If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Quote of the Day
Write down good lines from a podcast and save a link back to that episode.
Actions
Get Podcasts from Library
Gets a list of all shows in your Podcast library
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.
Set Variable
Sets the value of the specified variable to the input of this action.
Get Details of Podcast
Gets a specific piece of information from the podcast episodes passed into the action.
Get URLs from Input
Returns any links found in the output from the previous action.
Get Item from List
Returns one or more items from the list passed as input. You can get the first item, the last item, a random item, the item at a particular index, or items in a range of indexes.
Search Podcasts
Searches Podcasts, returning the items that match the specified search terms.
Get Details of Podcast Episode
Gets a specific piece of information from the podcast episodes passed into the action.
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.
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.
Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Repeat with Each
Takes a list of items as input, and runs the contained actions once for each item in the list.
Combine Text
Joins text together, inserting the separator between each join.
Create Note
Shares the input with Notes using the standard Notes share extension.
Make Rich Text from Markdown
Takes the inputted Markdown and turns it into rich text, which can then be converted to other formats.
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Let me pick a podcast
Presents a menu of all the podcast you’re subscribed to, then grabs episodes from the chosen show, then starts playing the episode you pick.
Podcast Walk
Asks you to pick a podcast, then starts an Outdoor Walk workout on the Apple Watch.
Auto-station
Automatically plays one of your Station presets depending on the time of day.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Quote%20of%20the%20Day
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Quote%20of%20the%20Day
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Quote of the Day”
end tell
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Listen to Page
Speaks the current page from Safari out loud; uses Listen to Page on iOS and Speak Text on macOS.
What a blockhead
Gets the base64-encoded text for the Charlie Brown sad walking music, decodes it, and plays it out loud.
Toggle Resume Last Quick Note
Enable or disable the ability to Quick Note to open to your most-recent note every item or create a new note.
Book Mode
Opens the Books app, then prompts you to confirm setting orientation lock so the screen doesn’t rotate. When run from Mac, opens the app in fullscreen.
Show my Mental Wellbeing data
Opens the Health app to the Mental Wellbeing category where you see data like Mindful Minutes, State of Mind, Exercise Minutes, Time In Daylight, and Sleep data – all types of data that affect your mental state.
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