Shortcuts User Guide
- Welcome
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- Intro to Shortcuts
- Discover shortcuts in the Gallery
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- Run a shortcut from the app
- Run shortcuts with Siri
- Run shortcuts from Control Centre
- Run shortcuts with the Action button
- Run shortcuts with Apple Pencil Pro
- Run app shortcuts
- Run shortcuts from the Home Screen widget
- Run shortcuts from the Search screen
- Add a shortcut to the Home Screen
- Launch a shortcut from another app
- Run shortcuts from Apple Watch
- Run shortcuts by tapping the back of your iPhone
- Adjust privacy settings
- Copyright and trademarks
Order of actions in Shortcuts on iPhone or iPad
The key to building a shortcut is arranging actions in the right order so that they properly accomplish the task at hand. As you use Shortcuts, you’ll notice that many shortcuts follow a similar pattern of actions:
Get actions: The first actions bring content into the shortcut. See About get actions in Shortcuts on iPhone or iPad.
Transform actions: The middle group of actions in a shortcut transform the content into a different format. See About transform actions in Shortcuts on iPhone or iPad.
Share actions: The final actions in a shortcut often share data with a service or launch data in another app. See About share actions in Shortcuts on iPhone or iPad.
These aren’t hard-and-fast rules, of course. Many shortcuts omit one or more of these action types. But keeping the get-transform-share order of actions in mind can help you build more efficient shortcuts.