Dial a number
Prompts you to enter a phone number, then asks you to confirm before calling.
Actions
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
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Phone a friend
Looks for contacts added to a “Friends” group and asks you to pick one before calling them.
Activate noise control
Opens the deep link to the phone app, then sets playback to AirPods and turns on Noise Cancellation.
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 my voicemail
Opens the deep link into the Voicemail section of the Phone app (vmshow://).
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.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Dial%20a%20number
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Dial%20a%20number
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Dial a number”
end tell
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Play from soundboard
Presents a menu of sounds (each with corresponding text-encoded audio), decodes your choice, and plays the sound at 35%.
Log stretches
Asks you to enter a total length of time, then logs it as a stretching workout.
Take Photo
Opens the iPhone or iPad camera to let you take a photo using the rear lens.
Show my Conditions records
Opens into the Health app to the Conditions section of your Health Records where you can “connect to your providers to see your health records and get updates when there’s a new entry.”
High alert
Sets the playback destination to the current device, turns off Do Not Disturb and Airplane Mode, turns on Cellular Data, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi, sets the volume to 85%, the brightness to 100%, and turns on Light mode, then turns on every option for Sound Recognition, then vibrates if run from iPhone when it’s all done.
Record as AIFF
Records normal quality audio, starting or stopping with your tap, then encoding the recorded audio to AIFF before saving to to a folder of your choice.
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