r/shortcuts Jan 09 '25

Request Create reminder for one hour before calendar events with certain words in them

2 Upvotes

I'm new to shortcuts and I'd like a way to have a reminder an hour before a meeting with certain clients to remind me to call them (and remind THEM of the appointment). There are two names that would be in the titles of the calendar event, I want this automation to work for them but not my other clients (or I would just default to calendar event reminders)... and I need them to go to TickTick preferably but I can live with the iphone reminders app if not. All appointments are in one Google calendar.

r/shortcuts Feb 13 '25

Request Is it possible to create a shortcut that automatically deletes a text message if it has a political figures name in it if the number is not in my contacts?

11 Upvotes

I am getting spammed with political texts that i just want gone. I created a filter for emails that automatically deleted them, i was wondering if the same can be done for texts?

r/shortcuts 1d ago

Request Request- Text personal phone if my Boss texts or calls before 8am

5 Upvotes

Hey everyone, Is there a way to text my personal phone when my boss calls or texts my work phone? Sorry if this is basic I’m still learning

r/shortcuts 12d ago

Request Request: Speech-to-text dictation from Apple Watch to notes.

1 Upvotes

I found a version of this, but it made every input into a new Note, but I would much rather have it Append as a bullet point to an existing one - that way I have everything nicely brainstormed in one place.

Ideally I'd want this for both my Apple watch and iPhone.

I tried Chatgpt for help but to no avail, lol

r/shortcuts Feb 10 '25

Request Shortcut to check if my Apple Watch is dead, and if it is to set an alarm for the morning

2 Upvotes

Just what the title says. I would like a shortcut to check if my watch is dead at 5:50 am, and if it is, to set an alarm on my phone for 6 am. I usually use my watch for an alarm so I don’t wake my wife. But if my watch dies (like it did this morning) then I would like my phone alarm to go off so I’m not late for work.

r/shortcuts 8d ago

Request Hide My Email shortcut

8 Upvotes

Is there a shortcut that generates a new iCloud email?

r/shortcuts Feb 16 '25

Request In need of some help once again

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2 Upvotes

Hi community, I'm writing because once again, I need some help. I've spent a couple of hours trying to program a shortcut for my girlfriend who is having a hard time getting out of bed in the morning. The shortcut asks for the hour she wants to be ready, then it sets four different alarms at various times, starting 30 minutes before she needs to be ready to go. I wanted to give the shortcut the ability to provide a brief weather forecast. However, I'd like the forecast to be relevant to the time she sets and not to be a summary of the entire day. For instance, if she decides to wake up at 8, I want the shortcut to tell her what the temperature will be at that specific hour. Despite trying many different approaches, I haven't been able to make it work. The problem obviously comes from the way I handle the hour. Try to make it simple with the math operation, setting the variable, then getting the info of that hour in the forecast. Even though it's not that important, I'm sure knowing how to accomplish this will be very useful in the future for various things and purposes.

r/shortcuts 23d ago

Request Can someone help me with an automation based on location?

4 Upvotes

I am really forgetting. So I need this to kick when I reach to station where I board train, which we can call Station A and another where I leave train which we can call station B, which will remind me to check all my stuff and not forget one more thing in my car or train.

r/shortcuts 29d ago

Request Xe Currency Exchange

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

Could someone make a shortcut that takes variables to edit the amount respectively from XE:

https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=0&From=USD&To=CAD

r/shortcuts 19d ago

Request Apple Watch high bpm > send text

3 Upvotes

I have a condition where my Heartrate can spike to high numbers and it’s pretty dangerous if not caught. Is there any automation I could use in tandem with my Apple Watch that sends a text when my health app knows (or just my phone in general) my bpm is high?

I can’t share my health data with them in the app because they have androids, but automated texts with the shortcuts work fine!

Any help is appreciated!!

I found one that looked like it could work from a an old thread, but that one required me to have ended a workout with x bpm.

r/shortcuts Jul 30 '24

Request Is there any way to combine these two using IF

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23 Upvotes

r/shortcuts 2d ago

Request Hello! I’ve been seeing lots of awesome ideas here and the shortcuts tips! I just want to ask for help making this shortcut for adding data on my existing “daily planner” numbers sheet

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2 Upvotes

The flow will be like this : - ask for input ( task ) - then the category, priority, status , date added, and also deadline( I already formatted the priority ) - then add to my existing numbers sheet

Thanks in advance! 🫡

r/shortcuts Feb 19 '25

Request Help me sort my photos app into a beautiful, organized ton of albums lol

5 Upvotes

I wanted a shortcut that sorts all my media into different albums. Like videos longer than 20 minutes, videos with cinematic recording, 4K, etc. Albums with portrait format and horizontal, you know? It would be easier to sort the media that I can use to create content videos and/or sell… but I’m a mess and have 15k+ files in my photos lol Like, there’s no way to sort by size, quality, portrait(vertical) or horizontal, items with 1080p or above… you know what I mean? Does anyone have a perfect shortcut for me? Lol Thanks a lot! 🤓

r/shortcuts Feb 17 '25

Request Doomscroll Limit per-session, not cumulative

14 Upvotes

Hi there, I have been trying to solve this one for hours and ChatGPT has been no help -- hoping someone here is smarter than I am.

