Open the Phone app
Opens the deep link to the Phone app (mobilephone://).
Actions Used
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20the%20Phone%20app
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20the%20Phone%20app
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open the Phone app”
end tell
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Looks for contacts added to a “Friends” group and asks you to pick one before calling them.
Open recent calls
Opens the deep link into the Recents section of the Phone app to see your incoming and outgoing calls, plus any missed calls (mobilephone-recents://).
Open Favorites
Opens the deep link to the Favorites tab in the Phone app (mobilephone-favorites//).
Call a contact
Presents your list of contacts, then calls the person you select. If they have multiple numbers, asks you which one to dial.
Get my number
Gets the first phone number from your preselected contact card, copies it to the clipboard, and shows it to you in a dialog. Use to quickly show to or share with someone else.
Call a coworker
Looks for contacts from a given company name (added on input), then asks you to choose which contact and calls them.
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Record as AIFF
Records normal quality audio, starting or stopping with your tap, then encoding the recorded audio to AIFF before saving to to a folder of your choice.
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