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# IntentSystemContext

Contextual information that the system provides while it performs an app intent.

```
struct IntentSystemContext
```

## Overview

Access information that the system provides to your app intent while it performs its action in its [`perform()`](/documentation/AppIntents/AppIntent/perform()) implementation.
The available information varies by platform. For example, in watchOS, the intent system context
includes a precise timestamp
when a person starts the app intent’s action using the Action button on Apple Watch Ultra.

## Topics

### Instance Properties

[`var currentMode: IntentModes.Current`](/documentation/AppIntents/IntentSystemContext/currentMode)

A value that indicates the foreground and background behavior for app intent’s action.

[`var isVoiceOnly: Bool`](/documentation/AppIntents/IntentSystemContext/isVoiceOnly)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the system performs the app intent in a voice-only context.

[`var locale: Locale`](/documentation/AppIntents/IntentSystemContext/locale)

The locale in which the system performs the app intent.

[`var preciseTimestamp: Date?`](/documentation/AppIntents/IntentSystemContext/preciseTimestamp)

A precise timestamp for the performed action.

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