Get My Shortcuts
Gets the shortcuts stored on this device. For example, you could use this action with the Make Archive action to zip up your shortcuts.
Open a shortcut by folder
Asks you to pick from all your Shortcuts folders, then a shortcut from that folder, then opens the shortcut.
Scripting Actions
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%20shortcut%20by%20folder
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20shortcut%20by%20folder
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open a shortcut by folder”
end tell
More From This Folder
Get a list of my shortcut names
Using a text field populated from “List Folder names,” lets you select multiple folders, grabs the shortcut names from all of the folders, and lets you copy out the titles.
Show my Share Sheet shortcuts
Use this shortcut once you have a few Share Sheet shortcuts and want to organize them accordingly.
You can also drag shortcuts into and out of this folder to add or remove them from the set, which works well with multi-select and drag and d
Show all of my shortcuts
Use this to open the main view of Shortcuts and see everything in your collection.
If you have a lot of App Shortcuts, this is the best view to see them all.
Show my Apple Watch shortcuts
Use this shortcut to sort your shortcuts set to show up on the Apple Watch. Use this view to rename them, change the colors, sort the order, or drag and drop shortcuts out to remove them.
Search in Shortcuts
Use this shortcut to quickly find a shortcut in your library to run or open and edit.
Works well if you have a large shortcuts collection.
Open a folder in Shortcuts
Opens a Shortcuts folder of your choosing; accepts the name of a folder as input as well.
More From The Library
Open YouTube on the Nest Hub
Asks the Google Assistant to open the YouTube app on your Nest Hub display.
Toggle the Kitchen lights
Sets the Hue light in my kitchen on or off depending on the current state.
Enable listening history
Asks you to pick a focus mode, then sets the Music Focus Filter for “Use Listening History”” to ON so anything you listen to will be tracked and added to Apple Music Replay.
Extract URL from short link
Takes shortened links from input and expands them into the full URL.
Watch Harry Potter
Shows a menu that lets you pick from the 8 movies in the Harry Potter series and opens your choice in the TV app.
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