Contacts

Add a birthday

Choose a contact and insert their birthday.

Actions

Apps, Contacts

Select Contact

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

Notification, Scripting

Ask for Input

Prompts the user to enter a piece of information.

Apps, Contacts

Edit Contact

Sets a specific field of the contact passed into the action. Detail The property of the contact to edit. Edit The operation to perform on the selected property of the contact.

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Capture contact info

Presents a series of prompts for contact information, then generates a .VCF and asks you how you want to share it.

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Send birthday messages

Checks for anyone whose birthday is today and starts a message to wish them a happy birthday.

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Create follow-up tasks

Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.

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Message from Contact Groups

Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.

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Create contact

Creates a new blank contact in the Contacts app, so you can use the app UI to enter in details.

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Add birthday reminder

Set a reminder 6 days before a selected contact’s birthday.

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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Add%20a%20birthday

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Add%20a%20birthday

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Add a birthday” end tell

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