Simple shortcuts
Everyday shortcuts.
Please do not disturb me
Presents a menu of various time periods for setting Do Not Disturb, then adjusts your device according to the choice – includes a few colloquial phrases like “a bit” and “a while” that can be customized to your preferences, plus options for turning it on until lunch or after work.
Set a Focus timer
Asks you to pick a time, then a Focus, then turns it on until that time.
Focus while I’m here
Prompts you to pick a Focus that stays on until you leave the current location.
Focus during this event
Gets the next-most calendar event and asks you to pick a Focus to set until the event ends.
Change Focus settings
Opens the deep link into Settings > Focus so you can change details or adjust Home Screens.
Open Screen Time
Opens the deep link into Screen Time in Settings for iOS or the Screen Time preference pane on macOS.
Silencio
Sets the Apple Watch to silent mode, turns on Do Not Disturb, sets the volume to 0% and vibrates if run from iPhone.
Play Apple Pay ping
Gets base64-encoded text for the Apple Pay ping sound, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
Play iPhone boot chime
Gets the base64-encoded text for the iPhone boot chime, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
Play confirmation sound
Plays a sound file of your choice. Use this as a confirmation sound for your NFC tags.
Play Mac sound
Gets the sound library from macOS, picks a random file, and plays it out loud.
Play Start Up song
Gets the base64-encoded text of the Apple start up song from their keynote, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
Honk
Uses base64-encoded audio from the Untitled Goose Game and decodes it, then plays the sound.
Shame
Gets the base64-encoded text for the Shame sound from Game of Thrones, decodes it, and plays it twice at 75% volume with a short break in between.
Make fun of me
Takes three lists of Shakespearean insults and combines them into one remark, making it appear as if Siri is making fun of you using old English slang.
I built this after being inspired by a similar website, wanting to see if I could recreate it in Shortcuts. Original material: http: or or www.pangloss.com or seidel or shake_rule.html
What a blockhead
Gets the base64-encoded text for the Charlie Brown sad walking music, decodes it, and plays it out loud.
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Redirect deep link
Takes a URL from input and makes it open into Safari by opening a temporary webpage.
Open my YouTube Clips
Opens your personal feed on Clips saved from YouTube videos. Use this feature to capture important ideas and give them custom titles, and have a feed of personalized clips to view again later.
Turn right Key Light off
Uses the Elgato Control Center app to turn the Key Light that I have facing me off.
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