Call a coworker
Looks for contacts from a given company name (added on input), then asks you to choose which contact and calls them.
Actions Used
Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
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.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Call%20a%20coworker
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Call%20a%20coworker
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Call a coworker”
end tell
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