Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
Add note to contact
Searches for contacts by group, then has you add text to place in their note field.
Actions Used
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.
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.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Add%20note%20to%20contact
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Add%20note%20to%20contact
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Add note to contact”
end tell
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Share your contact card
Shares a duplicate of your personal contact card designed only for business.
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Message from contact groups
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