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 Used
Select Contact
Prompts to pick a person from your contacts and passes the selection to the next action.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Call%20a%20contact
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Call%20a%20contact
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Call a contact”
end tell
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