Open a conversation
Prompts you to choose from all your conversations in Messages, listed in chronological order from recent to oldest, then opens your choice.
Open chat with Dad
Opens the conversation with your father, allowing you to see your past messages.
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Show the group chat
Opens the conversation in Messages for your primary group chat, so you can text them all the details.
Open chat with Sibling
Opens the Messages conversation with your sibling, so you can stay better-connected.
Open the Family thread
Opens the conversation for your Family group chat so you can keep up with everyone.
Open chat with Mom
Opens the Conversation in Messages with your mother, so you can ask when’s a good time to call her.
Open from my pinned conversations
Presents a menu of nine conversations to open in Messages, matching your list of nine pinned conversations from within the app.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20chat%20with%20Dad
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20chat%20with%20Dad
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open chat with Dad”
end tell
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Summarize with ChatGPT
Accepts text from the shortcut input and asks the more-advanced ChatGPT-4 model to summarize the text, returning only the summary.
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.
Copy and share
Presents the share sheet for any content you have copied to your clipboard.
Copy stories for spreadsheet
Pulls archived items from a specific tag and extracts the title/URL from the choice, separated by two tabs and copied to the clipboard so it can be pasted across columns in a spreadsheet.
Show my podcast embeds
Opens the URL for the Embeds page for your Transistor podcast.
Turn on transparency
Connects to AirPods and activates transparency. Utilizes AirBuddy when run from Mac, and on iOS uses Actions to check for AirPods Pro vs AirPods Max.
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