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.
Scripting 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.
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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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.
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.
Dial a number
Prompts you to enter a phone number, then asks you to confirm before calling.
Open my voicemail
Opens the deep link into the Voicemail section of the Phone app (vmshow://).
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Activate Mission Control
Simulates the key code for F3, activating Mission Control on the Mac.
Open my Notion home page
Opens the URL to the Home page in your Notion workspace, which shows recently visited pages, upcoming events, database views, and featured templates.
Open Threads search
Opens the link to Search in Threads so you can find posts about specific topics.
New tab in Freeform
Opens Freeform and creates a new tab so you can open a second board.
Move to Mastodon
Opens Movetodon.org so you can find your Twitter following on Mastodon.
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