📱 App Store & Play Guideline Checker
Catch App Store and Google Play rejections before you submit — right inside Claude Code.
A Claude Code plugin that audits your iOS/Android app against the Apple App Store
Review Guidelines and the Google Play Developer Program Policy, then hands you
a severity-ranked report with cited rules and concrete fixes.
⭐ If this saves you a rejection, give it a star — it helps other developers find it.
Why
App review rejections cost days. The same issues come up again and again: a missing
NSCameraUsageDescription, a social login with no Sign in with Apple, digital goods
sold outside IAP, a targetSdk below Google's floor, a Data Safety form that
doesn't match the SDKs you actually shipped.
This plugin reviews your project the way a reviewer would — and tells you what to fix
before you hit submit.
Two ways to use it
The plugin ships both a skill and an agent. Same knowledge base, two entry points.
| Skill | Agent |
|---|
| Invoke | /store-guideline-checker:guideline-checker [path] or just ask | @agent-store-guideline-checker:guideline-auditor or "use the guideline-auditor agent" |
| Runs in | your main session | an isolated subagent context |
| Best for | a quick inline check while you work | a focused, self-contained audit you can fire and forget |
How it works
No external scanner, no setup, no language runtime. Claude itself reads your
project — manifests, build config, source, dependencies — reasons against the
guideline catalog, optionally pulls the live rule text from Apple/Google, and
writes the report. Because it reasons instead of pattern-matching, it adapts to any
project layout.
detect framework → locate config & source → gather evidence
→ confirm live rules (WebFetch, with bundled fallback)
→ evaluate every applicable check → severity-ranked report
Supported frameworks
| Framework | Detected by | Reads |
|---|
| Native iOS | *.xcodeproj, Info.plist | purpose strings, entitlements, ATS, privacy manifest |
| Native Android | AndroidManifest.xml, build.gradle | permissions, target SDK, cleartext, components |
| Flutter | pubspec.yaml | plugins → permissions, both native layers, Dart source |
| React Native | package.json + ios/ + android/ | JS deps, both native layers |
| Expo | app.json / app.config.* | infoPlist, android.permissions, plugins |
What it checks
|
Apple — App Store Review
- Permission purpose strings (5.1.1)
- Account deletion in-app (5.1.1(v))
- Sign in with Apple vs social login (4.8)
- IAP for digital goods (3.1.1)
- App Tracking Transparency (5.1.2)
- Privacy manifest / nutrition label (5.1.2)
- Demo account & completeness (2.1)
- ATS arbitrary loads (2.5.2)
|
Google — Play Policy
- Privacy policy & Data Safety form
- High-risk permissions (SMS/Call Log/Location)
- Minimal-permissions / Data Safety match
- Target API level floor
- Google Play Billing for digital goods
- Account & data deletion (in-app + web)
- Cleartext traffic & exported components
- Store-listing spam / misleading claims
|
Full mapping with stable IDs and severities: shared-docs/check-catalog.md.
Install
# In Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add enesbytmr/store-guideline-checker
/plugin install store-guideline-checker@store-guideline-checker
Use
# Skill — point it at a project (or omit for the current directory)
/store-guideline-checker:guideline-checker ./my-app
# Agent — fire a focused audit
@agent-store-guideline-checker:guideline-auditor audit this project for store submission
# Or just ask, in plain language
"Check my app against the App Store and Play guidelines."
Example output
# Compliance Report — MyApp
Framework: flutter Platforms: ios, android Rule text: LIVE
## Summary
2 blockers, 1 high, 3 manual — submit-ready? with-fixes
