# Assistive Access

Assistive Access implementation for cognitive accessibility including simplified...

- Repository: https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills (846 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-07-24
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## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill assistive-access -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill assistive-access -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill assistive-access -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill assistive-access -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills`

## Description

Assistive Access implementation for cognitive accessibility including simplified scenes, navigation icons, runtime detection, and design principles. Use when optimizing apps for Assistive Access mode.

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

# Assistive Access

Guide for implementing Assistive Access support in iOS and iPadOS apps. Assistive Access (iOS 17+/iPadOS 17+) provides a streamlined system experience for people with cognitive disabilities, presenting simplified interfaces with large controls and reduced complexity.

## When This Skill Activates

- User wants to add Assistive Access support to their app
- User asks about cognitive accessibility or simplified interfaces
- User mentions `AssistiveAccess`, `UISupportsAssistiveAccess`, or assistive access scenes
- User needs runtime detection of Assistive Access mode
- User is reviewing accessibility compliance for cognitive disabilities
- User asks about `.assistiveAccessNavigationIcon`

## Setup

### The Three Integration Levels (WWDC25 238)

- **No adoption**: the app runs in a reduced frame to leave room for the system back
  button always shown along the bottom (back returns to the Assistive Access Home
  Screen). The reduced frame keeps apps built for specific device sizes rendering
  correctly.
- **Full screen as-is** (`UISupportsFullScreenInAssistiveAccess`): for apps already
  designed for cognitive accessibility, AAC apps and similar tools. The app looks
  identical to normal, just full-screen; requires layout that adapts to arbitrary sizes.
- **`AssistiveAccess` scene** (`UISupportsAssistiveAccess` + the scene below, iOS 26/
  iPadOS 26): a tailored experience where native controls automatically render in the
  large, prominent Assistive Access style and follow the user's grid-or-rows layout
  setting. Recommended when unsure (WWDC25 238).

The Assistive Access mode itself shipped with iOS 17; the `AssistiveAccess` scene type,
`UISupportsAssistiveAccess` key, and `.assistiveAccess` preview trait are iOS 26 APIs.

### Step 1: Declare Support in Info.plist

Add these keys to your app's `Info.plist` so the system lists your app as an "Optimized App" in Assistive Access configuration:

The rest: https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/ios/assistive-access/SKILL.md