Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

Search Pocket archive

Asks you to enter a query, then searches Pocket using that term and lets you choose from the results to open in Safari.

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Search%20Pocket%20archive

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Search%20Pocket%20archive

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Search Pocket archive” end tell

Asks you to choose tags from a preset list, then adds them as tags for the shortcut input into Pocket.

Presents a series of tags, then searches for stories tagged accordingly and presents them in a menu to open.

Gets 100 items from Pocket and picks one at random, then opens it in Safari.

Saves any links from the input or clipboard to Pocket.

Opens Pocket for the Mac or the Pocket mobile app depending on where the shortcut is run.

Opens the All Inboxes view in Mail using Open Mailbox on iOS or AppleScript on Mac.

Simulates the key code for F3, activating Mission Control on the Mac.

Scrapes a Threads post, fulls out the excerpt and URL, asks you to add commentary, then posts it using the Mastodon app.

Opens the “Groceries” list in Reminders.

Starts the “Friends Mix” playlist from Apple Music’s Made For You feature – playlist is updated every Friday.

Using your Bluesky username, opens the link to the list of people you are Following.

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