Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

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.

Ask for Input

Prompts the user to enter a piece of information.

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.

URL

Passes the specified URL to the next action.

Open URLs

Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Search%20for%20a%20show

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Search%20for%20a%20show

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Search for a show” end tell

Asks you to enter a query, then asks you to pick from a type of search before opening the URL scheme into TV Forecast.

Asks you for a person (actor, director, etc), then encodes the result and opens the URL scheme into TV Forecast.

Asks you to enter a movie, then searches for it in TV Forec