Open a shortcut by folder
Asks you to pick from all your Shortcuts folders, then a shortcut from that folder, then opens the shortcut.
Actions Used
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.
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
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20shortcut%20by%20folder
Open Shortcut deep link
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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Run a shortcut
Asks you to enter the name of a shortcut, then finds and runs that shortcut. Also uses scripting to check if more than one exists with that name and asks which to run.
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.
Add a new shortcut in a folder
Asks you which folder to open, then prompts for a name and creates a new shortcut with that title in that folder.
Run a shortcut from a folder
Asks you to pick a folder, then a shortcut, then runs it right away.
Open the Gallery
Use this shortcut to quickly access the Gallery and see what kinds of shortcuts Apple recommends based on your usage, as well as curated categories put together by the Shortcuts team.
Open my Automations
Use this shortcut to see your Personal and Home automations set up on iPhone and iPad.
Works well from the Shortcuts widget or using Siri when you want to set up a new Automation.
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Join my next meeting
Looks for the URL in your next meeting and asks if you want to open it.
What did they just say?
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