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.

Actions Used

Call
Calls the phone number passed in as input.
Select Contact
Prompts to pick a person from your contacts and passes the selection to the next action.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Call%20a%20contact
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Call%20a%20contact
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Call a contact” end tell

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