I've created an OpenIntent with an AppEntity as target. Now I want to receive this entity when the intent is executed and the app is opened. How can I do that? I can't find any information about it and there are no method for this in the AppDelegate

I have a chat/search functionality in my app, I want to integrate siri where user can say something "Hey siri! Ask myApp to get latest news" then I want to invoke my search functionality with "get latest news". I see iOS apps like chatGPT and youtube have already achieved this. I am able to invoke the intent with static phrase which is expecting the parameter, user is able to provide the value when prompted after requestValueDialog. But it is a 2 step process for end user. I want to achieve in a single step. struct CombinedSiriShortcuts: AppShortcutsProvider { static var appShortcuts: [AppShortcut] { return [ AppShortcut( intent: ShowSpecificNewsArticleIntent(), phrases: [ "Ask \(.applicationName) to run a query:", ], shortTitle: "Specific News Article", systemImageName: "doc.text.fill" ), AppShortcut( intent: TestQuery(), phrases: [ "Ask \(.applicationName) to \(\.$query)", ], shortTitle: "Test intent", systemImageName: "doc.text.fill" ), ] } } struct ShowSpecificNewsArticleIntent: AppIntent { static var title: LocalizedStringResource = "Show Specific News Article" static var description = IntentDescription( "Provides details about a specific news article based on its title." ) @Parameter(title: "Query") var query: String @MainActor func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult & ProvidesDialog & ShowsSnippetView { print("in show specific intent"); print(query); return .result(dialog: "view more about: \(query)") } }

I dont know if this is the appropriate forum for this. Answers I've found on the web points me towards intentions, but somehow I couldnt make it work. Im trying to activate siri on carplay to ask user for voice input then make a search. Is this a custom intent capability or is there any other way.

Hello, I have two related questions: in this AppIntent: https://github.com/poml88/FLwatch/blob/moresimple/SharedPhoneWatch/AppIntents/AddInsulin.swift#L2 i am trying to work with are returned Double as the parameter. But it does not fully work, because there is a locale issue. in some languages the decimal point is a comme. If that is so, Siri returns 3,5 but the system does not use it as a double. How to solve that? or, she is returning five, not 5 and again. The system does not recognise the double. It seems Apple has some resolvers for this, for example: DoubleFromStringResolver. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appintents/resolvers But I cannot figure out how to use them are how to call that resolver. Can somebody help, please? Thanks.

After updating to macOS 14.4.1 keynote can't find all the outside video links. I have over 15 keynote presentations that I use to show videos. I have over 1500 videos. If I manually replace each video, I lose all the settings (thumbnails, cropping, animations, etc.). That's 15 years of work lost! Apple engineers tell me there's no other solution but to replace the videos manually. I've tried creating scripts via AIs but none of them work. Does anyone have any ideas?

I am on MacOS 15.5 trying to access tmutil latestbackup in AppleScript: set latestBackup to do shell script "tmutil latestbackup" It works perfect when run from script editor, and script editor is in full disk access permission list. When I export to an app and run it it fails with: Error retrieving latest backup: tmutil: latestbackup requires Full Disk Access privileges. To allow this operation, select Full Disk Access in the Privacy tab of the Security & Privacy preference pane, and add Terminal to the list of applications which are allowed Full Disk Access. Error code: 80 Terminal is on list, as is name of the app. I have same issue running in safe mode. I have tried deleting and redefining full disk access entries, all to no avail. Apple tech support says its a developer issue, but code works in script editor. any ideas?

Was going to add a shortcut to an app via INIntent. I followed the WWDC developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2021/10232/?time=986 Steps: Created a .intentdefinition file and created an intent. Added the intent to .intentdefinition and compiled the app. Import the header file for the custom intent in the AppDelegate MyIntentname.h Have the AppDelegate conform to the protocol created in the generated code. Implement: -application:handlerForIntent: and return self (the app delegate) Run the app. Open the Shortcuts app and search for the 'shortcut' (according to the WWDC video linked above it should show up in the actions list). Doesn't show up in the list. I tried moving the build application out from Debug to my Applications folder to see if that would help the Shortcuts app find it, but it didn't. Am I missing a step/doing something wrong?

