If [Input: Select a Home Accessory/Shortcut Input/Clipboard/Current Date] [Condition: is/is not/is exactly/is not exactly/has any value/does not have any value/contains/does not contain/begins with/ends with/is after/is before/is today/is between/is in the next/is in the last]

Input

Anything

Result

(Anything) The input

Details

Type

Scripting

Interactivity

Expertise Needed

Regular

Matthew's Score

 5/5

Category

Control Flow, Scripting

Date Added

11/12/2014

Identifier

is.workflow.actions.conditional

Comments

Updated with iOS 13 to have different options to choose from depending on the type of input.

Place your Input in the action, then check the conditions to filter by that are available.

Works with Home automations.

Works Well With

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.

Apple TV Remote, Apps

Switch to Light/Dark Mode

Switches to Light/Dark mode on the specified Apple TV.

Device, Scripting

Set Low Power Mode

Sets the device’s Low Power Mode to on or off.

Device, Media, Playback, Scripting

Change Playback Destination

Sets playback destination to a device. Device The device to set playback destination to.

Dictionaries, Scripting

Get Dictionary from Input

Makes a dictionary from the text passed as input. JSON (like {“foo”: “bar”}), key-value pairs (like foo=bar&baz=biz), and XML-based plist are supported.

Dictionaries, Scripting

Get Dictionary Value

Gets the value for the specified key in the dictionary passed into the action.

Dictionaries, Scripting

Dictionary

Passes the specified list of key-value pairs to the next action as a dictionary.

Dictionaries, Scripting

Set Dictionary Value

Sets a value in the dictionary passed into the action.

Apps, Health

Log Health Sample

Adds a data point into the Health app.

Apps, Home

Get the state of Home

Get the state of [name of Home set up in the Home app).

Apps, Home

Control Home

Set the state of [name of Home set up in the Home app] by selecting scenes and accessories to automate.

Apps, Health

Log Workout

Adds a workout into the Health app without requiring an Apple Watch. You can log all kinds of activities, from running and cycling to playing a sport.

Documents, Text

Get Text from Input

Returns text from the previous action’s output. For example, this action can get the name of a photo or song, or the text of a web page.

Apps, Settings

Set Classic Invert

Reverses the colors of the display

Apps, Settings

Set Smart Invert

Reverses the colors of the display except for images, media and some apps that use dark color styles.

Apps, Pages

Open a document

Open a document.

Apps, Numbers app

Open a spreadsheet

Open a spreadsheet.

Notification, Scripting

Vibrate Device

Vibrates the device for a short amount of time.

No-ops, Scripting

Nothing

This action does nothing and produces no output. It is useful to separate blocks of actions, or to ensure that no input is passed to the next action.

Network, Scripting

Set Wi-Fi

Sets the device’s Wi-Fi to on or off.

Shortcuts Using This

Mind Node

Open MindNode

Opens MindNode – if run from iPad, opens in Slide Over.

Mind Node

Open MindNode for Mac

Opens the MindNode app for Mac directly or remotely via SSH.

YouTube playlists

Open personal YouTube playlists

Presents a menu of YouTube playlists sorted into your “Personal” group, letting you choose one and open it in the app.

YouTube playlists

Show YouTube library

Opens the link to the Library tab of YouTube, which shows your History, Watch Later, Playlists, and Liked Videos.

YouTube playlists

Copy YouTube playlist link

For links shared from videos playing inside a playlist, this will scrape out the ID and reformat it into the main playlist link.

YouTube playlists

Grab YouTube playlist ID

For a given YouTube video passed in as input, this isolates the URL parameter after “list=“ that represents a video playlist ID.

YouTube playlists

Open work YouTube playlists

If you don’t want the Grab YouTube playlist ID shortcut installed, delete the Run Shortcut action above and the URL action below.

However, the shortcut won’t work with links from videos inside playlists anymore.