Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
Create follow-up tasks
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Actions
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.
Repeat with Each
Takes a list of items as input, and runs the contained actions once for each item in the list.
Add New Reminder
Creates a new reminder and adds it to the selected list of reminders.
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Extract phone numbers
Scrapes text from input and looks for strings formatted as phone numbers.
Add note to contact
Searches for contacts by group, then has you add text to place in their note field.
Batch-send file to a group
Asks you to pick a file, then a Contact Group, then sends that file to each person in the group one-by-one.
Show previous birthdays
Check for contacts whose birthdays are in the next two weeks and displays their name and the date.
Capture contact info
Presents a series of prompts for contact information, then generates a .VCF and asks you how you want to share it.
Extract email addresses
Looks through the input text for email addresses and copies them to the clipboard.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Create%20follow-up%20tasks
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Create%20follow-up%20tasks
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Create follow-up tasks”
end tell
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Add to my TV watchlist
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Open Netflix TV
Opens Netflix on the selected Apple TV, or opens the website from Mac.
Open Slo-Mo Mode
Opens the Slo-Mo mode in the Camera app – mine is set to 1080p 240 fps.
Add a custom spreadsheet
Presents a menu of custom templates created in Numbers. Create your own using File > Save as Template.
Open from my Freeform boards
Presents a menu of your recently-used boards, then opens your choice.
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