Open a genre playlist
Opens the curated playlists for each genre page in Apple Music (formerly A-List playlists).
Apple apps shortcuts
Play new music I haven’t listened to
FInd songs with 0 plays and released in the last 3 months, picks 25 at random, then shuffles them.
Explore Apple Music hosts
Presents a playlist of Apple Music host pages and opens the deep link into that section of the Music app.
Open Apple Music Radio artists
Presents a list of Apple Music 1 radio shows and opens the corresponding URL to their curator page.
Open Apple Music Essentials
Opens the Apple Music curator page for Essentials playlists of the top tracks from popular artists – great for playing across an artist’s discography instead of picking an album.
Play Jazz radio
Presents a list of Jazz radio stations on Apple Music, then opens the link to immediately start playing the station.
Workout radio
Presents a menu of Apple Music workout stations and oepns the deep link into your choice.
Turn on KQED
Turns on my living room, turns off your alarm in case you’ve woken up before it, and softly plays the radio station on my HomePod.
Open Soulection Radio
Opens the editor page in Apple Music for Soulection radio, a laid-back show that airs on Sunday nights.
Open the Boiler Room
Opens the editor page in Apple Music for the Boiler Room, a series of shows for underground dance music with a webam showing the set.
Open EDC live sets
Opens the editor page in Apple Music for EDC’s series of live sets from over the years.
Share my Apple Music profile
Shares the link to your Apple Music profile found in the Music app.
Toggle the Studio lights
Turns the main lighting of Hue lamps, light strips, and Go bulbs in my studio space on or off.
Toggle the Kitchen lights
Sets the Hue light in my kitchen on or off depending on the current state.
Toggle the Bedroom lights
Sets the Hue lamps on the side tables in my bedroom on or off.
Toggle the Living Room lights
Toggles a set of 4 Hue lights and one Light Strip in my main living space.
I’m Working
Sets the “I’m Working” scene, turning on my office lights to optimal levels for the workday.
Set the Remote Work scene
Turns on the lights in the main rooms, bathroom, and bedroom maximum lighting while cleaning the house.
I’m working in the living room
Turns on the living room lights, plus casts my music to the Living Room TV.
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Open RTT preferences
Opens the deep link into Settings > Accessibility > RTT to let you adjust “Real-time Text,” described by Apple as “a service offering more reliability, better text support, and the ability to speak and hear during a call” with Software and Hardware options.
I’m going for a walk
Sends a randomized template message to your partner or housemate that you’re leaving for a short walk, then runs the “Start an outdoor walk” action.
Save thread as link post
Accepts a Thread link, scrapes it to retrieve a truncated excerpt, asks for a title, and creates a linked post in Ulysses.
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