Search in Shortcuts

Use this shortcut to quickly find a shortcut in your library to run or open and edit.

Works well if you have a large shortcuts collection.

Actions

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Ask for Input
Prompts the user to enter a piece of information.

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Run a shortcut

Asks you to enter the name of a shortcut, then finds and runs that shortcut. Also uses scripting to check if more than one exists with that name and asks which to run.

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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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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Search%20in%20Shortcuts
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Search%20in%20Shortcuts
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Search in Shortcuts” end tell

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