Add to Home Screen from Photos

Asks you to pick from your Shortcuts folders, then repeats through the shortcuts from that folder asking you for a custom title and image from Photos before adding it to the Home Screen with a custom icon.

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Add%20to%20Home%20Screen%20from%20Photos
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Add%20to%20Home%20Screen%20from%20Photos
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Add to Home Screen from Photos” end tell

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