Juli Clover of MacRumors covers all the updates out of WWDC that make Shortcuts easier to use – Describe a Shortcut, refinements, new actions, and more.
During The Talk Show Live at WWDC26, Joanna Stern referenced “the silence of Siri” – I wrote it down at the time so I’d remember to link it here. Poetic.
Watch the recording of John Gruber interviewing Joanna Stern and Nilay Patel afte WWDC26 – where I was in attendance in the audience,
The Siri AI system prompt has leaked online – here’s the introduction. Make sure to find it and read it yourself.
Videos from Apple’s WWDC26, including the Keynote, SOTU, Special Presentation, and sessions related to App Intents & Siri AI.
New filters in Automations for Turned On and Turned Off make it easy to view your automated shortcuts and toggle them as needed.
Apple Design has released new resources for the iOS 27 cycle, including UI Kits and App Icon Templates for Figma and Sketch.
Shortcuts Toolbox is the management layer Apple never built. Understand your dependencies, schedule complex workflows, compose self-contained shortcuts, and back up your whole library — with optional AI when you want it.
App Intents is the foundation for integrating your app with Siri and Apple Intelligence. It provides a structured way to describe what your app can do and the content within it.
Happy WWDC26 to those who celebrate! Don’t miss the What’s new in Shortcuts session that covers our new automation types, additions to the Use Model action, and new Storage actions presented by Duraid.
Check out this list of links for every App Intents session from WWDC26 off the AI and Machine Learning playlist from Apple.
From MacStories: In iPadOS’ Shortcuts app, the existing ‘Open App’ action was recently updated with the ability to launch an app with a specific window placement parameter.
During a special presentation titled Inside Apple Intelligence & Xcode, App Intents Engineer Michael Gorbach spoke for 16 minutes about App Intents and what it means for Siri AI.
Shortcuts for Luma, the event platform of choice for the Siri AI Automators meetup as well as CommunityKit. Use these shortcuts to create events or calendars, open your schedule, and interact with your profile.
Shortcuts the Parking Kitty app, the tool of choice for parking in Portland, Oregon. these this to find zone codes, check your history, or pay for parking in the app or on the web.
If you’re waiting for Siri AI, you can bypass the feature flag on macOS using a Terminal command – this shortcut allows you to run the script (and undo it, if you want).
Shortcuts for the new Siri AI experience on iOS 27. Open the app, skip the waitlist, browse the subreddit, and learn more from Apple Support. Requires iOS 27 beta.
I’ve started a megathread covering all the actions, features, bug reports, and details of what’s new in Shortcuts coming in iOS 27.
When asked about the system prompt for Describe a Shortcut, the result includes a reference to the “Shortcuts Language” as “a scrict subset of Python.”
Hello friends – I am hosting a free Siri AI Automators meetup this Thursday in Portland, Oregon, and you’re invited! First Siri AI Automators meetup