Native Actions

Uses the camera to take photos.

Optimizes the file size of the provided PDF file by compressing its images. If the images contained in the PDF are already compressed, this action might not have a measurable effect on file size.

Creates a new disk image (.dmg) file. The disk image will contain any files passed as input.

Prompts to choose photos and videos from your photo library.

Displays a preview of the input using the system Quick Look.

Enables or disables True Tone. When enabled, your device display will automatically adapt based on ambient lighting conditions to make colors appear consistent in different environments.

Encodes or decodes text or files using Base64 encoding.

Creates a new album in the Photos app, including the specified photos and videos.

Switches into the Shortcuts app and continues to the next action.

Stops execution of the current shortcut, and outputs content. This action is useful when: • Running a shortcut from another shortcut (using the Run Shortcut action). The output will be used as the output of the Run Shortcut action. • Running a shortcut from Quick Actions in Finder on macOS. The output will be saved as a file alongside the files selected in Finder. • Running a shortcut from Services on macOS. The output will replace the selected text, if applicable. • Or, when running a shortcut from another location that supports output, like the command-line or the Shortcuts URL scheme. No more actions will be run after this action.

Given a list of images, this action returns the images that match the given criteria.

Passes the specified contacts to the next action.

Puts the display(s) of this Mac to sleep.

Gets the current visible app.

Gets files from Dropbox. Turn off “Show Document Picker” to specify a path to retrieve.

Returns text from the previous action's output. For example, this action can get the name of a photo or song, or the text of a web page.

Gets a specific piece of information from the music passed into the action.

Re-encodes the media passed as input at the specified size, optionally converting to audio.

Searches for content in the system that matches the specified text.

Searches for the displays in your library that match the given criteria.

Waits for the specified number of seconds before continuing with the next action.

Resizes one or more windows to the specified width and height.

Edits an image or PDF with Markup.

Converts an animated GIF into a video.

Gets a specific piece of information from the iTunes Products passed into the action.

Vibrates the device for a short amount of time.

Opens the input as a file in the specified app.

Gets a specific piece of information from the contacts passed into the action.

Shows the results of the previous action in the Content Graph.

Gets a specific piece of information from the articles passed into the action.

Adds the photos and videos passed as input to the specified photo album.

Gets upcoming calendar events, ordered from nearest to farthest away in time.

Clears all the music in your Playing Next queue.

Adds the input to Instapaper.

Gets all of your Lock Screen wallpapers, and returns them as output so you can use them with other actions.

Extracts files from the archive passed as input. Many archive formats are supported, including zip, rar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, tar, gzip, cpio, cab, and iso archives.

Stops execution of the current shortcut and dismisses the shortcut on screen. No more actions will be run after this action.

Extracts any RSS feed URLs from the given web URLs or web page.

Put this Mac to sleep.

Estimates the amount of time it will take to travel to the location passed into this action.

Removes the photos or videos passed as input from the specified photo album.

Scans a QR code or barcode using the camera, and returns the text/URL that is found.

Shares the input on Facebook.

Splits an animated GIF or a photo burst into individual frames.

Converts the images passed into the action to the specified image format.

Adds text or a file to a note in Bear. You can specify either the note title or the note identifier.

Posts the input to a WordPress blog as a new post or page.

Runs JavaScript on a Safari web page passed in as input

This action executes a JavaScript for Automation (JXA) script.

Gets article details, including body text, author, publish date, and more, from every URL passed into the action.

Sets a specific field of the contact passed into the action.

Shows the iTunes products or App Store apps passed as input in a store sheet. This is useful with the Find iTunes Store Items and Find App Store Apps actions.

Searches for the contacts in your library that match the given criteria.

Gets the most recent photo import from the Photos app.

Shows the URL passed as input in Opener, which lets you choose an app to open it in.

Turns on or off orientation lock on your device.

Combines the images passed into the action horizontally, vertically, or in a grid.

Converts the rich text passed as input to HTML text.

Opens the specified script in Pythonista for editing.

Converts the specified date and time from one time zone to another.

Creates images from the pages in the PDF passed into the action.

Scales images to a particular width and height.

Take a screenshot of the device's screen.

Allows you to specify a list of items to be passed to the next action.

Downloads the latest items from an RSS feed.

Uses the microphone to record audio.

Adds a new reminder to Due.

Prompts to share the specified content using action extensions and sharing extensions provided by other apps.

Returns any street addresses found in the output from the previous action.

Calculates the distance to the location passed into this action.

Adds the input to Pocket.

Gets contacts from the result of the previous action.

Searches for the windows in your library that match the given criteria.

Reverses the direction of images either horizontally or vertically.

Returns the name of every item passed as input. Depending on the input, this could be a file name, the title of a website, the title of a calendar event, etc.

Saves details of your Parked Car in the Maps app.

Searches for the photos in your library that match the given criteria.

Detects the language of the text provided as input.

