Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Read about Music
Presents a menu to open into News stories about Music, Guitar, Bass, Drums, or Amps.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20Music
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20Music
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Read about Music”
end tell
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