Starter¶

A menu bar app: a status item with a panel (MenuBarExtra, .window style), LSUIElement, no Dock icon. Made with Summon from its menu bar app template.

Layout¶

Path	What it is
`Sources/Starter/`	`@main` only: the `MenuBarExtra` and `Settings` scenes
`Sources/StarterUI/`	Panel, Settings window (Open at Login, Show count in the menu bar), `@Observable` model, `#Preview`s
`Sources/StarterUI/Components.swift`	Menu rows with hover and key hints, the module tile, headers, dividers
`Sources/StarterUI/SummonTheme.swift`	`.themed()`: the Summon theme's accent on every window root, live
`Sources/StarterUI/Glass.swift`	`.glassControl()`: Liquid Glass on macOS 26, a material on 15; controls only
`Sources/StarterUI/CloseOnlyWindow.swift`	`.closeOnlyWindow()` on Settings: minimize and zoom dimmed, no full screen
`Sources/StarterUI/Screenshots.swift`	`--screenshot <folder>`: light and dark PNGs, used by `summon project shots`
`Sources/StarterCore/`	Logic, Foundation only, tested (`SummonThemeFile` reads the Summon theme)
`Resources/`	`Info.plist`: Bundle id `local.summon.menubar-starter`, `LSUIElement`; `AppIcon.icns` (a placeholder: replace it with the summon-art skill)
`Tests/StarterCoreTests/`	swift-testing
`scripts/check.sh`	The gate: build, tests (`scripts/test.sh`, which also works without Xcode), and the rest; writes `build/check-report.md`

The menu bar setting changes the label between icon and count; it does not hide the status item. Use the menubar-panel starter when a hideable icon and a programmatic way back into the app are needed.

Build and run¶

scripts/check.sh
scripts/bundle.sh            # build/Starter.app
open build/Starter.app

Requires macOS 15+ and Swift 6. No third-party dependencies.