Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
Message from contact groups
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Actions Used
Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
List
Allows you to specify a list of items to be passed to the next action.
Send Message
Sends an iMessage or SMS. Pass images, videos, or other files as input to include attachments.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Message%20from%20contact%20groups
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Message%20from%20contact%20groups
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Message from contact groups”
end tell
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Extract phone numbers
Scrapes text from input and looks for strings formatted as phone numbers.
Capture contact info
Presents a series of prompts for contact information, then generates a .VCF and asks you how you want to share it.
Add contacts to group
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Extract email addresses
Looks through the input text for email addresses and copies them to the clipboard.
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Search by ISBN
Scans a QR code, gets the text out, and performs a search on ISBNsearch.com.
Wrap text as code block
Wraps the input in three backticks on either side (which displays as a “code block” in Markdown-supported applications).
Open Audio Descriptions preferences
Opens the deep link into Settings > Accessibility > Audio Descriptions where you can toggle the feature on or off to, when available, automatically play audio descriptions.
Toggle Local Account
Activates or deactivates the “On this device” account for Notes.
Open Video Game apps
Opens a set of apps designed for everyday use in the family room with a game console – includes Twitch, GameTrack, Xbox, Discord, and Telegram.
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