Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Watch Lord of the Rings
Presents a menu of the six Lord of the Rings movies, with corresponding deep links into the TV app for each.
Scripting Actions
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Watch%20Lord%20of%20the%20Rings
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Watch%20Lord%20of%20the%20Rings
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Watch Lord of the Rings”
end tell
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Shows a menu that lets you pick from the 8 movies in the Harry Potter series and opens your choice in the TV app.
Open Apple TV+
Opens the TV app to the Apple TV+ tab to show content from your subscription.
Watch The Office
Opens the deep link into the TV app to The Office episodes. If you’re watching the series, prompts you to resume the latest or next episode.
Open Apple TV home
Opens the main Home tab of the TV app where you can view and add content to your Up Next queue.
Open Apple TV Store
Opens the Srore tab of the TV app to show the top TV shows and Movies that are on sale.
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Accepts a Thread link, scrapes the data, then opens the link, waits for it to load, takes a screenshot, extracts text from the screenshot, then prompts you to delete the extra text before replacing the excerpt in the Thread JSON dictionary.
Open a gem in Gemini
Presents a menu of pre-filled gems, including Brainstormer, Coding Partner, Learning Coach, and Writing Editor. On import, asks you to fill in the title and identifier for a custom gem.
Open Twitter
Checks the current device, then, depending on the platform, opens Twitter in a specific way.
Open a single page in Notion
Opens a preset Page from Notion, using the corresponding ID to open the URL.
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