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.
Actions Used
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Watch%20Lord%20of%20the%20Rings
Open Shortcut deep link
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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