Show stories from MacStories RSS

Pulls 25 items from the MacStories main RSS feeds and asks you to choose which to open in Safari.

Scripting Actions

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Get Items from RSS Feed
Downloads the latest items from an RSS feed.
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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.
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Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20stories%20from%20MacStories%20RSS
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20stories%20from%20MacStories%20RSS
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Show stories from MacStories RSS” end tell

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