App Intents Agent Skill — Development skill for Claude Code
Agent skill that helps Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, and Cursor write correct Swift App Intents code for Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, widgets, Control Center, and Apple Intelligence.
How to install App Intents Agent Skill
This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no
exact command to give. Open n0an/App-Intents-Agent-Skill and copy the folder into
~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.
What App Intents Agent Skill does
Agent skill that helps Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, and Cursor write correct Swift App Intents code for Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, widgets, Control Center, and Apple Intelligence.
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README
App Intents Agent Skill
**🍎 Updated for WWDC 2026** - now covers the iOS 27 App Intents APIs: long-running & cancellable intents, on-screen awareness, `EntityCollection`, `SyncableEntity`, and the `AppIntentsTesting` framework.
An agent skill that helps AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini write correct Swift App Intents code - exposing app actions and data to Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, widgets, Control Center, and Apple Intelligence.
It uses the [Agent Skills](https://agentskills.io/home) format, so it works smoothly with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Cursor, and more.
What It Covers
- Intents -
AppIntent,OpenIntent,SnippetIntent,ForegroundContinuableIntent,DeleteIntent,ShowInAppSearchResultsIntent,TargetContentProvidingIntent,URLRepresentableIntent,ProgressReportingIntent,LongRunningIntent,CancellableIntent,WidgetConfigurationIntent,ControlConfigurationIntent,PredictableIntent - Execution lifecycle - the 30-second budget,
LongRunningIntent+performBackgroundTask(iOS 27),CancellableIntent+withIntentCancellationHandler(iOS 26.4), background GPU access,allowedExecutionTargetsto pin an intent to the app or an extension - Foreground continuation -
ForegroundContinuableIntent(iOS 17), `request
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