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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Show my Liked videos
Opens the automatic playlist for Liked videos created for every YouTube account.
Open my watch history
Opens the deep link into the History section of the YouTube library page in the app.
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.
Who’s live on YouTube?
Opens the Subscriptions feed sorted as a list so you can see who’s live at the top.
Open YouTube Shorts
Opens the YouTube Shorts feed in the iOS and iPad apps, or the YouTube Shorts page on web.
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.
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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Given your custom Club MacStories RSS feed, this will retrieve the 25 latest items published for members-only and asks you which links you want to open.
Show my gift card
Opens the Wallet app to the gift card of your choice – perhaps your favorite coffee chain.
Log caffeine
Asks you to choose the type of caffeinated drink (coffee, espresso, cappuccino, or a soda) and logs the caffeine content into the Health app. Also compares against the daily recommended limit of milligrams of caffeine.
Voice Dictation in Perplexity
Simulates the keyboard shortcut for Command + Shift + D, which activates the Perplexity voice dictation in the search bar so you can enter a query hands-free.
Open Search
Prompts you to enter a search query, then generates the deep link into TikTok to the results.
Copy podcast playlist player embed
Takes the default embed code for multiple podcast episodes, inserts your podcast string, and copies the result to your clipboard to be pasted somewhere online.
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