Matthew Cassinelli

Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

Get Contacts from Input

Gets contacts from the result of the previous action, including vCards, event attendees, email addresses, phone numbers, and locations.

Score

Type

InterActivity

Expertise

2

 2/5

Apple

Potential Prompt

Basic

Type

Apple

InterActivity

Potential Prompt

Expertise

Basic

Action Information

Parameters

Get contacts from [Input]

Input

Locations, Event attendees, vCards, Email addresses, Contacts, Phone numbers

Result

Contacts

Details

Type

Apple

Interactivity

Potential Prompt

Expertise Needed

Basic

Matthew's Score

 2/5

Category

Apps, Contacts

Date Added

11/12/2014

Identifier

is.workflow.actions.detect.contacts

Works Well With

Apps, Contacts

Get Details of Contacts

Extract information from contacts including first, middle, and last name, phone number, email address, street address, URL, birthday, contact photo, prefix, suffix, nickname, phonetic first, middle, and last names, company, job title, department, notes, & more.

Items, Scripting

Count

Counts the number of items, characters, words, sentences, or lines passed as input. Note (from Apple, for real) This is just like the Count in Sesame Street, but instead of a vampire, it’s a Shortcuts action.

Apps, Calendar

Add New Event

Creates a new event and adds it to the selected calendar.

Clipboard, Sharing

Get Clipboard

Passes the contents of the clipboard to the next action.

Clipboard, Sharing

Copy to Clipboard

Copies the result of the last action to the clipboard.

Apps, Contacts

Call

Calls the phone number passed in as input.

Apps, Contacts

Find Contacts

Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.

Apps, Contacts

Select Contact

Prompts to pick a person from your contacts and passes the selection to the next action.

Control Flow, Scripting

Stop shortcut

Stops execution of the current shortcut and dismisses the shortcut on screen. No more actions will be run after this action.

Apps, FaceTime

FaceTime

Calls the contact passed in as input using FaceTime.

Shortcuts Using This

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