# FDC3 Intents

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/fdc3/intents/  
**Provider:** FDC3 — https://apis.io/providers/fdc3/  
**Base URL:** https://fdc3.finos.org  
**Documentation:** https://fdc3.finos.org/docs/intents/spec

FDC3 Intents is one of 6 APIs that [FDC3](https://apis.io/providers/fdc3/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Intents, Interoperability, Financial-Services, Workflows, and Open Standard. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, and a GitHub repository.

FDC3 Intents are standardized verbs that applications use to request functionality from other applications on the financial desktop. Standard intents include ViewChart, ViewQuote, ViewNews, ViewAnalysis, ViewInstrument, ViewHoldings, ViewOrders, ViewResearch, ViewProfile, ViewInteractions, ViewMessages, ViewChat, StartCall, StartChat, StartEmail, CreateInteraction, and CreateOrUpdateProfile. Applications declare which intents they handle in their App Directory entry, and the Desktop Agent routes intent requests to appropriate handler apps.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://fdc3.finos.org/docs/intents/spec
- **Reference** — https://fdc3.finos.org/docs/intents/ref/ViewChart
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/finos/FDC3

## Other FDC3 APIs (5)

- [FDC3 Desktop Agent API](https://apis.io/apis/fdc3/desktop-agent-api/)
- [FDC3 App Directory API](https://apis.io/apis/fdc3/app-directory-api/)
- [FDC3 Context Data](https://apis.io/apis/fdc3/context-data/)
- [FDC3 Desktop Agent Bridging](https://apis.io/apis/fdc3/desktop-agent-bridging/)
- [FDC3 Application API](https://apis.io/apis/fdc3/fdc3-application-api/)

## Tags

Intents, Interoperability, Financial-Services, Workflows, Open Standard

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