app-intents
App Intents for Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, and Apple Intelligence integration including intent modes, interactive snippets, visual intelligence, and entity indexing. Use when implementing Siri integration, App Shortcuts, or Spotlight indexing.
npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill app-intents --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# App Intents Build intents that expose your app's functionality to Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, and Apple Intelligence. Covers the full App Intents framework from basic actions through advanced features like interactive snippets, intent modes, visual intelligence integration, and Spotlight entity indexing. ## When This Skill Activates - User wants to add Siri or Shortcuts integration - User asks about App Intents, AppIntent, or AppEntity - User needs Spotlight indexing for app content - User wants to create App Shortcuts with voice phrases - User is implementing interactive snippets for Siri results - User asks about intent modes (foreground, background) - User needs visual intelligence integration via App Intents - User wants onscreen entity support for Siri/ChatGPT - User asks about Swift package support for App Intents ## Decision Tree ``` What do you need? | +-- Expose an action to Siri/Shortcuts | +-- Simple action, no UI needed | | --> Basic AppIntent (intents-basics.md) | +-- Needs to show UI or ask user questions | | --> Intent Modes + Interactive Snippets (advanced-features.md) | +-- Needs a predictable voice phrase | --> App Shortcuts (intents-basics.md) | +-- Make conten
- When This Skill Activates
- Decision Tree
- API Availability
- Quick Reference
- Process
- 1. Identify Integration Needs
- 2. Load Relevant Reference Files
- 3. Review or Implement
- 4. Cross-Reference
- Top Mistakes
- 1. Missing static metadata
- 2. Forgetting to index entities after changes
- 3. Using foreground intent for background-safe work
- 4. Not providing EntityStringQuery for entities
What does the app-intents skill do?
App Intents for Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, and Apple Intelligence integration including intent modes, interactive snippets, visual intelligence, and entity indexing. Use when implementing Siri integration, App Shortcuts, or Spotlight indexing.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill app-intents --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills, a repository with 589 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.