
Hello and welcome to the Shortcuts Catalog!
This is a public resource to help people get started with Siri Shortcuts and the Shortcuts app.
It’s made up of three main sections below:
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The following are the latest additions to my Shortcuts Library.
Check out the variety of shortcuts to get ideas of how you can utilize them in different areas of daily life, then add any you might use:
Opens the Discover page from Perplexity, which curates top stories for you and summarizes them.
Opens the Spaces section of Perplexity, where you can create research and collaboration hubs built on top of Perplexity search.
Opens the Library section of Perplexity, where you can see Threads and Pages around searches you’ve performed.
Opens Perplexity to a new, blank search using the Auto mode.
Opens Perplexity to a new, blank search set to Pro mode, which acts as your conversational search guide. “Instead of quick, generic results, Pro Search engages with you, fine-tuning its answers based on your needs.”
Prompts you to “Ask anything” before opening into Perplexity to search for your query.
Immediately starts a Live Activity session for Perplexity Discover, using stories drawn from the Discover feed and spoken by ElevenLab’s voices.
Creates a series of Threads in Perplexity for URLs shared as input, either from the Share Sheet or by detecting what’s on screen. Includes logic for multiple links, opening each URL in the background until the final query.
Opens the Mac app for Perplexity AI, resizing the window to 1024×770 and moving it to the center of the current display.
Simulates the keyboard shortcut for Command + Shift + P, which activates the Perplexity search bar from anywhere.
Simulates the keyboard shortcut for Command + Shift + M, which activates the Perplexity voice mode in a popover window.
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Presents a list of pre-programmed Search options, then searches for the chosen text in the Journal app.
Prompts you to enter a query, then opens to search results for your input text in the Journal app.
Prompts you to add enter text, then uses that text to create a simple entry in the Journal app.
Opens the Journal app to the recording screen so you can create an Audio entry.
Asks you to select an image from Photos or Files, then some associated text, then attaches it to a new entry in the Journal app.
Prompts you to enter text and a title for an entry, then adds it to the Journal app marked as “Bookmarked.”
Opens the deep link into Settings > Journal where you can adjust features like Journaling Suggestions, whether to lock your journal, and your journaling schedule
Presents a list of categories from Apple’s developer pages, then reformats the option of your choosing into the URL for that category and opens it.
Asks you to enter a search query, then URL encodes the result, and opens the results on the web.
Resizes the Apple Developer window to the second screen at my preferred size for taking screenshots, then opens Craft and centers it on the main display.
Opens ChatGPT and activates the voice conversation feature, letting you talk hands-free with ChatGPT and have it respond with voice.
The following is a documentation of the 300+ actions available in the Shortcuts app.
Browse by the main categories, or dive into a subcategory to see only those actions.
Make sure to check out Related Shortcuts for each action too.