apple-security-privacy-review
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Use when reviewing storage, file access, logging, permissions, imports, or sensitive data. Do not use for purely visual changes or unrelated API style review.
In this repository17 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
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- reusable-code-extractorSkill
- swift-concurrency-reviewSkill
- swift-package-module-authorSkill
- swift-testing-verificationSkill
- swiftui-component-authorSkill
- swiftui-tab-navigationSkill
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Logging and diagnostics: Never log credentials, tokens, private content, raw import payloads, complete sensitive paths, or security-scoped …
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
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Apple security and privacy review
Review storage, file access, logging, permissions, imports, and sensitive data handling in the consumer workspace. Prefer findings and a fix plan; change code only when authorized.
Workflow
- Data inventory for the change. List data types touched (credentials, tokens, PII, user files, health/location if any, imported documents). Prefer minimization: collect, retain, and log only what the feature needs.
- Storage placement. Secrets and credentials belong in Keychain (or equivalent secure storage), not
UserDefaults, plain files, or source. Flag secrets in fixtures, previews, logs, or handoff text. - Logging and diagnostics. Never log credentials, tokens, private content, raw import payloads, complete sensitive paths, or security-scoped URLs. Prefer redacted identifiers. Distinguish user-facing recovery messages from developer diagnostics.
- Imports and file access. Validate type/size/structure before parsing. Use security-scoped resource access correctly: start access, use the resource, stop access; do not retain long-lived scoped URLs casually. Prefer user-mediated picks over broad filesystem entitlement when possible.
- Permissions and entitlements. Request only entitlements the feature needs. Note Info.plist usage strings when introducing new privacy-sensitive APIs. Entitlement grants are app-owned — report limitations; do not invent signing or provisioning steps as complete “fixes.”
- Unsafe paths. Flag force-unwraps and force-tries on sensitive paths, path traversal on user-controlled paths, overly broad file permissions, and debug backdoors left in release code.
- Dependency and transport risk (when in scope). Note new network clients, plaintext transport, or third-party SDKs that expand data sharing; require user authorization before adding dependencies.
- Findings format. For each issue: location, data/risk, impact, recommended fix, and whether a test can guard it. Severity: blocking / should-fix / note.
Review-only vs fix
- Review-only: severity-ranked findings; no product code changes.
- Authorized fixes: smallest safe change; add tests for validation/redaction where practical.
- Purely visual or style-only changes → out of scope.
Verification
Re-check logging paths and import validation after fixes. Use swift-testing-verification for automated coverage of validation and redaction logic. Report residual risk for manual permission prompts, device-only behaviors, and entitlement configuration the agent cannot complete.
Inputs: relevant storage, import, logging, or permission code. Output: severity-ranked findings, targeted fixes/tests when authorized, and clear app-owned entitlement limitations. Distinguish user-facing recovery from developer diagnostics.
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