Play Perplexity Discover
Immediately starts a Live Activity session for Perplexity Discover, using stories drawn from the Discover feed and spoken by ElevenLab’s voices.
Screen Capture with Perplexity
Simulates the keyboard shortcut for Command + Shift + 0, which activates the Perplexity screen capture and prompts whether to capture an Area, Window, or Fullscreen.
More From This Folder
Get my Perplexity API key
Stores your API key for Perplexity. Store the result as base64-encoded text so it’s not readable as plain text, which is then decoded as this is run.
New Thread in Perplexity
Simulates the keyboard shortcut for Command + Shift + P, which activates the Perplexity search bar from anywhere.
Summarize articles with Perplexity
Creates a series of Threads in Perplexity for URLs shared as input, either from the Share Sheet or by detecting what’s on screen. Includes logic for multiple links, opening each URL in the background until the final query.
Open my Spaces in Perplexity
Opens the Spaces section of Perplexity, where you can create research and collaboration hubs built on top of Perplexity search.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Screen%20Capture%20with%20Perplexity
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Screen%20Capture%20with%20Perplexity
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Screen Capture with Perplexity”
end tell
More From The Library
Create sample shortcut
Prompts you to name a shortcut to demonstrate a bug and file as Feedback.
Show Today’s Current Thing
Grabs a to-do from Things set for Today and displays it in the Menu Bar using One Thing.
Get podcast show slug
Accesses the Transistor API to retrieve your account data, looks at first show, then retrieves the slug from its attributes – copy it and paste it into your other shortcuts.
Play Do By Friday
Plays Do By Friday, a weekly challenge podcast with hosts Alex Cox and Merlin Mann.
Open 90-minute movies on Netflix
Opens the “Movies” tab in the Netflix app by opening the URL taken from the website.
Get way deeper into Shortcuts – become a member.
Browse more
Shortcuts Membership
Enhance your experience with bonus shortcuts, folder bundles, and exclusive perks.
Action Directory
Discover endless possibilities by combining the building blocks for Shortcuts.