Grab YouTube playlist ID
For a given YouTube video passed in as input, this isolates the URL parameter after “list=“ that represents a video playlist ID.
Open creator YouTube playlists
Presents a menu of playlists from YouTube creators and lets you open directly to their queue in the app.
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Open my YouTube playlists
Pulls from a dictionary of YouTube playlists and lets you pick from subgroups to open in the app.
Open personal YouTube playlists
Presents a menu of YouTube playlists sorted into your “Personal” group, letting you choose one and open it in the app.
Open work YouTube playlists
If you don’t want the Grab YouTube playlist ID shortcut installed, delete the Run Shortcut action above and the URL action below.
However, the shortcut won’t work with links from videos inside playlists anymore.
Copy YouTube playlist link
For links shared from videos playing inside a playlist, this will scrape out the ID and reformat it into the main playlist link.
Show YouTube library
Opens the link to the Library tab of YouTube, which shows your History, Watch Later, Playlists, and Liked Videos.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20creator%20YouTube%20playlists
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20creator%20YouTube%20playlists
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open creator YouTube playlists”
end tell
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Create follow-up tasks
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Check downloads in the last two weeks
Accesses the Transistor API to retrieve your analytics data, then summarizes the total downloads over the last 14 days.
Switch to page turning
Turns on the Books setting that disables continous scroll and lets you turn pages like you would in a physical book.
Open SpeedTest TV
Opens the SpeedTest app for Apple TV which lets you check your internet’s upload and download speeds.
Dictate reminder
Uses the Dictate Text action set to stop listening “After Pause” and then saves my text into the To Do list created in Reminders (or your default list).
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