Search for a show
Asks you for a show, then passes the term into the URL scheme for TV Forecast to open into search results.
Scripting Actions
URL Encode
Encodes or decodes text passed into the action to be suitable for inclusion in a URL by adding or removing percents.
Set Variable
Sets the value of the specified variable to the input of this action.
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Search%20for%20a%20show
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Search%20for%20a%20show
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Search for a show”
end tell
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Asks you to enter a query, then asks you to pick from a type of search before opening the URL scheme into TV Forecast.
Search TV Forecast for a person
Asks you for a person (actor, director, etc), then encodes the result and opens the URL scheme into TV Forecast.
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Turns on your Apple TV, opens the Podcasts app, and activates the Remote app on your device.
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Take reminder screenshot
Waits a few seconds (to close the shortcut), takes a screenshot, waits for you to return to Shortcuts, then asks you to enter the title before adding it to Reminders.
Open a genre playlist
Opens the curated playlists for each genre page in Apple Music (formerly A-List playlists).
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