SwiftData modeling patterns beyond the basics.
When This Skill Activates
Use this skill when the user:
- Designs hierarchical SwiftData models (class inheritance)
- Needs type-based or polymorphic queries
- Weighs inheritance vs enum for model variants
Available Skills
Paths are relative to THIS file's directory — skills run with cwd set to the user's project, so resolve each path from this SKILL.md's own location.
| Skill | Read | Covers |
|---|---|---|
| inheritance | inheritance/SKILL.md |
Class inheritance, polymorphic relationships, type-based querying, inheritance-vs-enum |
How to Route
- Read
inheritance/SKILL.md(relative to this file) plus any reference files it lists. - Apply the guidance to the user's code. For broader macOS SwiftData architecture, see also
../macos/swiftdata-architecture/SKILL.md.