Repeat with Each
Takes a list of items as input, and runs the contained actions once for each item in the list.
Save RSS author to Contacts
Pulls recent links from my blog's RSS feed and lets me choose which ones I want to share, then formats them as a Markdown linked list and copies it to my clipboard.
Actions Used
If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Get Text from Input
Returns text from the previous action’s output.
For example, this action can get the name of a photo or song, or the text of a web page.
Count
Counts the number of items, characters, words, sentences, or lines passed as input.
Note (from Apple, for real)
This is just like the Count in Sesame Street, but instead of a vampire, it’s a Shortcuts action.
Get Item from List
Returns one or more items from the list passed as input. You can get the first item, the last item, a random item, the item at a particular index, or items in a range of indexes.
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.
Get RSS Feeds from Page
Extracts any RSS feed URLs from the given web URLs or web page.
Edit Contact
Sets a specific field of the contact passed into the action.
Detail
The property of the contact to edit.
Edit
The operation to perform on the selected property of the contact.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Save%20RSS%20author%20to%20Contacts
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Save%20RSS%20author%20to%20Contacts
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Save RSS author to Contacts”
end tell
More From This Folder
Copy RSS feed link
Gets the RSS feed from the Shortcut Input and copies the URL to the clipboard.
Inspect RSS feed
Gets RSS feeds from the input URL, converts it to text, and shows it in a popover.
Check Apple newsroom
Gets 10 items from the Apple Newsroom RSS feed and opens your choice in Safari.
Check tech headlines
Pulls the RSS feed of Techmeme and returns the latest 5 article titles.
Check Apple Developer News
Extracts 10 stories from the RSS feed of Apple Developer news and lets you pick which one to open in a Safari web view to read quickly.
Open stories from MatthewCassinelli.com
Checks the RSS feed of MatthewCassinelli.com, presents recent stories, and opens one of your choosing.
More From The Library
Batch-add to Home Screen from folder
Asks you to choose a folder from Files or Finder containing your icons, then a folder from Shortcuts containing your shortcuts, then repeats through each adding a custom icon corresponding to the repeat index in the icon folder – icon-1.png for shortcut-1.shortcut (and so on).
Show my Shared health data
Opens to the “Sharing” tab in the Health app where you share with someone, ask someone to share, share with your doctor, and see apps and research studies alongside shared data.
Save Window setup
Saves the current window arrangement as a JSON dictionary of data in the Files app.
Toggle the Living Room lights
Toggles a set of 4 Hue lights and one Light Strip in my main living space.
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