Phone a friend
Looks for contacts added to a “Friends” group and asks you to pick one before calling them.
Actions Used
Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
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.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Phone%20a%20friend
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Phone%20a%20friend
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Phone a friend”
end tell
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Opens the deep link to the Favorites tab in the Phone app (mobilephone-favorites//).
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Prompts you to enter a phone number, then asks you to confirm before calling.
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.
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.
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Opens the deep link to the Favorites tab in the Phone app (mobilephone-favorites//).
Play confirmation sound
Plays a sound file of your choice. Use this as a confirmation sound for your NFC tags.
Get device details
Displays device details in a prompt, incluing OS, device type, system version, system build number, device model, device hostname, and the device name.
Open in Podcasts
Takes the current episode from Overcast, finds the show in Podcasts, and opens the last episode.
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