What Skiff installs · Reference

Three pieces: the app you click, a background engine, and a driver. The app is only the editor.

01The pieces

Piece	Lives in	Does
App	`/Applications/Skiff.app`	Menu bar, Settings, editing
Engine	Inside the app	Owns your hardware, runs plug-ins and their windows
Launch agent	`~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.tanishqdubey.skiff.engine.plist`	Starts the engine
Driver	`/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/Skiff.driver`	Publishes the Skiff device
Your chains	`~/Library/Application Support/Skiff`	Chains and presets

apps ──▶ Skiff device ──▶ engine: your chain ──▶ headphones
mic  ──▶ engine: your chain ──▶ Skiff device ──▶ Zoom, OBS, …

02In the background

macOS lists the engine under System Settings → General → Login Items & Extensions. Leave it allowed; without it, routes can't run.

If the engine stops for any reason, the driver plays silence instead of hanging Core Audio. Quitting Skiff stops both routes and hands your hardware back to macOS.

To take it all out, see Remove.