Appintent

App Intents is a framework introduced by Apple to help developers expose their app's core features in a way that the system can understand. This allows system features like Siri, Spotlight, and Shortcuts to present these features outside of the app. Here are some key points about App Intents:

1. Core Actions and Content: App Intents lets you define what your core actions and content are, so system features know what they can present. This involves communication between your app and the presenter, such as Siri sending a message to your app to perform an action and your app responding with the results (Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents).

2. Designing App Intents: App Intents should be designed to be flexible and readable across many configurations and use cases. It's important to avoid creating several different intents for the same task and instead structure your app's functionality into a flexible intent (Design App Intents for system experiences).

3. System Integration: App Intents is not a feature in itself but a common foundation for building features that integrate with system functionalities like Siri, Spotlight, and Shortcuts. This allows users to interact with your app's features outside of the app itself (Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents).

4. Schema Conformance: Conforming your app intent to a schema allows the system to reason over it, making it easier to define in code. This involves using Swift macros to bind your app intent to a domain and schema (Bring your app to Siri).

5. Guidance on App Intents: The latest guidance suggests that anything your app does should be an app intent, not just the most habitual tasks. This allows for a richer set of flexible app intents (Design App Intents for system experiences).

For more detailed information, you can refer to the following sessions:

• Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents
• Design App Intents for system experiences
• Bring your app to Siri