bama

BAMA (Build Any Mac App) is a set of 21 agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents that take a native macOS app from idea to working build in Swift and SwiftUI, including cloning the screens of an app you like, writing user stories, and building one story per commit.

Why it matters

For people who want their coding agent to build a small native Mac app without opening Xcode. The skills give the agent a step-by-step process for planning, designing, building and testing instead of improvising.

Highlights

• A `clone` skill has the agent screenshot every screen of an app you like (with computer use or a browser) and write a screen index.
• Planning skills turn screens into user stories with checkable acceptance criteria, grouped into milestones.
• Build skills work one story per commit, snapshotting every page in light and dark mode and running tests before each commit.
• Design skills cover Liquid Glass, a 4 pt layout grid, design tokens and an app icon; a `/bama` router picks the next skill for you.
• Includes 12 build specs for small Mac apps, such as a window snapper, launcher, clipboard history and screen recorder.

Taken from the project's own README, docs or launch page. Claims about speed or accuracy are the maker's unless stated otherwise.

Worth knowing: Cloning native apps needs computer use (the README says Claude Pro or Max). Rebuilding another company's app design can raise copyright or trademark issues if you publish it.

Quick facts

Links

• Repository: https://github.com/daveebbelaar/bama

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Checked 2026-10-27 from the tool's own pages. Prices and star counts change, so confirm on the official site. Listing here is not a ranking or an endorsement.