Open YouTube Shorts
Opens the YouTube Shorts feed in the iOS and iPad apps, or the YouTube Shorts page on web.
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=Open%20YouTube%20Shorts
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20YouTube%20Shorts
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open YouTube Shorts”
end tell
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