Copy to Clipboard
Copies the result of the last action to the clipboard.
Save thread to Notes
Accepts a Thread link, scrapes the data, and formats it quickly for Notes.
Actions Used
If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Get Dictionary from Input
Makes a dictionary from the text passed as input. JSON (like {“foo”: “bar”}), key-value pairs (like foo=bar&baz=biz), and XML-based plist are supported.
Get Dictionary Value
Gets the value for the specified key in the dictionary passed into the action.
Set Variable
Sets the value of the specified variable to the input of this action.
Make Rich Text from Markdown
Takes the inputted Markdown and turns it into rich text, which can then be converted to other formats.
Show Alert
Displays an alert with a title, a message, and two buttons. If the user selects the OK button, the shortcut continues. The cancel button stops the shortcut.
Create Note
Shares the input with Notes using the standard Notes share extension.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Save%20thread%20to%20Notes
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Save%20thread%20to%20Notes
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Save thread to Notes”
end tell
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Save thread to OmniFocus
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Save thread to Craft
Scrapes a Threads post and formats it for a Craft document, using the rich embed as the URL reference.
OCR Thread
Accepts a Thread link, scrapes the data, then opens the link, waits for it to load, takes a screenshot, extracts text from the screenshot, then prompts you to delete the extra text before replacing the excerpt in the Thread JSON dictionary.
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