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.
Show the mini crossword
Opens the Crossword Mini in the News app.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20the%20mini%20crossword
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20the%20mini%20crossword
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show the mini crossword”
end tell
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Show NBA news
Opens to News stories about the NBA, including scores, schedules, teams, and special curated categories for events like the Playoffs.
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.
See issues from National Geographic
Opens to the “Issues” tab of the Nat Geo magazine in Apple News+, where you can open or download specific issues.
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.
Read about Music
Presents a menu to open into News stories about Music, Guitar, Bass, Drums, or Amps.
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Open all inboxes
Opens the All Inboxes view in Mail using Open Mailbox on iOS or AppleScript on Mac.
Open Favorites
Opens the deep link to the Favorites tab in the Phone app (mobilephone-favorites//).
Open my Bluesky profile
Using your username, opens the link to your profile on Bluesky.
Set up Emergency SOS
Opens the deep link into the Settings app to the Emergency SOS feature.
Set my default wallpaper
Takes a base64-encoded image of your favorite background and decodes it before passing it into Set Wallpaper for your Home Screen.
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