Select Contact
Prompts to pick a person from your contacts and passes the selection to the next action.
Call a contact
Presents your list of contacts, then calls the person you select. If they have multiple numbers, asks you which one to dial.
Actions
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Open recent calls
Opens the deep link into the Recents section of the Phone app to see your incoming and outgoing calls, plus any missed calls (mobilephone-recents://).
Get my number
Gets the first phone number from your preselected contact card, copies it to the clipboard, and shows it to you in a dialog. Use to quickly show to or share with someone else.
Phone a friend
Looks for contacts added to a “Friends” group and asks you to pick one before calling them.
Activate noise control
Opens the deep link to the phone app, then sets playback to AirPods and turns on Noise Cancellation.
Open Favorites
Opens the deep link to the Favorites tab in the Phone app (mobilephone-favorites//).
Open my voicemail
Opens the deep link into the Voicemail section of the Phone app (vmshow://).
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Call%20a%20contact
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Call%20a%20contact
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Call a contact”
end tell
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Send a Health sharing invite
Opens the Sharing section of the Health app and activates the Share with Someone feature so you can send an invite and share data with family or a doctor.
Check toothbrushing data
Opens into the Apple Health app to display any Toothbrushing data that’s been tracked automatically or entered manually.
Check storage for an App Store app
Asks you to search for an app name on the App Store, gets the bundle identifier, and adds it to the deep link into the Storage for that app in Settings.
Show me where my car is parked
Gets your Parked Car location and shows it in a preview.
Show my driver’s insurance card
Opens the Wallet app to the pass for your Geico (or equivalent) insurance card.
Toggle Water Lock
Activates or deactivates the Water Lock setting on your Apple Watch, ejecting water from the speaker as needed.
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