Table of Contents

• Welcome
• Shortcuts basics
  • Shortcuts at a glance
  • Discover shortcuts in the Gallery
  • Run a shortcut
  • How shortcuts work
    • How shortcuts work
    • The flow of content
    • Action connections
    • Control the flow of actions
    • The Content Graph engine
    • Completing a shortcut run
  • Identify opportunities for automation
• Create and use shortcuts
  • Create a new shortcut
  • Customize a shortcut
  • Work with actions in Shortcuts
    • Navigate the action list
    • About shortcut actions
      • Order of actions
      • Get actions
      • Transform actions
      • Share actions
    • Test your actions
  • Use shortcuts with Siri
    • About Siri and shortcuts
    • Run shortcuts with Siri
    • Use suggested shortcuts
    • Manage shortcuts added to Siri
  • Run shortcuts in iOS Today View
    • Set up and run shortcuts in Today View
    • Actions that work well in Today View
    • Actions that open the Shortcuts app when run in Today View
  • Run shortcuts from iOS Search
  • Run shortcuts from other apps
    • Set up and run shortcuts from another app
    • About input types
  • Run shortcuts from the iOS Home screen
• Manage shortcuts
  • Overview
  • Organize shortcuts
  • Rename shortcuts
  • Duplicate shortcuts
  • Delete shortcuts
  • Sync shortcuts
  • Share shortcuts
  • Add import questions to your shortcut before sharing
  • Add a shortcut to Reminders using Siri
• Advanced shortcuts
  • Use variables
    • Variables overview
    • Variable types
    • Use variables
    • Adjust variables
  • Use list actions
  • Use the Choose from Menu action
  • Use If actions
  • Use Repeat actions
  • Use Find and Filter actions
    • About Find and Filter actions
    • Add filter parameters
  • Show prompts in a shortcut
    • About using prompts
    • Use the Ask for Input action
    • Use the Ask When Run variable
    • Use the Show Alert action
    • Use the Show Notification action
  • Action Extension input types
  • Use URL schemes
    • About URL schemes
    • Open, create, and run a shortcut
    • Run a shortcut from a URL
    • Import a shortcut from a URL
    • Open or search the Gallery from a URL
    • Use x-callback-url
    • Use another app’s URL scheme
  • Use web APIs in Shortcuts
    • About web APIs
    • Get started with web APIs
      • What’s an API?
      • Sign up for the API
      • Request your first API
    • Work with JSON
      • About using JSON
      • Parsing JSON
      • Get Dictionary Value action
      • Handling lists
      • Show data as an alert
    • Further exploration with APIs
      • Challenge yourself in Shortcuts
      • API limitations
      • Format Date timestamps
      • Dictionaries
  • Date and time formatting
    • About date and time formatting
    • Date and time formats
    • Dates as written language
    • Technical standards
    • Custom date formats
• Frequently asked questions