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When the user wants to plan a launch strategy for a new app or major update. Also use when the user mentions "app launch", "launch plan", "launch checklist", "pre-launch", "launch day", or "how to launch my app". For ongoing ASO after launch, see aso-audit. For paid acquisition during launch, see ua-campaign.

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ios-skills-collection is a Claude Code agent skill that when the user wants to plan a launch strategy for a new app or major update. Also use when the user mentions "app launch", "launch plan", "launch checklist", "pre-launch", "launch day", or "how to launch my app". For ongoing ASO after launch, see aso-audit. For paid acquisition during launch, see ua-campaign.

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App Launch Strategy

You are an expert in mobile app launches with experience across indie apps and top-charting products. Your goal is to create a comprehensive launch plan that maximizes day-one visibility and sustains momentum.

Initial Assessment

  1. Check for app-marketing-context.md — read it for app context
  2. Ask: New app or major update?
  3. Ask: Launch date (or flexible?)
  4. Ask: Budget (organic only, or paid acquisition available?)
  5. Ask: Pre-existing audience? (email list, social following, existing app users)
  6. Ask: Target countries (simultaneous or phased rollout?)

Launch Timeline

8 Weeks Before Launch

ASO Foundation:

  • Run keyword-research to identify target keywords
  • Run metadata-optimization to craft title, subtitle, keyword field
  • Run competitor-analysis to understand the landscape
  • Design screenshots (run screenshot-optimization)
  • Create app preview video (15-30 seconds)
  • Write compelling description with strong first 3 lines
  • Design a distinctive icon

Pre-launch Page (if new app):

  • Set up App Store pre-order page
  • Enable pre-order notifications
  • Share pre-order link for early sign-ups

Press & Community:

  • Build a press kit (screenshots, icon, description, founder story)
  • Identify 20-30 relevant journalists, bloggers, YouTubers
  • Draft personalized pitch emails
  • Identify relevant communities (Reddit, Discord, forums, Twitter/X)

4 Weeks Before Launch

Beta & Feedback:

  • TestFlight beta with 50-200 users
  • Collect feedback and fix critical issues
  • Ask beta testers to be ready to review on launch day
  • Prepare FAQ and support documentation

Content:

  • Write launch blog post
  • Prepare social media content (10+ posts for launch week)
  • Create demo video for social media
  • Draft Product Hunt listing (if applicable)

Technical:

  • Set up analytics (run app-analytics)
  • Implement in-app rating prompt (show after positive experience)
  • Set up crash reporting
  • Test in-app purchases and subscriptions

1 Week Before Launch

Final Prep:

  • Submit app for review (allow 2-3 days buffer)
  • Schedule press embargo lift for launch day
  • Prepare launch day social posts
  • Brief beta testers on review timing
  • Set up App Store Connect for phased release (or immediate)
  • Prepare Apple Search Ads campaign (run ua-campaign)

Launch Day

Morning:

  • Release the app (or confirm phased release started)
  • Send press emails with embargo lift
  • Post on social media (personal + app accounts)
  • Post on Product Hunt (if applicable)
  • Post in relevant communities (Reddit, Discord, forums)
  • Email your list

Throughout the Day:

  • Monitor App Store Connect for download numbers
  • Respond to every review (run review-management)
  • Engage with social media mentions
  • Monitor crash reports
  • Share milestones ("We hit #X in [category]!")

Evening:

  • Thank early adopters publicly
  • Share day-one stats (if impressive)
  • Plan tomorrow's content

Week 1 After Launch

  • Continue daily social posting
  • Respond to all reviews
  • Monitor keyword rankings (are you indexing?)
  • Adjust Apple Search Ads bids based on performance
  • Follow up with press who didn't respond
  • Submit to App Store editorial for featuring (run app-store-featured)
  • Analyze first-week metrics and adjust

Month 1 After Launch

  • Run full aso-audit with real data
  • Adjust metadata based on actual keyword performance
  • A/B test screenshots (run ab-test-store-listing)
  • Plan first major update based on user feedback
  • Evaluate paid acquisition ROI
  • Set up ongoing keyword tracking

Launch Amplification Tactics

Free Channels

  1. Product Hunt — Best for productivity, developer, and design tools
  2. Hacker News (Show HN) — Best for technical or innovative apps
  3. Reddit — Find 3-5 relevant subreddits, contribute before promoting
  4. Twitter/X — Build-in-public thread, launch announcement
  5. LinkedIn — If B2B or productivity app
  6. YouTube — Demo video, "how I built this" story
  7. App review sites — AppAdvice, MacStories, 9to5Mac, etc.

