Focus modes

Please do not disturb me

Presents a menu of various time periods for setting Do Not Disturb, then adjusts your device according to the choice – includes a few colloquial phrases like “a bit” and “a while” that can be customized to your preferences, plus options for turning it on until lunch or after work.

Actions

Control Flow, Scripting

Choose from Menu

Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.

Notification, Scripting

Ask for Input

Prompts the user to enter a piece of information.

Device, Scripting

Set Focus

Turns Do Not Disturb on or off.

Apps, Dates

Date

Passes the specified date and time to the next action.

Apps, Dates

Adjust Date

Adds or subtracts an amount of time from the date passed into the action.

Apps, Calendar

Get Upcoming Events

Gets upcoming calendar events, ordered from nearest to farthest away in time. Choose a calendar, number of events, and the day to retrieve from.

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Do Not Disturb

Turns on the default Do Not Disturb mode.

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Focus while I’m here

Prompts you to pick a Focus that stays on until you leave the current location.

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Turn Focus off

Disables any Focus mode by toggling Do Not Disturb off.

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Change Focus settings

Opens the deep link into Settings > Focus so you can change details or adjust Home Screens.

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Reading Mode

Activates the default Reading focus mode.

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Focus during this event

Gets the next-most calendar event and asks you to pick a Focus to set until the event ends.

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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Please%20do%20not%20disturb%20me

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Please%20do%20not%20disturb%20me

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Please do not disturb me” end tell

Membership

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