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.

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

Gets the current wind speed and displays it with Siri.

Increase the text size on your device (and reset it) as needed. Includes options for “Easier,” “Monitor Stand” (my custom setup), and “Defaults.”

Rethink things in terms of the 52 week in the year.

Opens the Discord app to the Relay.FM community, then Relay.FM or live where I can start a live show.

Find a podcast by title, host, or link and subscribe to it immediately.

Presents a menu of my work-related folders and opens the corresponding choice.

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