Summary

Add an apple-container agent skill for using the container CLI as a native Linux container runtime on Apple silicon Macs.

The skill covers:

• validating host and service readiness
• running disposable Linux shells and one-shot commands
• building and running OCI images
• managing images, registries, volumes, networks, and services
• using container machine for persistent Linux environments
• diagnosing common vmnet, VPN, DNS, builder, and machine boot issues

It also includes a small diagnostic script for collecting host, service, network, and container smoke-test output, and adds the skill install command to the README.

Notes

The skill is CLI-first, but it points agents toward apple/containerization when the user asks to build Swift software directly against the lower-level container, image, and process management APIs.

The skill structure was built using the skills.sh documentation and Anthropic’s skill-creator skill.

This contribution was AI-assisted; I reviewed the generated content and validation output.

Validation

• python3 .../quick_validate.py skills/apple-container
• npx skills add . --list
• npx skills add 'aryan5v/container#add-apple-container-skill@apple-container' --list
• python3 -m json.tool skills/apple-container/metadata.json
• git diff --check