Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
Message from contact groups
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
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.
List
Allows you to specify a list of items to be passed to the next action.
Send Message
Sends an iMessage or SMS. Pass images, videos, or other files as input to include attachments.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Message%20from%20contact%20groups
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Message%20from%20contact%20groups
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Message from contact groups”
end tell
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Asks you to enter in contact information, then generates a .VCF vcard file out of your answers and shares it.
Show upcoming birthdays
Check for contacts whose birthdays are in the next two weeks and displays their name and the date.
Add contacts to group
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
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