Dictionary
Passes the specified list of key-value pairs to the next action as a dictionary.
Check tech headlines
Pulls the RSS feed of Techmeme and returns the latest 5 article titles.
Actions
Get Dictionary from Input
Makes a dictionary from the text passed as input. JSON (like {“foo”: “bar”}), key-value pairs (like foo=bar&baz=biz), and XML-based plist are supported.
Repeat with Each
Takes a list of items as input, and runs the contained actions once for each item in the list.
Get Article using Safari Reader
Gets article details, including body text, author, publish date, and more, from every URL passed into the action.
Input
URLs
Result
Article
Note
Use a Get Details of Article action immediately after this action to get specific details about the article. This action only supports getting one article from each URL.
Get Details of Articles
Extracts information from an article, including title, author, published date, body, excerpt, number of words, main image URL, URL, and name.
If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Nothing
This action does nothing and produces no output. It is useful to separate blocks of actions, or to ensure that no input is passed to the next action.
Combine Text
Joins text together, inserting the separator between each join.
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Copy RSS feed link
Gets the RSS feed from the Shortcut Input and copies the URL to the clipboard.
Check Apple newsroom
Gets 10 items from the Apple Newsroom RSS feed and opens your choice in Safari.
Open RSS posts
Gets the RSS feed from the Shortcut Input, extracts 10 stories, presents them in a menu, and copies the chosen URLs before opening them in Safari.
Save RSS author to Contacts
Pulls recent links from my blog’s RSS feed and lets me choose which ones I want to share, then formats them as a Markdown linked list and copies it to my clipboard.
Check Apple Developer News
Extracts 10 stories from the RSS feed of Apple Developer news and lets you pick which one to open in a Safari web view to read quickly.
Open stories from MatthewCassinelli.com
Checks the RSS feed of MatthewCassinelli.com, presents recent stories, and opens one of your choosing.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Check%20tech%20headlines
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Check%20tech%20headlines
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Check tech headlines”
end tell
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