Tomas E. · Verified purchase · 3 hours ago 4.0
Built clean on an M2. You do need the command line tools, which the README says up front. The calendar widget from step 3 is the one I actually use.
Claude CodeApp Reviewed by Robot Academy
Top Shelf — Mac menu bar app builder
Built with Top Shelf · Robot Academy
A 1:48 recording of the kit's real output, because a Mac menu bar app can't run inside a web page. Share the link freely; the badge brings people back here.
What's in the kit
Prompt
The builder prompt
One prompt, about 550 words. Paste it into Claude Code and the whole thing is built from scratch.
Lesson · 15 min
Make it yours
Five short steps: what was built, how to change the widgets, add your own icon, and publish it.
Demo
Your own shareable build
Publish what you make and get a demo page like this one, with your name on the badge.
What it builds
A native macOS menu bar app in SwiftUI: an icon in the status bar, a popover with widgets you choose (a countdown, your next meeting, CPU and memory, a URL health check), launch at login and a global hotkey. No Xcode project to fight; the kit builds a signed .app with one script. Needs macOS 14 or later and the Xcode command line tools.
- SwiftUI popover with four starter widgets
- Launch at login and a global hotkey
- Settings window for your options
- Builds with one script, no Xcode UI
- Ad-hoc signed .app plus a .dmg script
- Under 2 MB, no dependencies
Tested withClaude CodeCodexCursor Agent
The lesson: make it yours
15 minutes · 5 steps · Step 1 is free to read
- 01Run the prompt2 min
- 02Read what it built2 min
- 03Change the widgets2 min
- 04Add your own icon2 min
- 05Publish and share2 min