Select Contact
Prompts to pick a person from your contacts and passes the selection to the next action.
Add a birthday
Choose a contact and insert their birthday.
Actions
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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Send birthday messages
Checks for anyone whose birthday is today and starts a message to wish them a happy birthday.
Send a thank-you
Asks you to select a contact, then let’s you choose to message, call, FaceTime, or email them, along with prompts for the message if needed.
Create contact
Creates a new blank contact in the Contacts app, so you can use the app UI to enter in details.
Add note to contact
Searches for contacts by group, then has you add text to place in their note field.
Add contacts to group
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
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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