Capture task
Prompts you to type in or dictate a task if run from Siri, then asks you to choose between “Work” and “Personal” – Work sends the task to the Things inbox, Personal sends it to a Reminders list called Inbox.
Add current task
Asks to you enter what you’re currently working on, then sets it due 1 minute from now so it shows up on your lock screen.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Add%20current%20task
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Add%20current%20task
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Add current task”
end tell
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Today’s tasks to Things
Prompts you type in new todos in new lines and add them for Today immediately in Things. If you share text in, it’ll use that instead.
Add tasks with Things checklist
Takes a pre-defined list of items inputted in the Text action, splits it by new lines, and adds each to one Things list (a project or Area) along with the same checklist for each task.
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Open Things by type of work
Presents a menu of tags to choose from, then opens the Anytime view filtered to show those tasks.
Open a genre playlist
Opens the curated playlists for each genre page in Apple Music (formerly A-List playlists).
Turn Wi-Fi off
Gets the Wi-Fi network’s name, turns the Wi-Fi off, and tells you which network you just disconnected from.
Customize Siri responses
Opens the deep link into Settings > Siri and Search > Siri Responses where you can toggle where to Prefer Silent Responses, PRefer Spoken Responses, or set it to Automatic. Options also include a toggle to Always Show Siri Captions and Always Show Speech – I have these all turned on.
Change auto lock settings
Opens the deep link into the Auto Lock settings so you can customize your iPad’s timeout.
Create blank layout
Creates a blank document without any paragraph formatting – good for making an empty page to fill with shapes, images, or other Pages capabilities.
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