Expand URL
This action expands and cleans up URLs which have been shortened using a URL shortening service like t.co or bit.ly. The expanded URL is cleaned, removing unnecessary parameters such as “utm_source”.
Watch in YouTube app
Redirects a web URL for a YouTube into the mobile app by replacing `https: or or ` with `youtube: or or ` in the link.
Actions
Replace Text
Replaces some text passed into the action with other text.
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
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Open my watch history
Opens the deep link into the History section of the YouTube library page in the app.
Who’s live on YouTube?
Opens the Subscriptions feed sorted as a list so you can see who’s live at the top.
Open my Home feed
Opens YouTube.com on the web or redirects to the Home tab in the app.
Open my Subscriptions
Opens the Subscriptions tab in the YouTube app to show only videos from people you’ve followed.
Show YouTube library
Opens the link to the Library tab of YouTube, which shows your History, Watch Later, Playlists, and Liked Videos.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Watch%20in%20YouTube%20app
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Watch%20in%20YouTube%20app
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Watch in YouTube app”
end tell
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Resume my audiobook
Starts playing the most recently-active audiobook in Apple Books.
I need to do something
Presents a list of options for everyday activities (like eating, drinking, moving, and relaxing), then runs the corresponding shortcuts for each.
Capture a dictation
Allows you to dictate text into your phone until you tap it to stop, then shows the Share sheet so you can send your text somewhere else.
Play my Replay 2018
Plays the preselect Replay 2018 playlist on Shuffle. Top tracks include ‘Til Its Over by Anderson .Paak, which reminded me this was the year I first got a HomePod.
Show my Allergies records
Opens to your Health Records to show your Allergies records where you can “connect to your providers to see your health records and get updates when there’s a new entry.”
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