App Store listing

Generate a complete first-listing pack in one run: store copy, official-bezel screenshots, and answered Connect checklists. Do not stop after pretty slides.

Capability contract

• Outcome: a directory the user can paste into App Store Connect (copy + PNGs + questionnaire answers). Optional: push via asc after they confirm.
• Preconditions: macOS, a runnable iOS build or simulator app, ImageMagick (magick), axe or simctl, and a way to render local HTML (agent-browser or equivalent).
• Boundaries: does not invent privacy/age answers. Does not submit to Apple until the user confirms. Does not redistribute Apple bezel files.

Hard rules

• Capture the real app. Never image_gen / image_edit a fake UI.
• Frame with Apple's Product Bezels only. Never CSS-draw a phone.
• Render slide headlines in HTML/CSS. Image models garble CJK and exact type.
• One locale per deck. Chrome, body content, and headline language must match.
• Do not ship an empty signed-out Settings / Me screen as a marketing slide.
• Do not infer App Privacy answers from the app name or store copy. Read the binary, SDKs, and network calls.

One-shot workflow

Copy this list and check it off:

- [ ] 1. Discover
- [ ] 2. Write listing.md
- [ ] 3. Answer questionnaires
- [ ] 4. Capture simulator screens
- [ ] 5. Compose official-bezel slides
- [ ] 6. Validate
- [ ] 7. Stop (or push after confirm)

Output root: <app>/tmp-asc/ (or the path the user names).

1. Discover

Read the app until these are known. Ask only for what the repo cannot answer.

Need	Where to look
Display name, bundle id, scheme	app.config.ts, Info.plist, overlay
Who downloads it	locked to one site → write as that author's reader; generic client → say so
Privacy / support URLs	overlay, site config
Tabs / hero screens	router, official previews, running app
Tokens	design system (paper bg, accent, serif)
Locales	default zh-Hans; add ja / en-US when asked
How to boot iOS	Expo overlay, Metro port, xcrun simctl, axe

Default slide set (4): list, long-read, signature screen, secondary feed. Drop any screen that is mock, broken, or empty.

2. Write listing.md

Follow references/listing-fields.md. Write every locale in one file.

Buyer-facing copy describes what a stranger sees after install. If the binary is locked to one site, do not sell it as a generic CMS client.

3. Answer questionnaires

Follow references/checklists.md. Write answers into tmp-asc/questionnaires.md. Mark any item UNKNOWN instead of guessing.

4. Capture

1. Boot the matching simulator. Override the status bar to 9:41, charged, not showing a lightning bolt if simctl status_bar allows it.
2. Force dark or light to match the deck.
3. Point the dev client at this app's Metro. Simulator localhost is not the Mac; use the LAN IP. --localhost binds IPv6-only and will fail.
4. Switch in-app locale, wait for content sync, then shoot. Deep-link with the app scheme when possible.
5. Save tmp-asc/captures/<locale>/<id>.png at the device's native pixels (iPhone 17 = 1206x2622).

5. Compose

bash scripts/ensure-bezel.sh
python3 scripts/measure-bezel.py "$BEZEL_PNG"
python3 scripts/render-slides.py tmp-asc/deck.json

deck.json lists per-slide title, subtitle, capture path, and locale. The renderer overlays the capture into the official bezel hole, then paints headlines in HTML at 1290x2796.

6. Validate

python3 scripts/validate-listing.py tmp-asc/listing.md

Then visually open every tmp-asc/out/<locale>/*.png:

• official metal frame, island, and side buttons present
• no locale mix
• no leftover markdown / mock labels
• no alpha (App Store rejects transparency)

7. Push (optional)

Only after the user says to upload:

• copy → asc metadata
• slides → asc screenshots
• age / encryption / content rights → asc public API
• App Privacy → asc web privacy (needs an Apple web session)

Dry-run first. Never asc review submit without an explicit confirm.

Companion tools

Install if missing, do not reimplement:

Job	Tool
Questionnaire brain	charleswiltgen/axiom@axiom-app-store-submission + @axiom-app-store-ref
Write to Connect	rorkai/app-store-connect-cli-skills
Pre-submit scan	truongduy2611/app-store-preflight-skills
Expo build/upload	expo/skills@eas-app-stores

Red flags

Excuse	Reality
"I'll generate the UI with Imagine"	Fake UI is a 2.3.3 rejection. Recapture.
"A CSS phone is close enough"	Use Apple bezels.
"Privacy labels can wait"	First submit blocks without a published App Privacy record.
"Me screen shows the product"	Signed-out settings is not a benefit slide.
"English chrome + Chinese body is fine"	Reshoot that locale.

Verification

• listing.md exists for every requested locale; validate-listing.py exits 0
• questionnaires.md has no silent blanks (only answers or UNKNOWN)
• out/<locale>/ has 4 PNGs at 1290x2796, no alpha
• Each slide uses the official bezel and matching-locale capture