Select Contact
Prompts to pick a person from your contacts and passes the selection to the next action.
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.
Actions
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Call a coworker
Looks for contacts from a given company name (added on input), then asks you to choose which contact and calls them.
Activate noise control
Opens the deep link to the phone app, then sets playback to AirPods and turns on Noise Cancellation.
Phone a friend
Looks for contacts added to a “Friends” group and asks you to pick one before calling them.
Open Favorites
Opens the deep link to the Favorites tab in the Phone app (mobilephone-favorites//).
Open my voicemail
Opens the deep link into the Voicemail section of the Phone app (vmshow://).
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Call%20a%20contact
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Call%20a%20contact
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Call a contact”
end tell
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Opens the Books app to the Audiobooks tab to show items you’ve purchased.
Convert miles to kilometers
Multi-tool for converting from miles to kilometers (and back).
Activate Sound Recognition
Tells your device to start listening for any sounds you’ve chosen.
Set dishes reminder
Sets a reminder a little over an hour from now so that you can unload the dishes.
Send a thank-you
Asks you to select a contact, then let’s you choose to message, call, FaceTime, or email them, along with prompts for the message if needed.
Play my Get Up mix
Kick off some energetic tracks from your Get Up Mix in Apple Music, with new tracks added every Tuesday.
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