Select Contact
Prompts to pick a person from your contacts and passes the selection to the next action.
Send a thank-you
Asks you to select a contact, then let’s you choose to message, call, FaceTime, or email them, along with prompts for the message if needed.
Actions
Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Send Message
Sends an iMessage or SMS. Pass images, videos, or other files as input to include attachments.
Select Email Address
Prompts to pick an email address from your contacts and passes the selection to the next action.
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Extract phone numbers
Scrapes text from input and looks for strings formatted as phone numbers.
Extract email addresses
Looks through the input text for email addresses and copies them to the clipboard.
Send birthday messages
Checks for anyone whose birthday is today and starts a message to wish them a happy birthday.
Add note to contact
Searches for contacts by group, then has you add text to place in their note field.
Capture contact info
Presents a series of prompts for contact information, then generates a .VCF and asks you how you want to share it.
Create a contact card
Asks you to enter in contact information, then generates a .VCF vcard file out of your answers and shares it.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Send%20a%20thank-you
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Send%20a%20thank-you
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Send a thank-you”
end tell
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