# generate(message:previousMessages:) Fetches and caches suggested actions for the provided message. ``` nonisolated static func generate(message: SuggestedActionsMessage, previousMessages: [SuggestedActionsMessage] = []) async ``` ## Parameters `message` The message that you want to generate suggested actions for. `previousMessages` An array of messages that precede the provided `message`. The Suggested Actions framework uses them as context to generate suggested actions for the `message`. The system limits the number of previous messages it considers to the value of [`previousMessagesLimit`](/documentation/SuggestedActions/SuggestedActionsMessage/previousMessagesLimit). This parameter defaults to an empty array if you don’t include previous messages. ## Discussion Call this method ahead of presenting a [`SuggestedActionsView`](/documentation/SuggestedActions/SuggestedActionsView) to generate and cache suggested actions for future use. When you later initialize the view with a [`SuggestedActionsMessage`](/documentation/SuggestedActions/SuggestedActionsMessage) that has a matching `id`, the view uses the cached result and renders immediately without displaying a loading indicator. Generate suggested actions for future use when you know that a person is likely to see them soon, for example, when someone opens a conversation. You can call this method multiple times with different messages. Within a single conversation, the framework deduplicates suggestions: If a suggested action appears for an earlier message, it doesn’t appear again for later messages. The following example shows how an app might use a `ChatManager` class that processes an incoming message and creates a suggested actions view: ```swift @Observable class ChatManager { private(set) var messages: [ChatMessage] = [] // Process a new incoming message and generate suggested // actions to let the Suggested Actions framework cache them for future use. func handleIncomingMessage(_ newMessage: ChatMessage) async { await SuggestedActionsView.generate( message: newMessage.suggestedActionsMessage, previousMessages: newMessage.previousMessages .suffix(SuggestedActionsMessage.previousMessagesLimit) .map(\.suggestedActionsMessage) ) messages.append(newMessage) } } ``` --- 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)