Actions

Additional actions for the Shortcuts app

The app provides lots of powerful extra actions for the Shortcuts app on macOS, iOS, and visionOS. 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 minimum macOS 14, iOS 17, or visionOS 1

Older versions (macOS)

2.10.0 for macOS 13+
1.13.1 for macOS 12+

Included actions

Add to List
Apply Capture Date
Ask for Text with Timeout
Authenticate
Blur Images
Boolean
Calculate with Soulver
Choose from List (Extended)
Clamp Number
Color
Combine Lists
Combine Videos
Convert Coordinates to Location
Convert Date to Unix Time
Convert Location to Geo URI
Convert Unix Time to Date
Create Color Image
Create Menu Item
Create URL
Edit URL
Encrypt File
Encrypt Text
Filter List
Find Music Playlist ^(iOS-only)
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
Get Average Color of Image
Get Battery State
Get Bluetooth Device
Get Bluetooth Devices
Get Boolean from Input
Get Compass Heading ^(iOS-only)
Get Default Printer ^(macOS-only)
Get Device Details (Extended)
Get Device Motion Data ^(iOS-only)
Get Device Orientation
Get Dominant Colors of Image
Get Elevation ^(iOS-only)
Get Emojis
Get File Icon ^(macOS-only)
Get File Path
Get High-Resolution Timestamp
Get Image Location
Get Index of List Item
Get Map Image of Location
Get Modifier Key State ^(macOS-only)
Get Paragraphs from Text
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 Sentences from Text
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
Invert Images
Is Accessibility Feature On
Is Audio Playing ^(iOS-only)
Is Bluetooth On
Is Call Active ^(iOS-only)
Is Camera On ^(macOS-only)
Is Cellular Data On
Is Cellular Low Data Mode On
Is Conforming to Uniform Type Identifier
Is Connected to VPN ^(iOS-only)
Is Dark Mode On
Is Day
Is Device Locked
Is Device Moving
Is Device Orientation
Is Host Reachable
Is Low Power Mode On
Is Microphone On ^(macOS-only)
Is Online
Is Screen Locked ^(macOS-only)
Is Shaking Device
Is Silent Mode On ^(iOS-only)
Is Web Server Reachable
Is Wi-Fi On ^(macOS-only)
Join Wi-Fi ^(iOS-only)
Merge Dictionaries
Named Clipboard ^(macOS-only)
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 Image Location
Set Uniform Type Identifier
Shuffle List
Sort List
Spell Out Number
Transcribe Audio
Transform Lists
Transform Text (camel case, slugify, transliteration, etc.)
Transform Text with JavaScript
Trim Whitespace
Truncate List
Truncate Number
Truncate Text
Wait Milliseconds
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 & Pure Paste
Generate images from text with AI locally → 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
Get clipboard items → Pasteboard Viewer

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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 (3.0.0 · macOS 14+)

FAQ

The actions don't show up in the Shortcuts app

Restart your device. This is caused by a iOS/macOS bug.

I get a “errorDomain error 2” error when running an action

Restart your device. This is caused by a iOS/macOS bug.

Why is this free without ads?

I just enjoy making apps. Consider leaving a nice review on the App Store.

Can I contribute localizations?

I don't plan to localize the app.

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