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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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://).
Open Favorites
Opens the deep link to the Favorites tab in the Phone app (mobilephone-favorites//).
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.
Call a coworker
Looks for contacts from a given company name (added on input), then asks you to choose which contact and calls them.
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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