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.
Start presentation
Asks you to pick from your Keynote folder in iCloud Drive and opens the presentation in Show Mode.
Actions Used
Get Contents of Folder
This action gets the files inside of the specified folder.
Recursive
If this option is enabled, this action will get all the files inside of a folder, including its subfolders.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Start%20presentation
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Start%20presentation
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Start presentation”
end tell
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Create Portfolio presentation
Presents a menu of Portfolio-style presentations to create in Keynote – choose from Industrial, Blueprint, Graph Paper, Chalkboard, Photo Portfolio, and Leather Book.
Open a Keynote doc
Gets the contents of the Keynote folder in iCloud, asks you to pick a presentation, and opens your file of choice.
Create Dynamic presentation
Pick from Apple’s cool movement-based Dynamic presentations in Keynote – including Light, Dark, and Rainbow options.
Create Basic presentation
Presents a menu of Basic themes from Keynote to create – choose from Basic White, Basic Black, Classic White, White, and Black.
Create Textured presentation
Asks you to pick from various Keynote themes in the Textured category – choose between Parchment, Renaissance, Moroccan, Hard Cover, Linen Book, Vintage, Typeset, Harmony, and Formal.
Rehearse presentation
Presents your presentations in Keynote, asks you to pick one, and opens it in Rehearsal Mode.
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Open all shortcuts
Opens the All Shortcuts tab to show your App Shortcuts plus your custom shortcuts.
Spell check with ChatGPT
Accepts text from the shortcut input and asks the default ChatGPT-3.5 model to spell check the text, returning only the corrected text.
Check BART departures
Using station codes and the BART API, gets real-time transit information for trains in the Bay Area.
Open custom app icon from the Home Screen
Pick an app, give it a custom icon, and add it to the Home Screen.
Show Today’s top stories
Opens the News app and switches to the Today tab, showing you Top Stories, Trending Stories, For You categories, magazines, the Editor’s pick, and curated categories based on your past browsing.
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