Siri Shortcuts, apps, and technology tips

Show story by tag

Presents a series of tags, then searches for stories tagged accordingly and presents them in a menu to open.

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20story%20by%20tag

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20story%20by%20tag

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Show story by tag” end tell

Asks you to choose tags from a preset list, then adds them as tags for the shortcut input into Pocket.

Opens Pocket for the Mac or the Pocket mobile app depending on where the shortcut is run.

Asks you to enter a query, then searches Pocket using that term and lets you choose from the results to open in Safari.

Gets 100 items from Pocket and picks one at random, then opens it in Safari.

Saves any links from the input or clipboard to Pocket.

Opens the URL for the AirBnb guest Inbox so you can view and interact with messages from your hosts.

Opens the Health app to the Activity section to display Rings and Workouts data gathered by Apple Watch.

Plays the track from The Benny Hilly Show in Apple Music.

Opens the Magnifier app and activates the Detect Items feature set to detect Doors in the Camera view.

Opens the Amazon app to the Whole Foods Market page where you can find and order food from your nearby store.

Takes the current episode from Overcast, finds the show in Podcasts, and opens the last episode.

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