Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
Phone a friend
Looks for contacts added to a “Friends” group and asks you to pick one before calling them.
Scripting Actions
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
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Phone%20a%20friend
Link to Open Shortcut
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 my voicemail
Opens the deep link into the Voicemail section of the Phone app (vmshow://).
Dial a number
Prompts you to enter a phone number, then asks you to confirm before calling.
Open Favorites
Opens the deep link to the Favorites tab in the Phone app (mobilephone-favorites//).
Get my number
Gets the first phone number from your preselected contact card, copies it to the clipboard, and shows it to you in a dialog. Use to quickly show to or share with someone else.
Activate noise control
Opens the deep link to the phone app, then sets playback to AirPods and turns on Noise Cancellation.
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Open video assets
Gets the files from a Videos folder in macOS, gets the contents, asks you to pick from the folders, and reveals it in Finder.
Open in Callsheet
Redirects a link from The Movie Database to Callsheet by replacing the URL with the deep link.
Add to Read Later
Takes content from input, the clipboard, on-screen, or via a prompt and adds it to Reeder’s Read Later system.
Dictate groceries
Dictates text, then splits it by new lines and adds them to Reminders in your groceries list.
Get device details
Displays device details in a prompt, incluing OS, device type, system version, system build number, device model, device hostname, and the device name.
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