Apple News

Read about Music

Presents a menu to open into News stories about Music, Guitar, Bass, Drums, or Amps.

Scripting Actions

Control Flow, Scripting

Choose from Menu

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

Apps, News

Show Topic

Shows stories about the topic you choose

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20Music

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20Music

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Read about Music” end tell

Membership

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