Phone a friend
Looks for contacts added to a “Friends” group and asks you to pick one before calling them.
Actions Used
Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
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.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Phone%20a%20friend
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Phone%20a%20friend
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Phone a friend”
end tell
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Open recent calls
Opens the deep link into the Recents section of the Phone app to see your incoming and outgoing calls, plus any missed calls (mobilephone-recents://).
Call a contact
Presents your list of contacts, then calls the person you select. If they have multiple numbers, asks you which one to dial.
Call a coworker
Looks for contacts from a given company name (added on input), then asks you to choose which contact and calls them.
Open Favorites
Opens the deep link to the Favorites tab in the Phone app (mobilephone-favorites//).
Dial a number
Prompts you to enter a phone number, then asks you to confirm before calling.
More From The Library
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Opens the Privacy tab in Settings so you can open Analytics and Improvements > Analytics data. On macOS, opens the Library to Diagnostic Reports in your Logs.
Open Photos Recents
Opens the “Recents” collection in Photos, which shows photos and videos, plus imported graphics that don’t appear in the main Library view.
Copy top emoji
Presents a list of preset emoji and copies your choice to the clipboard.
Change the current wallpaper
Pick a photo or file, then set it as your Lock Screen, Home Screen, or both.
Extract phone numbers
Scrapes text from input and looks for strings formatted as phone numbers.
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