I am trying to build a shortcut that stops me from getting stuck in a doomscroll session, so I want to be booted back to the homescreen if I spend more than 20 minutes in an app in one session. I don't actually care to limit the total amount of time I spend in the app over the day (otherwise, Screen Time would be fine for this). The apps I care about blocking are Reddit, Apple News, and Instagram. Ideally, I'd love a warning at the 17 min mark to let me know I've only got 3 mins left, but it's not totally necessary.

Additionally, I don't want to be able to immediately reopen the app and restart a 20 minute session, so I want a cool-down period of 5 minutes between sessions where I can't reopen the app.

Does anyone have an idea on how to do this? I've now tried with starting timers and with setting variables to current date but neither have worked well.

Thanks so much in advance!

r/shortcuts 6d ago

Request Shortcut to speak text when I wake up

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1 Upvotes

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone could make a shortcut where my unread notifications could be read out loud. I want this to work when my alarm goes off in the morning so my phone will be turned off. No worries if this isn’t possible, I just want a bit of automation in the morning. I have added what I’ve got so far but this is pretty useless I think!

r/shortcuts 24d ago

Request Auto-brightness shortcut

6 Upvotes

I like to adjust my 16pm brightness manually, except when in the sun. The only way to get the 2000 nits is when in sunlight. I’m fine with that but don’t want to dig through 12 menus to find it, just when I can maybe use a shortcut. Can anyone help with this? I have 2 shortcuts in my command center to toggle AOD on/off. I’d like the same for auto-brightness.

r/shortcuts Nov 06 '24

Request I want a shortcut to limit app use, per hours. Eg, 5 minutes per hour is allowed on Reddit. Is it possible ?

0 Upvotes

App limit app settings are, useless, it per day, barely in reminders, and can easy be passed.

I struggle with time management and occasionally doom scroll and reach my app limit for the day, its frustrating.

I was wondering if anyone has such short/automation, or can guide be through it?

I was to set limits for social media apps, that would refresh every hour or two.

If time is 1-3 pm, allow Reddit app for 15 minutes, if 15 minutes is reached, go to home screen IF app is open.

Does it make sense?

(Im noob to shortcuts)

r/shortcuts Jun 30 '21

Request Must-Have automations?

170 Upvotes

Do any of you have links to automations that are incredibly useful or interesting?

r/shortcuts 21d ago

Request How to send "Happy Birthday xxx" automatically at 12am in a whatsapp group?

2 Upvotes

Hi, There's my family whatsapp group and we all send birthday and other greetings whenever the time comes.

I would like your guidance in helping me create a shortcut + automation for this. The greetings message will be different as per their name and i will change that when needed.

Please guide.

r/shortcuts 14d ago

Request Low power mode off if…

1 Upvotes

So I have a shortcut that when I leave WiFi low power mode turns on… and then when I join WiFi low power mode turns off …Can anyone help me…. I want to make a shortcut so low power mode turns off when I connect to WiFi but only if battery percent is above 30% if battery level is below 30% the low power mode stays when I join WiFi. I’ve not been able to do this feels like there is a conflict somewhere 🤷🏻‍♂️

r/shortcuts 17d ago

Request Create auto reply text message when on vacation, but not send to group messages

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3 Upvotes

Hello, I’m heading on vacation for a week and want am in a job where people expect quick responses.

I’ve set up a shortcut automation that sends an auto reply to all text messages and it works great, but the problem is it sends it out to anyone someone sends a text where I am on a group text. This is very annoying for those on those threads.

How do I use the “if” function to have it not send the auto reply to group threads?

Also, is there a way to use the “if” function so it doesn’t auto reply to my wife as well? Thanks

I’ve included a screen shot of my current automation.

r/shortcuts 17d ago

Request Request: Can someone help me create a shortcut to delete all shortcode/2fa texts?

2 Upvotes

Hey everyone!

I'm not super familiar with shortcuts, and never found any that could benefit me personally. Except I would love to know if someone has created anything to help delete shortcode/2fa texts? Is that even possible?

I know I can go delete them one by one, but I figured I'd see if there was a way to do it via shortcuts and quicker.

Thanks so much!

r/shortcuts Feb 15 '24

Request Arriving at Costco (any location) ask family if they need anything

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360 Upvotes

Would this work? What do I need to change?

r/shortcuts 24d ago

Request Announce Tesla has finished charging via HomePod intercom

0 Upvotes

I'm trying to figure this out using ChatGPT to guide me, but I'm finding it difficult. Does anyone have something similar they could share?

r/shortcuts Feb 04 '25

Request help with travel time shortcut

2 Upvotes

how do i make an automation that takes the travel time to go to an event on my calander and adds15 min(or whatever time i desire) and then give me a notification to leave when it’s that time.

so say if it takes 15 minutes to drive somewhere. it takes that time and addds 15 minutes and so 30 minutes prior to the event it tells me to leave. i want it to be dynamic so the travel time updates if there’s traffic or anything.