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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Search and subscribe
Find a podcast by title, host, or link and subscribe to it immediately.
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.
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
More From The Library
Open cross-platform app
Template for shortcut that performs different steps on different platforms for a universal app.
Get latest episode attributes
Accesses the Transistor API and extracts the episode data in a nicely-formatted view. Requires the Actions app.
Halfway Timer
Prompts you to enter a total length, then divides it in half and starts a timer for both durations.
Open Software Update
Opens the Software Update section of Settings to see if new betas and updates are available.
Take a long exposure
Opens the Spectre app made by the folks from Halide to take a long exposure photo.
Show my podcast campaigns
Opens to the Campaigns tab on Transistor.fm to let you “configure ads, promotions, announcements, or other audio snippets to be included in your episodes.”
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