Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
Phone a friend
Looks for contacts added to a “Friends” group and asks you to pick one before calling them.
Actions
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.
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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.
Dial a number
Prompts you to enter a phone number, then asks you to confirm before calling.
Call a coworker
Looks for contacts from a given company name (added on input), then asks you to choose which contact and calls them.
Open Favorites
Opens the deep link to the Favorites tab in the Phone app (mobilephone-favorites//).
Activate noise control
Opens the deep link to the phone app, then sets playback to AirPods and turns on Noise Cancellation.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Phone%20a%20friend
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Phone%20a%20friend
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Phone a friend”
end tell
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Set up Emergency Contacts
Opens the deep link into the Settings app for the Emergency Contacts feature.
Copy timestamp for Discord
Creates a special message for Discord to help avoid confusion that displays a specified date and time in each user’s timezone by converting the value to a Unix timestamp, with your choice of formatting options. Includes a bypass with Shortcut Input values.
Podcasts TV
Turns on your Apple TV, opens the Podcasts app, and activates the Remote app on your device.
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