If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Open a note
Gets the last 20 recently modified notes and presents a menu, then opens the note.
Scripting Actions
Find Notes
Searches for the notes in your library that match the given criteria.
Sort by
Optionally, what to sort the notes by.
Order
The order to sort the notes in.
Limit
Whether or not to limit the number of notes retrieved.
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.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20note
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20note
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open a note”
end tell
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Toggle Mention Notifications
Switches notifications for @-mentions in the Notes app on or off.
Toggle Auto Sort Checked Items
Switch on or off Notes’ ability to sort your completed to-dos automatically or not.
Add link of the week
Searches for a note called “Links of the Week” and appends the shortcut input or clipboard text to the end in the Notes app.
Open Notes templates
Opens a custom “Templates” folder in Notes where I keep notes I want to duplicate.
Open by folder group
Uses the Choose From menu action to present top-level categories for Notes folders, then includes multiple other menus for each category and opens into the chosen Folder.
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Stores your API key for Perplexity. Store the result as base64-encoded text so it’s not readable as plain text, which is then decoded as this is run.
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