If you’re a fan of the Waveform podcast from MKBHD & team, check out these shortcuts for interacting with the show, the YouTube Playlist, the clips channel, and the main channel.
Get my new shortcuts for the Notion Agents app. Use these to activate Notion AI, plus start and stop meeting.
New in iOS 27, there’s a setting for Shortcuts to default to the Editor instead of Describe a Shortcut.
For shortcuts stuck in sync, Apple has added a new Restore button that adds your shortcuts back to your library.
“App Intents is a framework that lets you express your app’s actions and content to other parts of the system in ways that feels natural and deeply integrated.”
Juli Clover of MacRumors covers all the updates out of WWDC that make Shortcuts easier to use – Describe a Shortcut, refinements, new actions, and more.
New filters in Automations for Turned On and Turned Off make it easy to view your automated shortcuts and toggle them as needed.
Happy WWDC26 to those who celebrate! Don’t miss the What’s new in Shortcuts session that covers our new automation types, additions to the Use Model action, and new Storage actions presented by Duraid.
From MacStories: In iPadOS’ Shortcuts app, the existing ‘Open App’ action was recently updated with the ability to launch an app with a specific window placement parameter.
Shortcuts for Luma, the event platform of choice for the Siri AI Automators meetup as well as CommunityKit. Use these shortcuts to create events or calendars, open your schedule, and interact with your profile.
Shortcuts the Parking Kitty app, the tool of choice for parking in Portland, Oregon. these this to find zone codes, check your history, or pay for parking in the app or on the web.
If you’re waiting for Siri AI, you can bypass the feature flag on macOS using a Terminal command – this shortcut allows you to run the script (and undo it, if you want).
Open Codex in ChatGPT, start a new chat, or make sure the app is open over SSH – check out my new set of shortcuts for Codex.
Former Shortcuts lead Ari Weinstein, who’s been at OpenAI working on Codex, shares a detailed walkthrough of Computer Use.
If you’re fatigued by the animation in long-running shortcuts, my tip for you is: run it without opening it first.
Apple is hiring a new Tech Lead Manager for the Shortcuts team – an intriguing role (located in the San Francisco Bay Area).
Ulysses has expanded their App Intents support in version 39 with Find, Import File, and Search actions – plus support for Spotlight on Mac.
Check out my shortcuts for Meta AI on the web – quickly start a new chat, browse Vibes creations, generate an AI image or video, and access AI Studio.
I’ve just added four (!) new sets of shortcuts for Notion, in an exploration of their URL patterns. Check out the shortcuts for the Notion app, your favorite Pages, and both Notion Mail & Calendar.
Did you know both the App Store and Shortcuts logos are actually made up of 3D icons? Christian Selig has printed a model to demonstrate.