Talk Live with Gemini
Opens the Gemini app to the Talk Live chat mode where you can speak conversationally with the AI.
Hello and welcome to the Shortcuts Catalog!
This is a public resource to help people get started with Siri Shortcuts and the Shortcuts app.
It’s made up of three main sections below:
- the Shortcuts Library, a collection of starter shortcuts full of menus with hundreds of different ways to use them
- my Member Shortcuts, my advanced collection of shortcuts for folks subscribed to my membership (more below)
- the Action Directory, a documentation of the 300 built-in actions in Shortcuts available to browse outside the app
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- New shortcuts as they’re added to the catalog & membership
- Shortcuts updates and new actions discovered in betas
- Stories from the community and links to related material
The following are the latest additions to my Shortcuts Library.
Check out the variety of shortcuts to get ideas of how you can utilize them in different areas of daily life, then add any you might use:
Type Gemini prompt
Opens Gemini to the Ask Gemini chat menu with the keyboard activated, ready for you to type your prompt right away.
Open Gemini mic
Opens the Gemini app and activates the microphone so you can speak out a single prompt and confirm the query before asking.
Open Gemini camera
Opens the Gemini app and activates the device camera so you can scan your surroundings and take a photo for the AI to analyze.
Share image with Gemini
Opens the Gemini app and activates the photo picker so that you can choose an image from your gallery to add to your prompt.
Share file with Gemini
Opens the Gemini app to the File picker so you can attach any documents like PDFs to your prompt for analysis.
Open Google Gemini
“Gemini 3 Pro is here. It’s our smartest model yet—more powerful and helpful for whatever you need: Expert coding & math help; Next-level research intelligence; Deeper understanding across text, images, files, and videos.”
Search for chats with Gemini
Opens the link to Gemini search, which puts the keyboard into focus immediately so you can just start typing your query. Also shows recents chats.
Create a gem for Gemini
“Example: You are a horticulturist with a background in natural lawns and native plants, and you help people plan low water gardens. Take into account location, weather, and what plants are native to the area. You are knowledgeable, casual, and friendly.”
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.
Brainstorm with Gemini
“Find inspiration easily. Fresh ideas for parties, gifts, businesses and more.”
Code with Gemini
“Level up your coding skills. Get the help you need to build your projects and learn as you go.”
Member shortcuts 🔐
Below are the latest of the members-only shortcuts – these are more advanced and cover more specific workflows.
Look for new member shortcuts every week.
Click here to sign in if you’re already a member – learn more here if you’re not.
Open into the TV app
Presents a menu of sections in the TV app and opens the deep link into the app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac – options include Home, Search, Store, Sports, Apple TV+, and Library. When run from Apple Watch, opens the Apple TV app.
Add to my TV watchlist
Accepts a list of TV shows or movies, scrapes the results from Apple’s Marketing Toolbox, and lets you pick where to send the media – with options to open into the TV app, add to your Watchlist, send to Reminders, or copy the links.
Browse the TV Store
Presents a menu for opening into the TV app to the Store section, either directly usnig a deep link, using the iTunes actions in Shortcuts, or Apple’s RSS feeds for top movie and TV content – plus categories for dedicated “rooms” in the TV app for special content.
Open sports in the TV app
Presents a menu of Sports sections available in the TV app, include overall Sports, plus MLS Season Pass and Major League Baseball, as well a dedicated section for your favorite home team.
Open from Apple TV Plus
Presents menu options for opening into the Home, Shows, Movies, and Upcoming sections of Apple TV+ in the TV app, plus categories for genres.
Open from saved searches for entries
Presents a list of pre-programmed Search options, then searches for the chosen text in the Journal app.
Search my Journal entries
Prompts you to enter a query, then opens to search results for your input text in the Journal app.
Create Journal entry
Prompts you to add enter text, then uses that text to create a simple entry in the Journal app.
Create audio entry
Opens the Journal app to the recording screen so you can create an Audio entry.
Create photo entry
Asks you to select an image from Photos or Files, then some associated text, then attaches it to a new entry in the Journal app.
Create bookmarked entry
Prompts you to enter text and a title for an entry, then adds it to the Journal app marked as “Bookmarked.”
The following is a documentation of the 300+ actions available in the Shortcuts app.
Browse by the main categories, or dive into a subcategory to see only those actions.
Make sure to check out Related Shortcuts for each action too.