Siri AI Continues Across Devices, Apps Can Stay In Sync With Stable IDs
July 3
With Siri AI interacting with the same content from apps across devices, they need one stable ID to match up inside conversations.
Tag: Developer
Get Significant Siri AI Performance Improvements With Large EntityCollections
July 3
When working with large data sets, developers using App Intents should mark them as EntityCollections for performance improvements – loading only the identifiers.
Teach Siri AI to Share Structured Types Without Known Formats Across Apps with ValueRepresentation
July 1
Some apps have unique types that Siri AI can’t understand by default – ValueRepresentation helps teach the system about your type.
App Intents are Limited to Thirty Seconds: Extend Execution as Live Activity with LongRunningIntent
June 29
Normally, App Intents have a 30-second limit to finish running – LongRunningIntent helps developers get beyond that by moving to a Live Activity. Plus, CancellableIntent makes sure it can be ended gracefully.
Build from anywhere with Cursor for iOS »
June 29
Curor has released their iOS app, bringing the agentic coding platform to iOS with remote sessions or cloud agents.
App Intents Is The Engine Behind Some of the Most Delightful Experiences On the Apple Platform
June 29
“App Intents is a framework that lets you express your app’s actions and content to other parts of the system in ways that feels natural and deeply integrated.”
WWDC26 Sessions: Discover new capabilities in the App Intents framework
June 29
From Apple Developer: Level up your App Intents adoption with advanced features to make it faster, more flexible, and more relevant.
WWDC26 Sessions: Watch My YouTube Playlist of App Intents & Siri AI Videos
June 25
Videos from Apple’s WWDC26, including the Keynote, SOTU, Special Presentation, and sessions related to App Intents & Siri AI.
WWDC26 Sessions: Every App Intents & Siri AI video
June 18
Check out this list of links for every App Intents session from WWDC26 off the AI and Machine Learning playlist from Apple.
WWDC26 Sessions: What’s New in Shortcuts
June 18
Happy WWDC26 to those who celebrate! Don’t miss the What’s new in Shortcuts session that covers our new automation types, additions to the Use Model action, and new Storage actions presented by Duraid.
Make Sure Codex Is Open for ChatGPT With These Shortcuts
May 14
Open Codex in ChatGPT, start a new chat, or make sure the app is open over SSH – check out my new set of shortcuts for Codex.
Apple Recognizes Developer Community Members
May 12
Apple has recognized 50 developer community members who are making an impact – many of which have welcomed me into the community. Well deserved!
Apple’s Smart Home Display Now Coming This Fall: Here’s How to Get Ready Now »
March 9
Mark Gurman has reported Apple’s smart home display won’t ship until the fall to debut alongside the new Siri features – here’s the developer session you can watch now to get prepared.
Tip: Create ~/Developer in Your Mac User Folder for AI Projects
February 5
If you’re building with a Terminal chatbot, make yourself a Developer directory to store all your projects.
PSA: AI Terminal bots can query macOS Spotlight using mdfind
February 4
For anyone using Claude Code or OpenClaw, try querying Spotlight with Apple’s own Terminal tool `mdfind.`
Apple is Hiring a Shortcuts Tech Lead Manager
February 4
Apple is hiring a new Tech Lead Manager for the Shortcuts team – an intriguing role (located in the San Francisco Bay Area).
Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding »
February 3
New from Apple: Developers can leverage coding agents, including Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex, directly in Xcode to tackle complex tasks autonomously, helping them develop apps faster than ever.
OpenClaw Showed Me What the Future of Personal AI Assistants Looks Like »
January 20
Federico Viticci dove deep into the OpenClaw project from Peter Steinberger and reported back on his experience – a must-read for the state of AI at the beginning of 2026.
Drafts 50 released! Shortcuts Revisited, AppleScript Improved (Client Work)
January 20
I had the pleasure of helping Greg Pierce update his Shortcuts support for Drafts – check out the release.
How to integrate your app with Visual Intelligence »
November 5
Using App Intents, enable people to find app content that matches their surroundings or objects onscreen with visual intelligence.