Open the Phone app
Opens the deep link to the Phone app (mobilephone://).
Actions Used
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20the%20Phone%20app
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20the%20Phone%20app
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open the Phone app”
end tell
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