Autocorrects the spelling of text passed into the action.

Gets a specific piece of information from the App Store Apps passed into the action.

Sends the input via WhatsApp.

Gets the most recent burst photos from the photo library.

Searches the App Store, returning the apps that match the specified search terms. You can get more details about the results using the Get Details of App Store App action.

Uploads the input to Imgur.

Adds the input text to your calendar using Fantastical, optionally including notes as well.

Gets images from the result of the previous action. For example, this action can get the album art of a song, or all the images on a web page.

Locks the screen of this device.

Extracts the contents of the web pages passed into the action.

Creates a new list on the specified board in your Trello account.

Pauses execution until you leave the Shortcuts app and return to it. This action might be useful after an action that switches apps, to pause execution until you return to the Shortcuts app. This action will only take effect when running shortcuts in the Shortcuts app.

Removes the background from an image, keeping the subjects.

Removes all events passed into the action from the calendars they are contained in.

Quits one or all open applications. You can choose a list of apps to keep open.

Calls the phone number or Skype name passed as input.

Open the specified apps in split screen mode.

Gets a specific piece of information from the Trello items passed into the action.

Connects, disconnects or changes the On Demand setting for a VPN Configuration on this device.

Prompts to pick a person from your contacts and passes the selection to the next action.

Gets the names of emoji passed into the action.

Opens the input as a PDF in Books.

Returns items in your Pocket account.

Finds nearby places using Maps, and returns the results.

Generates a MD5/SHA1 hash from the input.

This action does nothing and produces no output. It is useful to separate blocks of actions, or to explicitly pass an empty input to an action.

Deletes the notes passed as input from Evernote.

Prompts to select music from your local music library.

Gets the current content on screen, if available.

Gets a list of all shows in your Podcast library.

This action ejects a mounted disk or volume.

Opens Captio and appends the specified note text to the current note.

Returns the song that is currently playing in the Music app, if any.

Returns any links found in the output from the previous action.

This action executes a UNIX shell script. The script will execute starting in your user’s home directory.

Gets a specific piece of information from the podcast episodes passed into the action.

Sets the device's Personal Hotspot to on or off.

Gets the most recent Live Photos from the photo library.

Starts the screen saver selected in the Desktop & Screen Saver preference pane.

Skips to the next song in the current music queue.

Sets the name of the item passed as input.

Enables or disables Night Shift. When enabled, the colors of your display will be shifted to the warmer end of the color spectrum after dark. This may help you get a better night’s sleep.

Prints the input using AirPrint.

Adds the items passed as input to the specified playlist.

Returns the password of your Personal Hotspot.

Presents a view allowing you to trim the media passed into the action.

Plays the audio file passed as input, or a default notification sound if no audio file was passed.

Rounds the number(s) passed into the action.

Gets every song in the specified playlist.

Passes the specified measurement (including number and unit) to the next action.

Deletes the photos passed as input from the device's photo library. This action asks for confirmation before performing the deletion.

Gets a specific piece of information from the iTunes artists passed into the action.

Sets the Personal Hotspot password.

Gets a specific piece of information from the event attendees passed into the action.

Finds GIFs representing the provided text, using Giphy.

Tweets using the Tweetbot app and returns to Shortcuts afterwards.

Adds URLs passed into the action to your reading list.

Crops images to a smaller rectangle.

Prompts to pick a phone number from your contacts and passes the selection to the next action.

Turns an image or video clockwise by a particular number of degrees.

Calculates statistics on the numbers that are provided as input.

Overlays text onto the image passed as input.

Displays an alert with a title, a message, and two buttons. If the user selects the OK button, the shortcut continues. The cancel button stops the shortcut.

Skips to the previous song in the current music queue.

Hands off Music or Podcasts playback between two devices.

Gets cards, lists, or boards in your Trello account.

Adds a new list to Clear.

Makes an archive out of the files passed as input. Supports creating zip, tar.gz, tar.bz2, tar.xz, tar, gzip, cpio, or iso archives.

Gets the most recent photos from the photo library.

Adds the music passed as input to your Playing Next queue.

Plays music using the Music app.

Passes the specified address to the next action.

Converts the measurements passed into the action to the specified unit.

Moves one or more windows to the specified location.

Seek to a specific time, or forward and backward by some duration, in the currently playing media.

Gets the most recent screenshots from the photo library.

Sets Silence Unknown Callers to on or off. When on, calls from unknown numbers will be silenced and sent to voicemail. Calls will still be displayed on the Recents list. Incoming calls will continue to ring from people in your contacts, recent outgoing calls, and Siri Suggestions.

Shows a preview of the provided content. If run from Siri, speaks the provided text.

Opens a note in Bear. You can specify either the note title or the note identifier.

Gets a specific piece of information from the images passed into the action.

Transcribes what you say aloud into text and passes the result to the next action.

Returns one or more items from the list passed as input. You can get the first item, the last item, a random item, the item at a particular index, or items in a range of indexes.

