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

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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.
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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.
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Open Shortcut
Opens a shortcut in the Shortcuts editor.

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

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