---
title: description
framework: appintents
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: appintents/appintent/description
---

# description

A localized string that describes what the app intent does.

## Declaration

```swift
static var description: IntentDescription? { get }
```

## Mentioned in

Creating your first app intent

## Discussion

Discussion If the app intent conforms to a schema, the schema provides a default implementation and value. If you implement this property, the system uses your custom value instead of the default value.

## See Also

### Configuring the metadata

- [title](appintents/appintent/title.md)
- [isDiscoverable](appintents/appintent/isdiscoverable.md)