Add current task
Asks to you enter what you’re currently working on, then sets it due 1 minute from now so it shows up on your lock screen.
Capture task
Prompts you to type in or dictate a task if run from Siri, then asks you to choose between “Work” and “Personal” – Work sends the task to the Things inbox, Personal sends it to a Reminders list called Inbox.
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Today’s tasks to Things
Prompts you type in new todos in new lines and add them for Today immediately in Things. If you share text in, it’ll use that instead.
Add tasks with Things checklist
Takes a pre-defined list of items inputted in the Text action, splits it by new lines, and adds each to one Things list (a project or Area) along with the same checklist for each task.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Capture%20task
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Capture%20task
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Capture task”
end tell
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Looks for photos taken in the last week, lets you pick which ones to save, then presents a list of your albums to choose where to save them.
Open Apple Intelligence and Siri preferences
Opens the deep link into Settings > General > Siri on iOS or the Speech settings on macOS.
See Apple Store saved items
Opens the deep link into the Saved Items section of the Apple Store.
Manage subscribed YouTube Channels
Opens the feed of channels you’ve subscribed to on YouTube – use this to directly access channels using Search, or clean up your subscriptions by removing some.
Open Tweetdeck
Opens the Tweetdeck app on Mac and uses AppleScript to put it in fullscreen.
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