Extract link from Apple News URL
Scrapes the original URL from a given apple.news link by loading the redirect and pulling the first link off the page.
Show crosswords
Opens the Crossword section of the News app.
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Read about Music
Presents a menu to open into News stories about Music, Guitar, Bass, Drums, or Amps.
See stories from Apple News Today
Opens to the Apple News Today podcast category, where you can find individual episodes published as stories as well as links to articles mentioned in the show.
See stories from San Francisco Chronicle
Opens to the free stories shared by the San Francisco Chronicle for Apple News+.
Show Today’s top stories
Opens the News app and switches to the Today tab, showing you Top Stories, Trending Stories, For You categories, magazines, the Editor’s pick, and curated categories based on your past browsing.
Show NBA news
Opens to News stories about the NBA, including scores, schedules, teams, and special curated categories for events like the Playoffs.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20crosswords
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20crosswords
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show crosswords”
end tell
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Prompts you to “Ask anything” before opening into Perplexity to search for your query.
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Opens the URL to the edit page for the latest episode of your Transistor podcast.
Show my saved stories
Opens into the Saved Stories tab of the News app, where you can quickly access news stories you’ve saved for later – I’ll often save multiple stories as I browse, then visit this tab to read them all one-by-one.
Open Bluesky Search
Opens the Search page on Bluesky where you can enter your query, find suggested accounts, and discover new feeds.
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