Actions

Additional actions for the Shortcuts app

The app provides lots of powerful extra actions for the Shortcuts app on macOS and iOS. These actions make it significantly easier to create shortcuts.

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Want to run shortcuts directly from the iOS Lock Screen? Check out my Quick Launch app.

And trigger shortcuts on your Mac from your iOS device with my Hyperduck app.

And for high-quality transcription, see my Aiko app.

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Requires at least macOS 13 or iOS 16

Older versions (macOS)

• 1.13.1 for macOS 12+

Included actions

• Add to List
• Apply Capture Date
• Ask ChatGPT
• Ask for Text with Timeout
• Authenticate
• Blur Images
• Calculate with Soulver
• Choose from List (Extended)
• Clamp Number
• Combine Lists
• Convert Coordinates to Location
• Convert Date to Unix Time
• Convert Location to Geo URI
• Convert Unix Time to Date
• Create Color Image
• Create URL
• Edit URL
• Filter List
• Flash Screen ^(macOS-only)
• Format Currency
• Format Date Difference
• Format Duration
• Format Number — Compact
• Format Person Name
• Generate CSV
• Generate Haptic Feedback ^(iOS-only)
• Generate Random Data
• Generate Random Text
• Generate UUID
• Get Audio Playback Destination ^(iOS-only)
• Get Average Color of Image
• Get Battery State
• Get Default Printer ^(macOS-only)
• Get Device Orientation
• Get Emojis
• Get File Icon ^(macOS-only)
• Get File Path
• Get High-Resolution Timestamp
• Get Index of List Item
• Get Map Image of Location
• Get Music Playlists ^(iOS-only)
• Get Printers ^(macOS-only)
• Get Query Item Value from URL
• Get Query Items from URL
• Get Query Items from URL as Dictionary
• Get Random Boolean
• Get Random Color
• Get Random Date and Time
• Get Random Emoticon
• Get Random Floating-Point Number
• Get Random Number from Seed
• Get Related Words
• Get Running Apps ^(macOS-only)
• Get SF Symbol Image
• Get Title of URL
• Get Uniform Type Identifier
• Get Unsplash Image
• Get User Details
• Global Variable
• Hex Encode
• Hide Shortcuts App
• Is Audio Playing ^(iOS-only)
• Is Bluetooth On
• Is Cellular Data On
• Is Connected to VPN ^(iOS-only)
• Is Dark Mode On
• Is Device Orientation
• Is Host Reachable
• Is Low Power Mode On
• Is Online
• Is Screen Locked ^(macOS-only)
• Is Silent Mode On ^(iOS-only)
• Is Web Server Reachable
• Is Wi-Fi On ^(macOS-only)
• Merge Dictionaries
• Open URLs with App ^(macOS-only)
• Overwrite File
• Parse CSV
• Parse JSON5
• Play Alert Sound ^(macOS-only)
• Pretty Print Dictionaries
• Remove Duplicate Lines
• Remove Duplicates from List
• Remove Emojis
• Remove Empty Lines
• Remove from List
• Remove Non-Printable Characters
• Reverse Lines
• Reverse List
• Round Number to Multiple
• Sample Color from Screen ^(macOS-only)
• Scan Documents ^(iOS-only)
• Scan QR Codes in Image
• Set Creation and Modification Date of File
• Set Default Printer ^(macOS-only)
• Set Uniform Type Identifier
• Shuffle List
• Sort List
• Spell Out Number
• Transcribe Audio
• Transform Lists
• Transform Text
• Transform Text with JavaScript
• Trim Whitespace
• Truncate List
• Truncate Number
• Truncate Text
• Write or Edit Text

Want more shortcut actions?

• High-quality transcription (speech to text) in 100 languages → Aiko
• Trigger shortcuts on your Mac from your iOS device → Hyperduck
• Show text in menu bar → One Thing
• Open URLs in a specific browser → Velja
• Remove tracking parameters from URLs → Velja
• Generate images from text with AI → Amazing AI
• Clear clipboard formatting → Pure Paste
• Get internet speed → Speediness
• Join video calls → Dato
• Put text on the iOS Lock Screen → Any Text
• Get random animated GIF → Jiffy

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Non-App Store version for macOS

A special version for users that cannot access the App Store. It won't receive automatic updates. I will update it here once a year.

Download (2.3.1 · macOS 13+)

FAQ

The actions don't show up in the Shortcuts app

Restart your device.

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