Find Contacts
Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.
Send birthday messages
Checks for anyone whose birthday is today and starts a message to wish them a happy birthday.
Scripting Actions
Repeat with Each
Takes a list of items as input, and runs the contained actions once for each item in the list.
Send Message
Sends an iMessage or SMS. Pass images, videos, or other files as input to include attachments.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Send%20birthday%20messages
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Send%20birthday%20messages
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Send birthday messages”
end tell
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Message from Contact Groups
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Capture contact info
Presents a series of prompts for contact information, then generates a .VCF and asks you how you want to share it.
Share your contact card
Shares a duplicate of your personal contact card designed only for business.
Add note to contact
Searches for contacts by group, then has you add text to place in their note field.
Extract phone numbers
Scrapes text from input and looks for strings formatted as phone numbers.
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One Thing progress bar
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Show Whole Foods on Amazon
Opens the Amazon app to the Whole Foods Market page where you can find and order food from your nearby store.
Open my Instagram profile
Takes your username, copies your profile URL, and opens the link.
Show my Clinical Notes records
Opens into the Health app to the Clinical Notes section of your Health Records where you can “connect to your providers to see your health records and get updates when there’s a new entry.”
Open my Perplexity account settings
Opens the Perplexity website to Settings > Account, where you can change general settings like the Appearance, as well as subscription details or system settings.
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