I have a habit tracker app that uses App Intents and Shortcuts. The app uses SwiftData to persist data, just in case that's important. One of the shortcuts serves to log habits. However, when the app has been in the background for a good while (over an hour or so), that particular shortcut always fails when I try to run it in the Shortcuts app with the system error "Invalid action metadata" caused by "a bug in the host app". The app has a total of 9 shortcuts, and it's just this one particular shortcut that seems to be failing – the others continue to run without any issues even after the app has been in the background for a long time. The app intent/shortcut that is problematic is the one called HabitEntryAppIntent. For example purposes, I've also included one of the non-problematic intents in the code snippet below called HabitEntryCounterForTodayAppIntent. Both of these intents have one @Parameter value of type HabitEntity. I'll post code snippets in the replies because the character limit is not large enough to include them here, or view them in this GitHub gist: Code snippets on GitHub I've tried everything I can think of whilst debugging, but none of the following fixed the error: Removed all usage of @MainActor and mainContext by replacing the ModelContext used in perform() with a locally created property. Removed all usage of static shared properties like Calendar.shared and ModelContainer.shared and replaced them with local properties. Removed all non-essential code such as the code for context.undoManager and WidgetManager.shared.reload(.all) and really striped it all down to the absolute essentials. Reduced the number of shortcut phrases in the problematic shortcut because there was perhaps too many (>10) originally. You might have noticed that the perform() method in the problematic intent manipulates the database whilst the non-problematic intent only reads the database. Given that the two intents in the snippet above both have the same @Property(...) var habitEntity: HabitEntity values, I tried to swap the contents of the perform() methods over to see what would happen. And here's what's strange: When the perform() method from the problematic HabitEntryAppIntent is used in HabitEntryCounterForTodayAppIntent, it works without any issues and successfully logs habits! And then when the perform() method from the non-problematic HabitEntryCounterForTodayAppIntent is used in HabitEntryAppIntent it fails with the system error "Invalid action metadata". This suggests that the problem is not in the code that logs the habit entries but rather something is wrong with HabitEntryAppIntent itself. I also tried changing the metadata used in HabitEntryAppIntent and its shortcut. I copied all the metadata used in HabitEntryCounterForTodayAppIntent (the title, description, parameterSummary etc) and pasted it into HabitEntryAppIntent. And did the same with the metadata in the shortcut (phrases, shortTitle etc) so that all the metadata used in HabitEntryAppIntent matched that used in HabitEntryCounterForTodayAppIntent. However, the shortcut for HabitEntryAppIntent continued to fail. Thus, it doesn't seem to be an issue with the code in perform() because that code succeeds when used in another app intent. And, despite the "metadata" error message, it doesn't seem to be an issue with the metadata in the app intent because I've tried using metadata from the non-problematic intent but it still fails. I have watched all WWDC videos related to app intents and shortcuts, and looked through the developer forum for similar questions, but I'm completely stumped by this issue and why it's only affecting one of my shortcuts. Also worth mentioning is that the widgets in the app that log habits using the same app intent do not suffer the same issue; they continue to work even after the Shortcut has failed. Moreover, if I try running the problematic shortcut for HabitEntryAppIntent and see the system error message, then run the shortcut for HabitEntryCounterForTodayAppIntent (which always succeeds), and then try running the HabitEntryAppIntent shortcut again, it then runs successfully on the second attempt. It seems that running HabitEntryCounterForTodayAppIntent fixes the issue, at least temporarily.

I have an app that lets you create cars. I have a CarEntity, an OpenCarIntent, and a CreateCarIntent. I want to support the Open When Run option when creating a car. I understand to do this, you just update the return type of your perform function to include & OpensIntent, then change your return value to include opensIntent: OpenCarIntent(target: carEntity). When I do this, I get a compile-time error: Cannot convert value of type 'CarEntity' to expected argument type 'IntentParameter<CarEntity>' What am I doing wrong here? struct CreateCarIntent: ForegroundContinuableIntent { static let title: LocalizedStringResource = "Create Car" @Parameter(title: "Name") var name: String @MainActor func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult & ReturnsValue<CarEntity> & OpensIntent { let managedObjectContext = PersistenceController.shared.container.viewContext let car = Car(context: managedObjectContext) car.name = name try await managedObjectContext.perform { try managedObjectContext.save() } let carEntity = CarEntity(car: car) return .result( value: carEntity, opensIntent: OpenCarIntent(target: carEntity) // FIXME: Won't compile ) } } struct OpenCarIntent: OpenIntent { static let title: LocalizedStringResource = "Open Car" @Parameter(title: "Car") var target: CarEntity @MainActor func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult { await UIApplication.shared.open(URL(string: "carapp://cars/view?id=\(target.id)")!) return .result() } }

