Grab YouTube playlist ID
For a given YouTube video passed in as input, this isolates the URL parameter after “list=“ that represents a video playlist ID.
Apps shortcuts
Open work YouTube playlists
If you don’t want the Grab YouTube playlist ID shortcut installed, delete the Run Shortcut action above and the URL action below.
However, the shortcut won’t work with links from videos inside playlists anymore.
YouTube Playlist Dictionary
Complete dictionary of YouTube playlists in your collection, grouped by Personal or Work, then subgroups by category.
Open my YouTube playlists
Pulls from a dictionary of YouTube playlists and lets you pick from subgroups to open in the app.
Open saved articles in Safari
Presents a list of folders, then pulls stories from that folder and lets you choose which one(s) to open in Safari.
Save to Instapaper
Presents a list of folders to save to, then adds the shortcut input to that location in Instapaper.
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.
Open Instapaper
Opens Instapaper.com on the Mac and the Instapaper app from iPhone or iPad.
Open Read Later links in Safari
Filters stories by tag and lets you pick multiple to open in Safari.
Search by website
Asks you for a keyword and website domain to search, then looks across all items in your Read Later in Reeder and asks you to open one.
Open Starred items
Pulls your Starred items from Reeder and asks you to choose one to open.
Open from Archive
Gets archived items from Reeder and asks you to choose one to open in the app.
Search Reeder
Asks you to enter a keyword, then seaerches all items in your Read Later and asks you to pick one to open in the app.
Open Read Later tag
Asks you to choose from your Read Later tags, then searches your unread stories and asks you to pick from the results, then opens that item.
Open from Read Later
Gets a preset number of items from your unread list in Reeder, asks you to pick one, and opens it in the app.
Add to Read Later
Takes content from input, the clipboard, on-screen, or via a prompt and adds it to Reeder’s Read Later system.
Take a long exposure
Opens the Spectre app made by the folks from Halide to take a long exposure photo.
Extra Details
Open Folder shortcut
Open a folder in Shortcuts
Opens a Shortcuts folder of your choosing; accepts the name of a folder as input as well.
Link to Open Folder with Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20folder%20in%20Shortcuts&input=text&text=Apps
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YouTube Playlist Dictionary
Complete dictionary of YouTube playlists in your collection, grouped by Personal or Work, then subgroups by category.
Play my Replay 2016
Plays the preselected Replay 2016 playlist on Shuffle. My top tracks of the year—not even joking—were Burn The Witch, Can’t Keep Checking My Phone, Daydreaming, Better Strange, and Bored to Death. Uncanny.
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