Dictate note
Begins listening for dictation, then creates a note with your dictated text.
Add to an existing note
Takes text from the input and adds it to a recent note of your choosing.
Actions Used
Find Notes
Searches for the notes in your library that match the given criteria.
Sort by
Optionally, what to sort the notes by.
Order
The order to sort the notes in.
Limit
Whether or not to limit the number of notes retrieved.
Sort by
Optionally, what to sort the notes by.
Order
The order to sort the notes in.
Limit
Whether or not to limit the number of notes retrieved.
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.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
Append to Note
Appends the text passed as input to the specified note.
Note
The note to append to
Note
The note to append to
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Add%20to%20an%20existing%20note
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Add%20to%20an%20existing%20note
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Add to an existing note”
end tell
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Add to last note
Takes the clipboard and appends to it to the most-recently modified note, before opening it in Notes.
Weekly note
Creates a note for the current calendar week. Also checks if one exists before creating it, to avoid duplicates.
Add link of the week
Searches for a note called “Links of the Week” and appends the shortcut input or clipboard text to the end in the Notes app.
Get word count
Gets text from the Share sheet or clipboard and returns the total word count.
More From The Library
Make a text replacement
Opens the deep link into General > Keyboards > Text Replacements.
Open the Boiler Room
Opens the editor page in Apple Music for the Boiler Room, a series of shows for underground dance music with a webam showing the set.
Percent Encode text
Replaces any special characters in the input with percent-encoding that makes it function properly in URLs.
Encode audio recording as text
Gets a folder of audio files, lets you choose one, and encodes the result to base64 (to be placed into another shortcut and decoded to play the sound).
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