Threads

Post link to Threads

Presents the link excerpt, then asks you to share your commentary along with the URL in a new post on Threads.

Scripting Actions

URLs, Web

Get URLs from Input

Returns any links found in the output from the previous action.

Control Flow, Scripting

Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.

Scripting, Shortcuts

Run Shortcut

Run an shortcut from your shortcut.

Scripting, Variables

Set Variable

Sets the value of the specified variable to the input of this action.

Items, Scripting

Get Type

Returns the type of every item passed as input. For example, if a URL is passed, this action will return “URL”.

Safari, Web

Get Details of Safari Web Page

Gets a specific piece of information from the safari web pages passed into the action, including page contents, page selection, page URL, and name.

Clipboard, Sharing

Copy to Clipboard

Copies the result of the last action to the clipboard.

Articles, Web

Get Article using Safari Reader

Gets article details, including body text, author, publish date, and more, from every URL passed into the action. Input URLs Result Article Note Use a Get Details of Article action immediately after this action to get specific details about the article. This action only supports getting one article from each URL.

Articles, Web

Get Details of Articles

Extracts information from an article, including title, author, published date, body, excerpt, number of words, main image URL, URL, and name.

No-ops, Scripting

Nothing

This action does nothing and produces no output. It is useful to separate blocks of actions, or to ensure that no input is passed to the next action.

Documents, Previewing

Show Result

Shows the specified text in Siri or in an alert.

Control Flow, Scripting

Stop shortcut

Stops execution of the current shortcut and dismisses the shortcut on screen. No more actions will be run after this action.

Documents, Text

Text

Passes the specified text to the next action.

Items, Scripting

Get Name

Returns the name of every item passed as input. Depending on the input, this could be a file name, the title of a website, the title of a calendar event, etc.

Documents, Text Editing

Replace Text

Replaces some text passed into the action with other text.

Notification, Scripting

Ask for Input

Prompts the user to enter a piece of information.

Scripting, X-Callback

URL Encode

Encodes or decodes text passed into the action to be suitable for inclusion in a URL by adding or removing percents.

URLs, Web

URL

Passes the specified URL to the next action.

Safari, Web

Open URLs

Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Post%20link%20to%20Threads

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Post%20link%20to%20Threads

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Post link to Threads” end tell

Links, Public, Share sheet, Shortcuts, Siri Shortcuts, Threads

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Asks you to select media to store on your clipboard, then asks you to enter a post to pass to Threads where you can paste your media. On Mac, gets file from Finder/Services and opens Threads.net.

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Opens the deep link to Threads’ Create menu so you can post a new thread. On Mac, opens the Threads website.

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Open Threads app

Opens the Threads app from Instagram/Meta. On iPhone, works well with custom icons. On iPad, uses Stage Manager to make proper window. On Mac, opens web app created using Add to Dock.

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Cross-post to Ivory and Threads

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