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# UITableViewAppIntentsDataSource

The methods that an object adopts to make items in a table view discoverable by Apple Intelligence and Siri.

```
@MainActor protocol UITableViewAppIntentsDataSource : AnyObject
```

## Overview

For more information, refer to <doc:providing-contextual-cues-to-Apple-Intelligence-and-Siri> and
<doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AppIntents>.

## Topics

### Instance Methods

[`func tableView(UITableView, appEntityIdentifierForRowAt: IndexPath) -> EntityIdentifier?`](/documentation/AppIntents/UITableViewAppIntentsDataSource/tableView(_:appEntityIdentifierForRowAt:))

Asks the data source to return an app entity identifier for a cell at a particular location in the table view.

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