# App intent types Build your intents from types that define common behaviors such as opening or deleting items, playing or recording media, and more. ## Overview The app intents you create conform to the [`AppIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/AppIntent) protocol for basic features, but you can choose other protocols as an alternate starting point. You might choose a different protocol for an intent that offers a specific behavior or supports a particular capability. For example, use the [`OpenIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/OpenIntent) protocol if your app intent launches your app and displays a specific item. These protocols also conform to the [`AppIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/AppIntent) protocol, giving you both the base features and the additional behaviors you need for your specific app intent. ## Topics ### Common actions [`protocol OpenIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/OpenIntent) An app intent that opens and displays a specific item in your app’s interface. [`struct OpenURLIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/OpenURLIntent) An app intent that opens one of your universal links and displays its contents. [`protocol SetValueIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/SetValueIntent) An intent that contains a value which can be set. [`protocol DeleteIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/DeleteIntent) Delete the associated entity(s). [`protocol DeprecatedAppIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/DeprecatedAppIntent) An app intent that marks an action as deprecated and informs people which action to use instead. ### Search [`protocol ShowInAppSearchResultsIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/ShowInAppSearchResultsIntent) An app intent that displays a set of search results in the app’s interface. [`struct StringSearchCriteria`](/documentation/AppIntents/StringSearchCriteria) A type that tells your app to match its items against a provided string. [`enum StringSearchScope`](/documentation/AppIntents/StringSearchScope) Constants that describe the types of content your app includes in search results when the search criteria is a string. ### Universal link navigation [`protocol URLRepresentableIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/URLRepresentableIntent) An interface you add to an app intent type so the system can handle it like a universal link. [`struct IntentURLRepresentation`](/documentation/AppIntents/IntentURLRepresentation) The type that provides the URL for an app intent. [`protocol CustomURLRepresentationParameterConvertible`](/documentation/AppIntents/CustomURLRepresentationParameterConvertible) An interface that allows a type to express its contents in a URL representation. ### Media actions [`protocol AudioPlaybackIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/AudioPlaybackIntent) An App Intent that plays, pauses, or otherwise modifies audio playback state when it executes. [`protocol AudioRecordingIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/AudioRecordingIntent) An app intent that starts, stops or otherwise modifies audio recording state. [`protocol CameraCaptureIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/CameraCaptureIntent) Designates intent that will launch an activity that uses device’s camera to capture photos or videos. Marking your intent with this protocol makes it available as a possible action for Camera quick action. [`protocol PlayVideoIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/PlayVideoIntent) An intent that looks for videos based on a search term, then plays the content. [`enum VideoCategory`](/documentation/AppIntents/VideoCategory) ### Communication actions [`protocol ProgressReportingIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/ProgressReportingIntent) An intent that reports progress to the system during its execution [`protocol PushToTalkTransmissionIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/PushToTalkTransmissionIntent) An intent that begins or ends an audio transmission with the Push to Talk framework. [`protocol ShowInAppSearchResultsIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/ShowInAppSearchResultsIntent) An app intent that displays a set of search results in the app’s interface. ### Controls, widgets, and Live Activities [`protocol ControlConfigurationIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/ControlConfigurationIntent) An interface for configuring a Control Center module. [`protocol LiveActivityIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/LiveActivityIntent) An intent that starts, pauses, or otherwise modifies a Live Activity when it runs. [`protocol WidgetConfigurationIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/WidgetConfigurationIntent) An interface for configuring a WidgetKit widget. [`struct RunSystemShortcutIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/RunSystemShortcutIntent) An app intent you use in widgets to open another app or perform an App Shortcut, custom shortcut, or system action. ### SiriKit intent migration [`protocol CustomIntentMigratedAppIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/CustomIntentMigratedAppIntent) An interface for replacing a custom SiriKit intent that allows existing shortcuts and donations to continue working. ### System support [`protocol SystemIntent`](/documentation/AppIntents/SystemIntent) Designates intent types provided by App Intents. --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)