Message Mom and Dad

Keep up with the folks in your family using group chats in Shortcuts.

Contacts

Passes the specified contacts to the next action.

Send Message

Sends an iMessage or SMS. Pass images, videos, or other files as input to include attachments.

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Message%20Mom%20and%20Dad

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Message%20Mom%20and%20Dad

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Message Mom and Dad” end tell

Opens an action from Messages into a group chat. To make your own, open the group chat in Messages, then search for it in Messages.

Presents a menu of your family members, then presents a Messages window to that person.

Presents the family group chat in a Messages popover.

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