Hi! I am using the Automations in shortcuts in macOS 26 dev beta 1 and I have all my shortcuts working except this one. Why?(photo included). All the others are very similar except they do other things not make pdf. They work. Why does this one not. I tried changing the extension to .doc, or .docx instead of doc and docx I tried using if name ends in .docx I tried file filtering nothing. Any ideas? Thanks!

In the Get to Know App Intents WWDC session, it was said New this year, you can now add Spotlight indexing keys directly on properties. Annotating properties allows Spotlight to show more relevant information to customers. When donating indexed entities, the framework will handle creating the searchable item and attribute set for you. After donating entities, they can be found in Spotlight. How do you donate indexed app entities? Making app entities available in Spotlight seems to state it's not necessary to donate entities: The system can automatically extract the keys for Spotlight indexing at compile time and store them in the App Intents metadata that Xcode generates as part of your app’s bundle. As a result, Spotlight indexing is faster and can find your app entities without launching your app, and without you having to explicitly donate the entities to Spotlight. You also don’t need to manually update or remove entities from the Spotlight index when your app’s data changes. Say I have a CarEntity. The user can create/update/delete cars at any time. What is the modern way to get cars to appear in Spotlight in iOS 26?

We're trying to add an AppIntent to our very complex and large app that works with Siri. What we've found through numerous different configuration attempts is that when the Siri toggle is turned off on in the Shortcuts app for our app, when we speak our phrase to Siri we get this prompt: " hasn't added support for that with Siri." with an "Open " button. When we speak the phrase while the app is open, we get the prompt that says "Turn on "" shortcuts with Siri?" with a "Turn On" button. When the Siri toggle is turned on for our app in the Shortcuts app, all of our phrases work as expected. Is there some kind of configuration we're missing? There doesn't seem to be a lot of documentation. We've tried to match an example app's approach (AcceleratingAppInteractionsWithAppIntents) to no avail. Our app intents live in an xcframework if that makes a difference, but we've also tried moving it out of xcframework without success. This is a blocker to us shipping this feature. Thanks!

When you correctly implement EntityPropertyQuery on an AppEntity, Shortcuts will expose a "Find Entity" action that calls into entities(matching:mode:sortedBy:limit:). This is demoed in the "Dive into App Intents" session and works as expected. However, with this action, you can change the "All Entity" input to a list variable which changes the action text from "Find All Entity" to "Filter Entity where" still giving you the same filter, sort and limit options. This appears to work as expected too. But, what's unexpected is that this filter action does not appear to call any method on my AppEntity code. It doesn't call entities(matching:mode:sortedBy:limit:). One would think there would need to be a filter(entities:matching:mode:sortedBy:limit:) to implement this functionality. But Shortcut just seems to do it all on it's own. I'm mostly wondering, how is this even working? Here's some example code: import AppIntents let books = [ BookEntity(id: 0, title: "A Family Affair"), BookEntity(id: 1, title: "Atlas of the Heart"), BookEntity(id: 2, title: "Atomic Habits"), BookEntity(id: 3, title: "Memphis"), BookEntity(id: 4, title: "Run Rose Run"), BookEntity(id: 5, title: "The Maid"), BookEntity(id: 6, title: "The Match"), BookEntity(id: 7, title: "Where the Crawdads Sing"), ] struct BookEntity: AppEntity, Identifiable { static var typeDisplayRepresentation: TypeDisplayRepresentation = "Book" var displayRepresentation: DisplayRepresentation { DisplayRepresentation(title: "\(title)") } static var defaultQuery = BookQuery() var id: Int @Property(title: "Title") var title: String init(id: Int, title: String) { self.id = id self.title = title } } struct BookQuery: EntityQuery { func entities(for identifiers: [Int]) async throws -> [BookEntity] { return identifiers.map { id in books[id] } } } extension BookQuery: EntityPropertyQuery { static var properties = QueryProperties { Property(\BookEntity.$title) { EqualToComparator { str in { book in book.title == str } } ContainsComparator { str in { book in book.title.contains(str) } } } } static var sortingOptions = SortingOptions { SortableBy(\BookEntity.$title) } func entities( matching comparators: [(BookEntity) -> Bool], mode: ComparatorMode, sortedBy: [Sort<BookEntity>], limit: Int? ) async throws -> [BookEntity] { books.filter { book in comparators.allSatisfy { comparator in comparator(book) } } } } The example Shortcut first invokes entities(matching:mode:sortedBy:limit:) with comparators=[], sortedBy=[], limit=nil to fetch all Book entities. Next the filter step correctly applies the title contains filter but never calls entities(matching:mode:sortedBy:limit:) or even the body of the ContainsComparator. But the output is correctly filtered.

