Open the Phone app
Opens the deep link to the Phone app (mobilephone://).
Actions
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
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Open Favorites
Opens the deep link to the Favorites tab in the Phone app (mobilephone-favorites//).
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 my voicemail
Opens the deep link into the Voicemail section of the Phone app (vmshow://).
Dial a number
Prompts you to enter a phone number, then asks you to confirm before calling.
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.
Activate noise control
Opens the deep link to the phone app, then sets playback to AirPods and turns on Noise Cancellation.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20the%20Phone%20app
Link to Open Shortcut
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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Accepts text from the shortcut input and asks the more-advanced ChatGPT-4 model to summarize the text, returning only the summary.
Open Netflix movies
Opens the “Movies” tab in the Netflix app by opening the URL taken from the website.
Start tracking again
Starts up a Timery timer from the last-logged event, starting anew from right now.
Set background sound during media only
Toggles “Background Sounds When Media is Playing” and sets “Volume When Media Is Playing” to 10%.
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