Open stories from MatthewCassinelli.com
Checks the RSS feed of MatthewCassinelli.com, presents recent stories, and opens one of your choosing.
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.
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20stories%20from%20MatthewCassinelli.com
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20stories%20from%20MatthewCassinelli.com
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open stories from MatthewCassinelli.com”
end tell
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