Suppose I want to create a dummy switch for HomeKit using an app. I run the app for the first time, the app registers itself as a dummy switch and all accessories see the app as an OFF switch. The following day, I run the app again and turn the dummy switch ON. All accessories that were monitoring the status of that switch, adjusted themselves accordingly, run their automations and so on. Can an app do that in iOS, macOS, iPadOS, watchOS, etc.? If so, can you point me in the right direction?

I have a VBScript routine to print envelopes by automating Word. This works just fine. Now I'm trying to do the same thing with AppleScript, also using the Word application. Here is what I have so far: set recipientAddress to text returned of (display dialog "Enter the recipient's address:" default answer "") -- Prompt for recipient city, state, and zip set recipientCityStateZip to text returned of (display dialog "Enter the recipient's city, state, and zip:" default answer "") -- Combine all address parts into a full address set fullAddress to recipientName &amp; return &amp; recipientAddress &amp; return &amp; recipientCityStateZip -- Create a new Word document and print the envelope set dialogResult to display dialog "To print envelope for:" &amp; return &amp; return &amp; recipientName &amp; return &amp; recipientAddress &amp; return &amp; recipientCityStateZip &amp; return &amp; return &amp; "Center envelope upside-down in printer with flap on left" &amp; return &amp; return &amp; "Continue?" buttons {"Yes", "No"} default button 2 with icon caution if button returned of dialogResult is "Yes" then tell application "Microsoft Word" set wdDoc to make new document -- Print the envelope with the collected recipient address and hard-coded return address -- wdDoc's print out envelope(address:fullAddress, returnAddress:returnAddress) -- Close the document without saving close wdDoc saving no end tell end if What does NOT work is the commented line near the end of the script which starts with -- wdDoc's print out envelope... Either I am doing it wrong, or Word for Mac can't be automated that way. Can anyone help with this script, or at least suggest a different method to print an envelope on demand? Thanks...

I want to create an Apple Shortcut that responds to text messages I receive while on vacation with an Out of the Office message. However, I want to exclude some people from getting this message, namely family and work colleagues. Does anyone know how to do this on iOS 18. I'm stuck on how to exclude contacts I don't want to send the message to. Does anyone know how to do this?

Hello. I have NFC tags that I scan before walking my dog, that set off a list of shortcuts. The shortcuts have been failing the last couple of weeks but were fine before that. seems to be a problem with linking to starting a walk in apple watch workouts?! I have the latest iOS 18 public beta running (18.1) and watchOS 11.0.1

I keep seeing that there's a shortcut called "Add transaction" where whenever a card was tapped from apple wallet, you can add some automation. https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/shortcuts/apd65c67538a/7.0/ios/17.0 However, I cannot for the life of me find this option on my iphone 13 ios 17.6.1 All I can find when I go to the shortcuts app and search for transactions or apple wallet, I get 2 options to send/receive payments which isn't what I'm looking for. Did apple remove this shortcut??

Hello. tell application "Microsoft Excel" Where can I find complete help for all Excel commands?

I have created swift command line project and i have added logic to executing apple script using NSAppleScript. That will launch Microsoft Excel file I am launching this swift command line executable from java using process launch. 3)This is not prompting me. It is throwing exception "Not authorized to send Apple events to Microsoft Excel." I have already tried out this option Added info.plist with NSAppleEventsUsageDescription Added entitlement with com.apple.security.automation.apple-events to true In packages i have selected this entitlement i have select the bundle identifier , team and signing certificate "Development" and automatically manage signing. can you please suggest what could i missed ?