Batch-add to Home Screen from folder
Asks you to choose a folder from Files or Finder containing your icons, then a folder from Shortcuts containing your shortcuts, then repeats through each adding a custom icon corresponding to the repeat index in the icon folder – icon-1.png for shortcut-1.shortcut (and so on).
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Batch-add%20to%20Home%20Screen%20from%20folder
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Batch-add%20to%20Home%20Screen%20from%20folder
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Batch-add to Home Screen from folder”
end tell
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