Send thank-yous

Asks you to pick from your contacts, then shows a Messages window for each so you can send a thank-you message.

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Actions

Documents, Notes

Find Notes

Searches for the notes in your library that match the given criteria. Sort by Optionally, what to sort the notes by. Order The order to sort the notes in. Limit Whether or not to limit the number of notes retrieved.

Control Flow, Scripting

Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.

Items, Scripting

Count

Counts the number of items, characters, words, sentences, or lines passed as input. Note (from Apple, for real) This is just like the Count in Sesame Street, but instead of a vampire, it’s a Shortcuts action.

Lists, Scripting

Choose from List

Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection. Prompt The instruction provided when the list is presented. Select Multiple When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.

Control Flow, Scripting

Repeat with Each

Takes a list of items as input, and runs the contained actions once for each item in the list.

Documents, Text Editing

Split Text

Separates text passed into the action into a list.

Lists, Scripting

Get Item from List

Returns one or more items from the list passed as input. You can get the first item, the last item, a random item, the item at a particular index, or items in a range of indexes.

Scripting, Variables

Set Variable

Sets the value of the specified variable to the input of this action.

Apps, Contacts

Select Contact

Prompts to pick a person from your contacts and passes the selection to the next action.

Apps, Contacts

Get Details of Contacts

Extract information from contacts including first, middle, and last name, phone number, email address, street address, URL, birthday, contact photo, prefix, suffix, nickname, phonetic first, middle, and last names, company, job title, department, notes, & more.

Documents, Text

Text

Passes the specified text to the next action.

Notification, Scripting

Ask for Input

Prompts the user to enter a piece of information.

Messaging, Sharing

Send Message

Sends an iMessage or SMS. Pass images, videos, or other files as input to include attachments.

Shortcuts

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