Search YouTube
Prompts you to enter a query and then opens it YouTube in Safari.
Actions
URL Encode
Encodes or decodes text passed into the action to be suitable for inclusion in a URL by adding or removing percents.
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
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Open my YouTube Clips
Opens your personal feed on Clips saved from YouTube videos. Use this feature to capture important ideas and give them custom titles, and have a feed of personalized clips to view again later.
Open my Subscriptions
Opens the Subscriptions tab in the YouTube app to show only videos from people you’ve followed.
Open my watch history
Opens the deep link into the History section of the YouTube library page in the app.
Manage subscribed YouTube Channels
Opens the feed of channels you’ve subscribed to on YouTube – use this to directly access channels using Search, or clean up your subscriptions by removing some.
YouTube TV
Turns on my living room TV, opens the YouTube app, and shows the remote control on the current device so I can navigate the interface. When run from Mac, opens YouTube in Safari in fullscreen.
Show my Liked videos
Opens the automatic playlist for Liked videos created for every YouTube account.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Search%20YouTube
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Search%20YouTube
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Search YouTube”
end tell
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Watch Lord of the Rings
Presents a menu of the six Lord of the Rings movies, with corresponding deep links into the TV app for each.
Show my Liked videos
Opens the automatic playlist for Liked videos created for every YouTube account.
Add to Things from Reminders
Asks you to choose a Reminders list, then reminders from that list, then exports them into Things and deletes the originals.
Open Shared notes
Opens the “Shared” folder of notes that you’ve collaborated on with others.
Get Transistor user ID
Utilizes the Transistor API to get your user data and extracts the ID.
Open Voice Memos folder
Prompts you to pick from your Voice Memos folders and opens one.
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