Paid Channels

  1. Apple Search Ads — Highest intent, start here
  2. Meta (Facebook/Instagram) — Best for consumer apps
  3. TikTok — Best for younger demographics
  4. Google Ads (UAC) — Broad reach
  5. Influencer partnerships — Micro-influencers (10K-100K) often best ROI

Output Format

Launch Plan Document

Provide a complete, dated checklist the user can follow. Include:

  1. Timeline with specific dates (based on their launch date)
  2. Prioritized task list for each phase
  3. Channel strategy with specific tactics
  4. Budget allocation (if paid channels available)
  5. Success metrics and targets for week 1, month 1, month 3

Related Skills

  • aso-audit — Post-launch ASO health check
  • keyword-research — Pre-launch keyword strategy
  • metadata-optimization — Craft launch metadata
  • screenshot-optimization — Design launch screenshots
  • ua-campaign — Paid acquisition for launch
  • app-store-featured — Editorial featuring strategy
  • review-management — Handle launch-day reviews

Individual skills in this repo

This repo contains 11 individual skills — each has its own dedicated page.

JordanCoin/ios-skills-collection

Interact with GitHub using the `gh` CLI. Use `gh issue`, `gh pr`, `gh run`, and `gh api` for issues, PRs, CI runs, and advanced queries. Use when the user asks about GitHub issues, pull requests, workflows, or wants to interact with GitHub repositories from the command line — including tasks like check CI status, create PR, list issues, or query the GitHub API.

JordanCoin/ios-skills-collection

Create media playback experiences using AVKit. Use when adding video players with AVPlayerViewController, enabling Picture-in-Picture, routing media with AirPlay, using SwiftUI VideoPlayer views, configuring transport controls, displaying subtitles and closed captions, or integrating AVFoundation playback with system UI.

JordanCoin/ios-skills-collection

Integrate and optimize Core ML models in iOS apps for on-device machine learning inference. Covers model loading (.mlmodelc, .mlpackage), predictions with auto-generated classes and MLFeatureProvider, compute unit configuration (CPU, GPU, Neural Engine), MLTensor, VNCoreMLRequest, MLComputePlan, multi-model pipelines, and deployment strategies. Use when loading Core ML models, making predictions, configuring compute units, or profiling model performance.

JordanCoin/ios-skills-collection

Implement, review, or improve maps and location features in iOS/macOS apps using MapKit and CoreLocation. Use when working with Map views, annotations, markers, polylines, user location tracking, geocoding, reverse geocoding, search/autocomplete, directions and routes, geofencing, region monitoring, CLLocationUpdate async streams, or location authorization flows. Also use when working with maps, coordinates, addresses, places, directions, distance calculations, or location-based features in Swift apps.

JordanCoin/ios-skills-collection

Display and manipulate PDF documents using PDFKit. Use when embedding PDFView to show PDF files, creating or modifying PDFDocument instances, adding annotations (highlights, notes, signatures), extracting text with PDFSelection, navigating pages, generating thumbnails, filling PDF forms, or wrapping PDFView in SwiftUI.

JordanCoin/ios-skills-collection

Implement, review, or improve in-app tips and onboarding using Apple's TipKit framework. Use when adding feature discovery tooltips, onboarding flows, contextual tips, first-run experiences, coach marks, or working with Tip protocol, TipView, popoverTip, tip rules, tip events, or feature education UI.

JordanCoin/ios-skills-collection

When the user wants to optimize their Google Play Store listing — title, short description, full description, keywords, ratings, or Play Store-specific features. Use when the user mentions "Google Play", "Android", "Play Store", "Play Console", "short description", "full description indexed", "Google Play ASO", or wants Google Play-specific keyword, creative, or ratings strategy. For iOS App Store optimization, see aso-audit and metadata-optimization.

JordanCoin/ios-skills-collection

When the user wants to implement, optimize, or use App Clips for app discovery and conversion. Use when the user mentions "App Clip", "app clip code", "mini app", "instant app", "App Clip card", "App Clip link", "no download required", "instant experience", or wants to understand how App Clips appear in App Store search. For general App Store discoverability, see aso-audit. For marketing campaigns, see ua-campaign.

JordanCoin/ios-skills-collection

When the user wants to analyze their own app's actual performance data from App Store Connect — real downloads, revenue, IAP, subscriptions, trials, or country breakdowns synced via Appeeky Connect. Use when the user asks about "my downloads", "my revenue", "how is my app performing", "ASC data", "sales and trends", "my subscription numbers", "App Store Connect metrics", or wants to compare periods or top markets. For third-party app estimates, see app-analytics. For subscription analytics depth, see monetization-strategy.

JordanCoin/ios-skills-collection

When the user wants a full ASO health audit, review their App Store listing quality, or diagnose why their app isn't ranking. Also use when the user mentions "ASO audit", "ASO score", "why am I not ranking", "listing review", or "optimize my app store page". For keyword-specific research, see keyword-research. For metadata writing, see metadata-optimization.

JordanCoin/ios-skills-collection

Always use when working on any iOS, macOS, Swift, SwiftUI, Xcode, or Apple platform project. Routes to the correct specialized skills based on development phase and task context. This collection contains 210 skills from 28 authors covering the full iOS lifecycle.

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