Adds a new task to 2Do.

Gets the most recent videos from the photo library.

Creates a Quick Response (QR) code for the specified text.

Gets the current state of the selected News setting.

Runs a script on a remote computer over SSH.

Gets a specific piece of information from the podcasts passed into the action.

Performs a number operation on the input and returns the result.

Overlays an image on top of another image.

Gets the contents of a folder in Instapaper. Requires Instapaper Premium.

Creates a new playlist in the Music app, adding any items passed as input to the new playlist.

Creates a new event and adds it to the selected calendar.

Finds a note using the specified criteria and appends the input to the note.

Searches for the music in your library that match the given criteria.

Searches Twitter for the specified text in the Tweetbot app and returns to Shortcuts when you're done.

Converts the rich text passed as input to Markdown text (comparable to Aaron Swartz's html2text script).

Searches the iTunes Store, returning the items that match the specified search terms. You can get more details about the results using the Get Details of iTunes Product action.

Creates an animated GIF from the images or video passed into the action.

Runs the specified script in Pythonista and waits to continue the shortcut until you return to the Shortcuts app.

Finds podcasts in the Apple Podcasts catalog, returning the items that match the specified search terms.

This action executes an AppleScript.

Adds the input URL as a podcast in Overcast.

Gets a link to the Evernote note passed into the action, which can be shared.

Sets the Always On Display setting of your iPhone to on or off.

Given a list of articles, this action returns the articles that match the given criteria.

Creates an audio file from text, using text-to-speech.

Creates a new Bear note with the contents of a web page.

Logs out the current user.

Opens Passwords and searches for the given text.

Gets recent notes from Evernote, optionally filtering based on criteria.

Opens the specified page in the Tweetbot app.

Posts the content passed into the action to Tumblr.

Creates a new card on the specified list and board in your Trello account.

Enables or disables Stage Manager on the device.

Gets the halfway point between two locations.

Opens a file in GoodReader.

Creates a new board in your Trello account.

Uses the microphone to listen to and identify nearby media.

Shows the date passed as input in Fantastical.

Hides one or all open applications. You can choose a list of apps to keep open.

Given a list of event attendees, this action returns the event attendees that match the given criteria.

Searches the web for the text provided as input.

Shuts down or restarts your device.

Takes the inputted HTML and turns it into rich text, which can then be converted to other formats.

Uses the camera to take a video clip.

Shows a translation of the text passed as input in the iTranslate app.

Evaluates the mathematical expression in the given input text and outputs the result as a number. Example expressions: 7 + 7 8 * sqrt(5) $8 USD in euros 7 feet in meters

Creates an image from the rich text, web content, or URL passed in as input.

Shows the definition of the word passed into the action.

Follows podcasts or podcast feed URLs passed into the action.

Returns the local or external IP address of the device.

Makes a PDF out of the input. The resulting PDF can optionally include a quarter-inch margin for better printing.

Creates a new contact.

Changes system appearance.

Plays a podcast using the Podcasts app. If no podcast is selected, resumes playback.

Switches the current Lock Screen wallpaper.

Uses OCR to extract text from an image.

Announces a message passed as input using Intercom.

Gets the current state of the selected Voice Memos setting.

Gets the contents of a note from Bear. You can specify either the note title or the note identifier.

Saves the input as a note in Evernote.

Returns the type of every item passed as input. For example, if a URL is passed, this action will return “URL”.

Sets the wallpaper to the specified image.

Opens the Bear app and searches for the specified text.

Splits the input document by creating a PDF for each page.

Gets a specific piece of information from the Safari Web Pages passed into the action.

Searches for the apps in your library that match the given criteria.

Opens the specified app.

Takes the inputted Markdown and turns it into rich text, which can then be converted to other formats.

Sends the specified note using Captio and returns to the shortcut.

Connects your computer to the specified file servers on the network. For example, you can connect to SMB/CIFS, NFS, FTP (read-only), or WebDAV servers.

Requests a ride from the specified pickup location to a specified drop off location.

Tweets the input.

Plays or pauses the currently playing media.

Creates a new note in Bear.

Counts the number of items, characters, words, sentences, or lines passed as input.

Gets a specific piece of information from the parked cars passed into the action.

Mounts a disk image (.dmg) file on your desktop.

Opens the photo, video, or audio passed as input in WhatsApp.

Gets the common parent directory of the files passed in.

Changes the current playback destination. Use this action to route audio to AirPods, Bluetooth speakers, HomePod, or other AirPlay devices. Optionally, this action can add or remove devices from a group, so you can route audio to multiple devices at once.

Adds an image to the existing animated GIF passed as input. If no GIF is passed as input, a new animated GIF is created.

Sets a Noise Control mode on your selected device

Returns a list of episodes from a podcast show.

Opens BlindSquare showing information about the place passed as input, so you can save it as a favorite, start tracking it, or start simulation mode.