Open a shortcut by folder
Asks you to pick from all your Shortcuts folders, then a shortcut from that folder, then opens the shortcut.
Actions Used
Get My Shortcuts
Gets the shortcuts stored on this device. For example, you could use this action with the Make Archive action to zip up your shortcuts.
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.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20shortcut%20by%20folder
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20a%20shortcut%20by%20folder
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open a shortcut by folder”
end tell
More From This Folder
Open my Services folder
Opens the macOS folder System > Library > Services so you can see shortcuts you’ve added as Services.
Show all of my shortcuts
Use this to open the main view of Shortcuts and see everything in your collection.
If you have a lot of App Shortcuts, this is the best view to see them all.
Show my Quick Action shortcuts
Use this shortcut to quickly access, organize, and edit your Quick Actions shortcuts set as Services on macOS.
This shortcut uses the Open Folder action, which includes the auto-generated folders Shortcuts creates for features like Quick Action.
Show my Menu Bar shortcuts
Use this shortcut to sort the list of shortcuts that appear in the Menu Bar on macOS.
Run a shortcut
Asks you to enter the name of a shortcut, then finds and runs that shortcut. Also uses scripting to check if more than one exists with that name and asks which to run.
Open the Gallery
Use this shortcut to quickly access the Gallery and see what kinds of shortcuts Apple recommends based on your usage, as well as curated categories put together by the Shortcuts team.
More From The Library
Create blank document
Creates a new, empty document in the Pages app, skipping the template or file picker.
Open work YouTube playlists
If you don’t want the Grab YouTube playlist ID shortcut installed, delete the Run Shortcut action above and the URL action below.
However, the shortcut won’t work with links from videos inside playlists anymore.
Post to Instagram Stories
Opens Instagram into the Camera view where you can post Photos, Stories, or use Filters.
Save thread to Craft
Scrapes a Threads post and formats it for a Craft document, using the rich embed as the URL reference.
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