Run a shortcut from a folder
Asks you to pick a folder, then a shortcut, then runs it right away.
Actions Used
Get My Shortcuts
Gets the shortcuts stored on this device. For example, you could use this action with the Make Archive action to zip up your shortcuts.
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.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Run%20a%20shortcut%20from%20a%20folder
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Run%20a%20shortcut%20from%20a%20folder
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Run a shortcut from a folder”
end tell
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Open my Automations
Use this shortcut to see your Personal and Home automations set up on iPhone and iPad.
Works well from the Shortcuts widget or using Siri when you want to set up a new Automation.
Show all of my shortcuts
Use this to open the main view of Shortcuts and see everything in your collection.
If you have a lot of App Shortcuts, this is the best view to see them all.
Show my Apple Watch shortcuts
Use this shortcut to sort your shortcuts set to show up on the Apple Watch. Use this view to rename them, change the colors, sort the order, or drag and drop shortcuts out to remove them.
Open into a Shortcuts folder
Opens a Shortcuts folder of your choosing; accepts the name of a folder as input as well.
Show my Share Sheet shortcuts
Use this shortcut once you have a few Share Sheet shortcuts and want to organize them accordingly.
You can also drag shortcuts into and out of this folder to add or remove them from the set, which works well with multi-select and drag and d
Copy my Shortcuts folder names
Gets a list of all the titles for your Shortcuts folders. On macOS, uses the Shortcuts Command Line Interface (CLI) to make the request; on iOS, uses a Regular Expression to find the results. Also saves a .txt file of the output.
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