Axiom Shipping

# Shipping & App Store

**You MUST use this skill when preparing to submit ANY app, handling App Store rejections, or working on release workflow.**

## When to Use

Use this skill when you encounter:
- Preparing an app for App Store submission
- App Store rejection (any guideline)
- Metadata requirements (screenshots, descriptions, keywords)
- Privacy manifest and nutrition label questions
- Age rating and content classification
- Export compliance and encryption declarations
- EU DSA trader status
- Account deletion or Sign in with Apple requirements
- Build upload and processing issues
- App Review appeals
- WWDC25 App Store Connect changes
- First-time submission workflow

## Quick Reference

| Symptom / Task | Reference |
|----------------|-----------|
| How do I submit my app? | See `skills/app-store-submission.md` |
| Pre-flight checklist | See `skills/app-store-submission.md` |
| First-time submission | See `skills/app-store-submission.md` |
| Encryption compliance | See `skills/app-store-submission.md` |
| Accessibility Nutrition Labels | See `skills/app-store-submission.md` |
| Metadata field requirements | See `skills/app-store-ref.md` |
| Guideline number lookup | See `skills/app-store-ref.md` |
| Privacy manifest schema | See `skills/app-store-ref.md` |
| Age rating tiers | See `skills/app-store-ref.md` |
| EU DSA compliance | See `skills/app-store-ref.md` |
| WWDC25 ASC changes | See `skills/app-store-ref.md` |
| App was rejected | See `skills/app-store-diag.md` |
| Guideline 2.1/4.2/4.3 rejection | See `skills/app-store-diag.md` |
| Writing an appeal | See `skills/app-store-diag.md` |
| Repeated rejections | See `skills/app-store-diag.md` |
| App Review Guidelines reference | See `skills/app-review-guidelines.md` |
| Expert review checklist | See `skills/expert-review-checklist.md` |
| Crash data in App Store Connect | See `skills/app-store-connect-ref.md` |
| TestFlight crash reports | See `skills/app-store-connect-ref.md` |
| ASC metrics dashboards | See `skills/app-store-connect-ref.md` |
| Beta tester crash report | See `skills/testflight-triage.md` |
| Crash log symbolication (.ips / MetricKit / .crash) | See axiom-tools (skills/xcsym-ref.md) or `/axiom:analyze-crash`; `skills/testflight-triage.md` for the full TF workflow |
| Automate App Store Connect | See `skills/asc-mcp.md` |
| Submit build programmatically | See `skills/asc-mcp.md` |
| Manage TestFlight via MCP | See `skills/asc-mcp.md` |
| ITMS signing error on upload | See axiom-security (skills/code-signing-diag.md) |
| Certificate/profile mismatch | See axiom-security (skills/code-signing-diag.md) |
| Code signing setup | See axiom-security (skills/code-signing.md) |
| App Clips (size tiers, invocation, AASA, launch experience) | See `skills/app-clips.md` |
| App Clip entitlements / size / data-sharing reference | See `skills/app-clips-ref.md` |
| Apple Pay / Wallet / Tap to Pay payments | See `axiom-payments` suite |
| Shipping update with Claude model-ID change (4.6 → 4.7, etc.) | See **`claude-api`** skill (external) + this skill for submission |
| Switching cloud AI provider in-app (OpenAI → Claude, etc.) | See **`claude-api`** skill (external) + this skill for submission |

## Routing Logic

### 1. Pre-Submission Preparation → **app-store-submission**

**Triggers**:
- "How do I submit my app?"
- "What do I need before submitting?"
- Preparing for first submission
- Pre-flight checklist needed
- Screenshot requirements
- Metadata completeness check
- Encryption compliance questions
- Accessibility Nutrition Labels
- Privacy manifest requirements for submission

**Why app-store-submission**: Discipline skill with 8 anti-patterns, decision tr