In the iOS 16.4 beta, Apple has added a new protocol for App Intents developers—ForegroundContinuableIntent—which engineering manager Michael Gorbach linked to on Mastodon.
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Working with Mastodon's API means handling profiles from across the fediverse — this shortcut lets you make a web request to the "Lookup account" endpoint to get the universal ID for any user.
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Free shortcuts are easier to understand, solve a simple use case, or ideas that everyone should have in their collection.
Members-only shortcuts are more complex, solve specific use cases very well, and represent my unique ideas.
In general, an entire folder of shortcuts are either all free or all members-only — except the bundle shortcuts available on each page.
Members-only shortcuts
Open from my Mastodon Lists
Pulls your List data from the Mastodon API and lets you choose one to open.
Create Mastodon List
Asks you to enter the name for a new list, then creates it using the Mastodon API.
Add recommended Mastodon lists
Adds a pre-set list of names as new Lists on Mastodon.
Mastodon API List Read Access Token
Stores your List:Read token for the Mastodon API to reuse in other shortcuts.
Mastodon API List Write Access Token
Stores your List:Write token for the Mastodon API to reuse in other shortcuts.
Scrape Mastodon link
Extracts metadata from a Mastodon status URL for reuse in other shortcuts.
Free starter shortcuts
Open List in Ivory
Opens a predefined List or a List link passed as input into Ivory for Mastodon.
Open from List Dictionary into Ivory
Stores multiple List titles and IDs that you can pick from to open into Ivory.
Open into a List in Ivory
Pulls your List data from the Mastodon APi, then opens the deep link into Ivory for that list.
Add account to Mastodon list
Grabs the account from any Mastodon link and lets you pick which Lists to add them to.
Look up Mastodon account ID
Isolates a Mastodon handle from a link and looks up the account identifier.
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All shortcuts are collected into the same folders that I use in the Shortcuts app, color-coded by the larger category groups.
This section shows both free and members-only shortcuts together in the same lists, unless otherwise specified.
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When working with Mastodon accounts, there's only one place to add them to a List — the profile. With Shortcuts, I've built a tool that lets you add someone to a list from your timeline, a status post, or any link.
I've just added a bundle shortcut—Mastocuts Lists—and a folder of shortcuts for Mastodon Lists, available for members in the Shortcuts Library.
Hey members, I've just published 11 new shortcuts from today's stream featuring the new actions from the Things beta.
Tune into the latest episode of Shortcuts Live, where I streamed for a little over an hour covering the new Find Tab action that I discovered in iOS 16 public beta 2.
Blog posts
In the iOS 16.4 beta, Apple has added a new protocol for App Intents developers—ForegroundContinuableIntent—which engineering manager Michael Gorbach linked to on Mastodon.
Working with Mastodon's API means handling profiles from across the fediverse — this shortcut lets you make a web request to the "Lookup account" endpoint to get the universal ID for any user.
Building up your Lists in Mastodon is important – so is accessing them quickly when you need them. Using Apple's Shortcuts app, I built a tool that makes a web request to Mastodon's API and lets you return all your Lists to open from.
Working with links in the fediverse can be tricky – here's how to use Shortcuts' Get Components of URL action to quickly isolate any instance or account handle you come across on Mastodon.
Apple has added 11 new Shortcuts actions in the iOS 16.4 developer betas – learn about new capabilities for Stage Manager, the iPhone 14's Always On Display, Intercom on HomePods, and VPN control.
Apple has posted release notes for Shortcuts in the iOS 16.3 cycle, including a new lock screen disabling feature, action improvements, and reliability improvements.
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