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.
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.
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Activate noise control
Opens the deep link to the phone app, then sets playback to AirPods and turns on Noise Cancellation.
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.
Dial a number
Prompts you to enter a phone number, then asks you to confirm before calling.
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://).
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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Shoot GIF
Opens the Camera preview to let you take 3 photos, then sitches them into an animated GIF.
Draft an email
Asks you to enter a subject line and then a message, then saves both as an email draft in the Mail app.
Watch It One Night on Netflix
Opens the “Watch It In One Night” page from Netflix.com that curates full series or movies that you can binge in an evening.
Open Bluesky Lists
Opens the Lists tab of Bluesky, showing your user-created lists and letting you create a new one.
Search Twitter
Presents a menu for various Twitter search operations, including jumping right into the search field, showing Twitter Moments, searching through all tweets, cutting down results to only people you follow, or even searching your own tweets.
With this one tool, you can take advantage of all the awesome options buried in Twitter search – it’s like Google for people you follow.
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