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.
Scripting 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.
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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Start Podcasts
Immediately play the latest episode or first item in Listen Now in the Podcasts app.
Search and subscribe
Find a podcast by title, host, or link and subscribe to it immediately.
More From The Library
Connect to 12.9″ iPad Pro
Activates Sidecar for a larg iPad Pro near your Mac. Works remotely from iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and HomePod using Siri over SSH.
Open ChatGPT settings
Runs AppleScript that opens the ChatGPT app and activates the keyboard shortcut for Command + , (which opens the Settings page for the app
Connect my AirPods Pro
Connects to AirPods Pro using the AirBuddy app for Mac. Also checks if a connection can be made and alerting you if the device isn’t found.
Show me tech news
Uses the Show Topic action from News to open into the main Technology news category, which I’ve found is a good superset or generic term that captures all the best stories from tech subjects I’m interested in before I dive into more specific topics.
See stories from WIRED
Opens to the latest stories from Wired available for Apple News+ subscribers, as well as links to the various issues above.
Start Magnifier
Opens the Mangifier app with without any preset activity; resets anything currently set.
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