Check the Front Page
Pulls a scan from the New York Times or San Francisco Chronicle’s website with today’s front page.
Show Puzzles in Apple News
Opens the “Puzzles” section available for Apple News+ subscribers, which shows Crosswords, Crossword Mini, and Quartiles games.
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Show My Sports news
Opens to the “Sports” tab in the News app where you can see live games and stories from your favorite teams. If on iPhone and iPad, you can open links directly to games in the TV app.
Show me tech news
Uses the Show Topic action from News to open into the main Technology news category, which I’ve found is a good superset or generic term that captures all the best stories from tech subjects I’m interested in before I dive into more specific topics.
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.
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.
See stories from WIRED
Opens to the latest stories from Wired available for Apple News+ subscribers, as well as links to the various issues above.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20Puzzles%20in%20Apple%20News
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20Puzzles%20in%20Apple%20News
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show Puzzles in Apple News”
end tell
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Gets the episodes of a chosen podcast, grabs the duration of each, and shares it in a list.
Start a workout
Shows a preset list of your most-common workouts, then starts the workout of your choice.
Send a Group Check-In
Asks you to select multiple contacts, then starts a Check In with the group.
Show Amazon videos
Opens the Amazon app to the Inspire tab, where you can watch videos from Amazon creators about products related to you.
Change auto lock settings
Opens the deep link into the Auto Lock settings so you can customize your iPad’s timeout.
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