Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Read about games
Presents a menu of various gaming-related News channels, like the generic Games, plus Video Games, Xbox, Nintendo, VR, Consoles, and Oculus channels in the News app.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20games
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20games
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Read about games”
end tell
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