Find Places
Searches for nearby businesses and returns them as results. Pass a location as input to search near there.
Find gas nearby
Takes an input location or your current location and searches for gas stations, then gives you driving directions to your choice.
Actions Used
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.
Open Directions
Open directions to the location passed into this action in your choice of Maps, Google Maps, Citymapper, Transit, or Waze. For example, you can use this action to get directions to an upcoming event on your calendar.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Find%20gas%20nearby
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Find%20gas%20nearby
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Find gas nearby”
end tell
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