Set Volume
Sets the system volume. If you set the volume using a variable, use a number between 0 and 1 (for example, pass 0.5 for half volume).
Honk
Uses base64-encoded audio from the Untitled Goose Game and decodes it, then plays the sound.
Actions
Play Sound
Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.
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Play Apple Pay ping
Gets base64-encoded text for the Apple Pay ping sound, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
Silencio
Sets the Apple Watch to silent mode, turns on Do Not Disturb, sets the volume to 0% and vibrates if run from iPhone.
Play my audio recording
Takes encoded audio and decodes it into a sound, then plays it. Uses embedded audio or newly-encoded audio copied to the clipboard.
Play confirmation sound
Plays a sound file of your choice. Use this as a confirmation sound for your NFC tags.
Play Start Up song
Gets the base64-encoded text of the Apple start up song from their keynote, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Honk
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Honk
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Honk”
end tell
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Search image with Google Lens
receives a photo from the Share Sheet ( or asks you to pick one) and passes it to the Google app to the Lens feature, using it as a search input and showing you results based off what it sees.
Change Books Theme
Presents the various Themes in Books to choose from, then applies the setting of your choice.
Show books I want to read
Opens the Books app to the “Want to Read” section that’s built up when you mark books as such.
Show Portland in Flipboard
Opens the Flipboard topic for Portland – check for a topic for your local area.
Summarize with ChatGPT
Accepts text from the shortcut input and asks the more-advanced ChatGPT-4 model to summarize the text, returning only the summary.
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