Get Clipboard
Passes the contents of the clipboard to the next action.
Unencode link
Takes a link and decodes the text so it’s more readable.
Actions Used
Copy to Clipboard
Copies the result of the last action to the clipboard.
If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
URL Encode
Encodes or decodes text passed into the action to be suitable for inclusion in a URL by adding or removing percents.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Unencode%20link
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Unencode%20link
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Unencode link”
end tell
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