Log water
Asks you to enter the ounces of water you want to log, then adds it to the Health app.
Complex shortcuts
These shortcuts take advantage of advanced actions and involve intricate programming concepts that work together to solve a very specific need.
Some of these do one thing very well, while others may do lots of things as one single shortcut.
Either way, there’s likely a lot of actions and the whole thing might be hard to understand at first glance – your best bet is reading the comments and testing it out with a trial run.
Log caffeine
Asks you to choose the type of caffeinated drink (coffee, espresso, cappuccino, or a soda) and logs the caffeine content into the Health app. Also compares against the daily recommended limit of milligrams of caffeine.
What are the conditions today?
Gets the hourly forecast, repeats through to get conditions, and shows the whole list.
Scan QR code
Opens the QR code scanner feature built into iOS and opens any URLs that are found.
Generate QR code
Takes URLs from input or the clipboard and generates a QR code that can be scanned to open the same link – shows a preview before the option to Share, Save, or Print.
Special characters
Contains a dictionary of names and symbols that, when passed into Choose From List, becomes selectable – for whichever option is chosen, the corresponding symbol will be passed out and copied to the clipboard.
NATO Alphabet
Asks for text, then converts it to the NATO Alphabet to read out “Apple” like “Alfa Papa Papa Lima Echo.”
Add to wishlist
Asks you to enter a name on import, then looks for a note with the name and “wishlist” and creates one if not found – then, adds any links from the Share sheet or asks you to enter in a new item, then appends it to the list automatically.
Wake my MacBook Air
Sends a remote command to a Mac to wake up, then simulates keystrokes to keep it awake.
Open List in Ivory
Opens a predefined List or a List link passed as input into Ivory for Mastodon.
Open from my Mastodon Lists
Pulls your List data from the Mastodon API and lets you choose one to open.
Open into a List in Ivory
Pulls your List data from the Mastodon APi, then opens the deep link into Ivory for that list.
Add account to Mastodon list
Grabs the account from any Mastodon link and lets you pick which Lists to add them to.
Look up Mastodon account ID
Isolates a Mastodon handle from a link and looks up the account identifier.
Create Mastodon List
Asks you to enter the name for a new list, then creates it using the Mastodon API.
Add recommended Mastodon lists
Adds a pre-set list of names as new Lists on Mastodon.
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Open Voice Memos folder
Prompts you to pick from your Voice Memos folders and opens one.
Open AirServer settings
Opens the Preferences window of AirServer using the ⌘ + , keyboard shortcut.
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