Show upcoming birthdays
Check for contacts whose birthdays are in the next week and displays their name and the date.
Send birthday messages
Checks for anyone whose birthday is today and starts a message to wish them a happy birthday.
Matthew's Score
4/5
Total Actions
4
Shortcut Information
Use this shortcut as part of your daily routine to send people birthday wishes.
Utililize this in combination with the other Birthday shortcuts to have a full workflow for wishing your friends and family well.
Utililize this in combination with the other Birthday shortcuts to have a full workflow for wishing your friends and family well.
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Send Message
Sends an iMessage or SMS. Pass images, videos, or other files as input to include attachments.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
Open Shortcut deep link
AppleScript
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Send birthday messages”
end tell
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