Voice Dictation in Perplexity
Simulates the keyboard shortcut for Command + Shift + D, which activates the Perplexity voice dictation in the search bar so you can enter a query hands-free.
Play Perplexity Discover
Immediately starts a Live Activity session for Perplexity Discover, using stories drawn from the Discover feed and spoken by ElevenLab’s voices.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Play%20Perplexity%20Discover
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Play%20Perplexity%20Discover
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Play Perplexity Discover”
end tell
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Manage my Perplexity API keys
Opens the Perplexity website to your API settings, where you can manage API keys and payment details.
Ask Perplexity
Prompts you to “Ask anything” before opening into Perplexity to search for your query.
New Pro Search in Perplexity
Opens Perplexity to a new, blank search set to Pro mode, which acts as your conversational search guide. “Instead of quick, generic results, Pro Search engages with you, fine-tuning its answers based on your needs.”
Read the Perplexity blog
Opens the Perplexity blog, where you can see stories and announcements from the team on new updates or changes to the service.
Open the Perplexity discord
Opens the deep link into Discord for the Perplexity channel using the unique ID and channel ID.
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Opens the tag page on the MacStories website for stories marked with “Workflow,” the original version of the Shortcuts app – these stories introduced me to the app before I joined the team. So, uh, thanks Federico!
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Opens the Books app to the “Want to Read” section that’s built up when you mark books as such.
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Show my podcast campaigns
Opens to the Campaigns tab on Transistor.fm to let you “configure ads, promotions, announcements, or other audio snippets to be included in your episodes.”
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