --skill macos-packaging-notarization -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add robinebers/openusage --skill macos-packaging-notarization -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Prepare macOS packaging and notarization workflows. Use when archiving apps, validating bundles, or explaining distribution-only failures.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Packaging & Notarization

## Quick Start

Use this skill when the work is about shipping the app rather than merely
running it locally: archives, exported app bundles, notarization readiness,
hardened runtime, or distribution validation.

## Workflow

1. Confirm the distribution goal.
   - Local archive validation
   - Signed distributable app
   - Notarization troubleshooting

2. Inspect the artifact.
   - Validate app bundle structure.
   - Check nested frameworks, helper tools, and entitlements.

3. Inspect signing and runtime prerequisites.
   - Hardened runtime
   - Signing identity
   - Nested code signatures
   - Required entitlements

4. Explain notarization readiness or failure.
   - Separate packaging issues from trust-policy symptoms.
   - Point to the minimum follow-up validation commands.

## Guardrails

- Do not present notarization as required for ordinary local debug runs.
- Call out when you lack the actual exported artifact and are inferring from project settings.
- Keep advice concrete and verifiable.

## Output Expectations

Provide:
- what artifact or settings were inspected
- whether the app looks distribution-ready
- the top missing prerequisite or failure mode
- the next validation or repair step