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# asset

An entity schema for an asset.

```
var asset: some AppSchemaEntity { get }
```

## Discussion

To make your app’s content available to Apple Intelligence,
conform your [`AppEntity`](/documentation/AppIntents/AppEntity) to a schema that describes your content to the system.
If your app’s functionality aligns with the `photos` domain
and its content matches the `asset` schema,
you can generate the properties and protocol conformance the schema requires
for your app entity implementation
with the `@AppEntity( .photos.asset)` Swift macro.
To make your app work with Siri,
see <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AppIntents/apple-intelligence-and-siri-ai>.

The following example shows an app entity that conforms to the `asset` schema:

```swift
@AppEntity(schema: .photos.asset)
struct PhotoEntity {
    // MARK: Static

    static let defaultQuery = PhotoEntityQuery()

    // MARK: Properties

    let id: <#Identifiable.ID#>

    var creationDate: Date?
    var location: GeoToolbox.PlaceDescriptor?
    var assetType: <#PhotoAssetType#>?
    var isFavorite: Bool
    var isHidden: Bool
    var hasSuggestedEdits: Bool
    var aperture: Double?
    var exposure: Double?
    var saturation: Double?
    var warmth: Double?
    var filter: <#PhotoFilterEffectType#>?
    var isPortraitModeEnabled: Bool?

    var displayRepresentation: DisplayRepresentation {
        <#DisplayRepresentation#>
    }

    // MARK: Query

    struct PhotoEntityQuery: EntityQuery {
        func entities(for identifiers: [PhotoEntity.ID]) async throws -> [PhotoEntity] {
            <#code#>
        }
    }
}
```

The schema supports the following system experiences:

- Siri
- Shortcuts

For more information about the App Intents framework and the experiences it supports,
see <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AppIntents/getting-started-with-the-app-intents-framework>.

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