Selecting app locales

Skill ofcskn/mobile-automation-plugin/skills/selecting-app-locales

Enforces locale selection before any localisation, metadata, screenshot, or i18n task begins. Use when starting a new app, adding languages, preparing for store submission, or any time the locale set is unknown or unconfirmed. Presents both the Android BCP 47 locale list (locale_config.xml) and the Apple App Store storefront table (175 regions, default and additional languages) so the user can make an informed, explicit decision. Writes the confirmed locale set to .msd/config/{app-id}.config.json before any other skill runs.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add ofcskn/mobile-automation-plugin --skill selecting-app-locales

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Selecting App Locales

Why this must run first

Every downstream task — metadata validation, i18n JSON files, screenshot locales, App Store Connect locale folders, Google Play metadata folders — depends on a confirmed locale list. Starting without one causes rework.

The agent MUST ask the user before assuming any locale set. Even if the user says "just do English", that is a valid answer — write it to config.

Steps

Read .msd/config/{app-id}.config.json and check if locales[] is already confirmed.
- If locales[] exists and is non-empty: show the list and ask "Should I use these locales, or do you want to change them?"
- If locales[] is missing or empty: proceed to step 2.
Ask the user which languages to support. Common starting points:
- English only: en
- English + Turkish: en,tr
- Major markets: en,tr,de,fr,es,pt-BR,ja,ko,zh-Hans
Run: node skills/selecting-app-locales/scripts/resolve-locales.js {appId} "{locale-list}"
Show the resolved locale table and confirm with user before proceeding.
Only proceed to downstream skills after explicit user confirmation.

RTL locales

For Arabic (ar), Hebrew (he), Farsi (fa), Urdu (ur): add ⚠️ flag and note that React Native/Expo requires I18nManager.forceRTL(true) at app startup.

References

skills/selecting-app-locales/references/android-locales.md — BCP47 locale list
skills/selecting-app-locales/references/apple-storefronts.md — storefront table