Select Contact
Prompts to pick a person from your contacts and passes the selection to the next action.
Add birthday reminder
Set a reminder 6 days before a selected contact’s birthday.
Scripting Actions
Adjust Date
Adds or subtracts an amount of time from the date passed into the action.
Add New Reminder
Creates a new reminder and adds it to the selected list of reminders.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Add%20birthday%20reminder
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Add%20birthday%20reminder
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Add birthday reminder”
end tell
More From This Folder
Create contact
Creates a new blank contact in the Contacts app, so you can use the app UI to enter in details.
Edit gaming contact
Prompts you to enter first, last, and nickname details for a contact before adding them to a pre-programmed group. Useful for gaming friends over Discord.
Extract email addresses
Looks through the input text for email addresses and copies them to the clipboard.
Message from contact groups
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Show previous birthdays
Check for contacts whose birthdays are in the next two weeks and displays their name and the date.
More From The Library
Message the Group Chat
Opens an action from Messages into a group chat. To make your own, open the group chat in Messages, then search for it in Messages.
Turn the espresso machine on
Activates the SwitchBot attached to my espresso machine.
Open Apple Store product page
Asks you to pick an Apple product category, then opens the deep link into the Apple Store online.
Mastodon API List Write Access Token
Stores your List:Write token for the Mastodon API to reuse in other shortcuts.
Log transactions
Opens the Transactions page in QuickBooks Self-Employed so you can view, update, and tag transactions as needed.
Get way deeper into Shortcuts – become a member.
Browse more
Shortcuts Membership
Enhance your experience with bonus shortcuts, folder bundles, and exclusive perks.
Action Directory
Discover endless possibilities by combining the building blocks for Shortcuts.