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# Intent Phrases

The keys that you include in your global vocabulary file to show how users engage your app from Siri.

## Overview

Overview The IntentPhrases key contains sample phrases that a user might speak to initiate the handling of one of your intents. The value of this key is an array of dictionaries, each of which defines one of the sample phrases to speak. Each dictionary contains the following keys: important: Apps are expected to provide some example phrases. Siri displays your app’s sample phrases in Siri Guide so that users can access them directly from the Siri interface. Xcode helps you add example phrases to your vocabulary file. When you create a property list file with the name AppIntentVocabulary.plist, Xcode knows that the file should contain custom vocabulary, and it makes only the relevant keys available in the property list editor. The figure below shows an example of a global vocabulary file in Xcode that contains sample phrases for starting a workout.

## See Also

### Related Documentation

- [Parameter Vocabularies](sirikit/parameter-vocabularies.md)

### Articles

- [Adding User Interactivity with Siri Shortcuts and the Shortcuts App](sirikit/adding-user-interactivity-with-siri-shortcuts-and-the-shortcuts-app.md)
- [Defining Relevant Shortcuts for the Siri Watch Face](sirikit/defining-relevant-shortcuts-for-the-siri-watch-face.md)
- [Deleting Donated Shortcuts](sirikit/deleting-donated-shortcuts.md)
- [Dispatching intents to handlers](sirikit/dispatching-intents-to-handlers.md)
- [Improving Siri Media Interactions and App Selection](sirikit/improving-siri-media-interactions-and-app-selection.md)
- [Improving interactions between Siri and your messaging app](sirikit/improving-interactions-between-siri-and-your-messaging-app.md)
- [Registering Custom Vocabulary with SiriKit](sirikit/registering-custom-vocabulary-with-sirikit.md)
- [Confirming the Details of an Intent](sirikit/confirming-the-details-of-an-intent.md)
- [Handling an Intent](sirikit/handling-an-intent.md)
- [Resolving the Parameters of an Intent](sirikit/resolving-the-parameters-of-an-intent.md)
- [Generating a List of Ride Options](sirikit/generating-a-list-of-ride-options.md)
- [Handling the Ride-Booking Intents](sirikit/handling-the-ride-booking-intents.md)
- [Donating Reservations](sirikit/donating-reservations.md)
- [Specifying Synonyms for Your App Name](sirikit/specifying-synonyms-for-your-app-name.md)
- [Localizing Your Vocabulary for Chinese Dialects](sirikit/localizing-your-vocabulary-for-chinese-dialects.md)