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.
Scripting Actions
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
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Add%20note%20to%20contact
Link to Open Shortcut
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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Message from contact groups
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Extract phone numbers
Scrapes text from input and looks for strings formatted as phone numbers.
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 a contact card
Asks you to enter in contact information, then generates a .VCF vcard file out of your answers and shares it.
Batch-send file to a group
Asks you to pick a file, then a Contact Group, then sends that file to each person in the group one-by-one.
Add contacts to group
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
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