Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
Phone a friend
Looks for contacts added to a “Friends” group and asks you to pick one before calling them.
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.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Phone%20a%20friend
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Phone%20a%20friend
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Phone a friend”
end tell
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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.
Open my voicemail
Opens the deep link into the Voicemail section of the Phone app (vmshow://).
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://).
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.
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Open Motion preferences
Opens into the Motion section of Accessibility sesttings to let you control features like Reduce Motion, Auto-Play Message Effects, Auto-Play Animated Images, Dim Flashing Lights, Auto-Play Video Previews, and Limit Frame Rate.
Check Apollo feeds
From a list of subreddit names, lets you choose a subreddit, pull items from its RSS feed, and choose from the results before opening it into the Apollo app for Reddit.
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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