- name
- apple-intelligence
- description
- Apple Intelligence skills for on-device AI features including Foundation Models, Visual Intelligence, App Intents, and intelligent assistants. Use when implementing AI-powered features.
- allowed-tools
- [Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion]
- last_verified
- 2026-07-16
- review_by
- 2027-06-22
- os_version
- iOS 27 / macOS 27
Apple Intelligence Skills
Skills for implementing Apple Intelligence features including on-device LLMs, visual recognition, App Intents integration, and intelligent assistants.
When This Skill Activates
Use this skill when the user:
- Wants to add AI/LLM features to their app
- Needs on-device text generation or understanding
- Asks about Foundation Models or Apple Intelligence
- Wants to implement structured AI output
- Needs prompt engineering guidance
- Wants camera-based visual intelligence features
- Needs Siri, Shortcuts, or Spotlight integration via App Intents
- Wants to expose app actions or content to the system
Available Skills
foundation-models/
On-device LLM integration with prompt engineering best practices.
- Model availability checking
- Session management
- @Generable structured output (property-order + schema-injection rules)
- Tool calling patterns
- Snapshot streaming
- Prompt engineering techniques
safety-and-guardrails.md— model limits, the instructions-over-prompts hierarchy, guardrail handling, the four-layer safety stack, evalsmodels-and-agents.md— Private Cloud Compute, LanguageModel protocol (third-party backends), vision input, DynamicProfile agents, tool-calling modes, KV-cache rules
visual-intelligence/
Integrate with iOS Visual Intelligence for camera-based search.
- IntentValueQuery implementation
- SemanticContentDescriptor handling
- AppEntity for searchable content
- Display representations
- Deep linking from results
app-intents/
App Intents for Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, and Apple Intelligence.
- AppIntent protocol, parameters, perform()
- AppEntity and entity queries
- App Shortcuts with voice phrases
- IndexedEntity and Spotlight indexing
- Intent modes (background, foreground)
- Interactive snippets with SnippetIntent
- Visual intelligence integration