Mastodon Lists

Add account to Mastodon list

Grabs the account from any Mastodon link and lets you pick which Lists to add them to.

Actions

URLs, Web

URL

Passes the specified URL to the next action.

URLs, Web

Get Component of URL

Gets the specified part of the URL passed into the action. URLs are structured as follows: scheme://user:password@host:port/path?query#fragment.

Scripting, Variables

Set Variable

Sets the value of the specified variable to the input of this action.

Documents, Text Editing

Split Text

Separates text passed into the action into a list.

Lists, Scripting

Get Item from List

Returns one or more items from the list passed as input. You can get the first item, the last item, a random item, the item at a particular index, or items in a range of indexes.

Web, Web Requests

Get Contents of URL

Gets the contents of URLs passed into the action. Useful for downloading files and web content, or for making API requests. Includes GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE methods, and options to add headers. To make a multipart HTTP request, choose “Form” as the request body type and add files as field values.

Dictionaries, Scripting

Get Dictionary Value

Gets the value for the specified key in the dictionary passed into the action.

Dictionaries, Scripting

Get Dictionary from Input

Makes a dictionary from the text passed as input. JSON (like {“foo”: “bar”}), key-value pairs (like foo=bar&baz=biz), and XML-based plist are supported.

Scripting, Shortcuts

Run Shortcut

Run an shortcut from your shortcut.

Control Flow, Scripting

Repeat with Each

Takes a list of items as input, and runs the contained actions once for each item in the list.

Documents, Text Editing

Combine Text

Joins text together, inserting the separator between each join.

Dictionaries, Scripting

Set Dictionary Value

Sets a value in the dictionary passed into the action.

Documents, Files

Filter Files

Given a list of files, this action returns the files that match the given criteria. Allows for sorting, changing the order, and limiting the number passed as a result.

Control Flow, Scripting

Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.

Documents, Text

Text

Passes the specified text to the next action.

Lists, Scripting

Choose from List

Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection. Prompt The instruction provided when the list is presented. Select Multiple When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.

Lists, Scripting

List

Allows you to specify a list of items to be passed to the next action.

Dictionaries, Scripting

Dictionary

Passes the specified list of key-value pairs to the next action as a dictionary.

Documents, Text Editing

Replace Text

Replaces some text passed into the action with other text.

Documents, Previewing

Show Result

Shows the specified text in Siri or in an alert.

Custom Shortcuts

How to extract Mastodon instance & handle data using Shortcuts

Working with links in the fediverse can be tricky – here's how to use Shortcuts' Get Components of URL action to quickly isolate any instance or account handle you come across on Mastodon.