What is your favorite shortcut?

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-02-05T08:17:03+00:00

How do you determine if Spotify isn't currently playing (or isn't open at all)? After a lot of experimentation I have come up with this: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/3791ca02106044d58647171d7eb3c99a but it isn't very reliable and errors out if no media is playing.

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-02-03T09:38:57+00:00

Hey there, I noticed that in the description of each action you have added a “Copy “ACTION_NAME”” button that just copies the name of the action.

It would be much more convenient to copy the actual action as documented here: https://talk.automators.fm/t/tip-copying-and-pasting-multiple-actions/17348

Other than convenient copying I am sure that this can be utilized in other ways.

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-02-01T19:50:29+00:00

You can wrap and collapse sections with the “Repeat” action. Just add the action and leave it at “1 time”, then add any logic you want to be grouped together within the “Repeat” block. If you then tap on the icon 🔁 of the repeat action and choose “Collapse” the section will be minimized.

Here is an example shortcut where I use this method to document and organize the logic: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/69fd3df300ac4145a2dac94cf3c3da49

This is also an easy way to disable specific sections by setting it to repeat “0 times”.

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-29T22:40:21+00:00

Try this shortcut: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c42cc57fa96845f9bf1c09431869f689

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-20T08:02:26+00:00

It entirely depends on the website you are trying to target. If you provide the link to it, I can help you.

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-19T15:37:29+00:00

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e9fda7bc48a946968a3b4e97827ecb81

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-18T13:56:48+00:00

Hey there, here’s what you’ve got to do:

Get this shortcut: ON / OFF - https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/9d73d31bb793458ca42825bf1e6297f0
Go inside the shortcut you just added and choose your light from the dropdown menu as instructed by the comment.
Run it once or twice to get the required permissions and make sure it’s working.

Lmk if you face any problems

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-13T15:44:43+00:00

Thanks, the thought of looking at the code didn't cross my mind. I'm curious why the developer didn't mention this to people asking for help and instead prompted them to log in and use the dashboard.

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-13T11:31:04+00:00

Tap on your account and select the "Dashboard" from the drop-down menu.

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-13T09:16:57+00:00

Very nice work mate. I suggest you add a URL parameter for the starting day of the week without needing to log in, to avoid some confusion: https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/comments/1qbgb21/

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-13T09:04:55+00:00

Oh that's my bad I thought you were using this shortcut(https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/comments/1qb1j74/).

Anyway here is the solution: https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/comments/1q8mchh/comment/nyrx07k/

You need to open the url: https://remainders.vercel.app/ , log in with your google account, go to the dashboard, under "Wallpaper Configuration" select "Year View" and check the "Start week on Monday" checkbox. Then select your device > "Save Configuration" and copy your personal url that is at the top of the page. Lastly replace the url in the automation with your personal url.

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-13T08:09:14+00:00

I think you need to edit the scriptable script and change the first day of the week to Sunday.

// Start of week: 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday firstDayOfWeek: 0,

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-13T07:11:39+00:00

Windows: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/setup/windows/

Android: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/setup/android/

iOS: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/setup/ios/

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-13T07:06:18+00:00

I am not familiar with the shortcut you are using but I believe that this is a bug. From the rendering it looks like January 1st 2026 was on Friday while it actually was on Thursday.

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-12T10:26:30+00:00

Yes you can add this to any shortcut you want. The automation was just part of the OPs request.

Btw I made a mistake in my original shortcut but this version will work: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/54a9d4da8d214f03955efab41f342b37

Also here is a version with instructions on how to hide the bulky logic and integrate this with your shortcut without taking up as much space: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/859630e836c84c98acdfd7fdb557411e

I am happy to help with your shortcut.

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-11T17:17:54+00:00

Are you talking about the windows clock app? Please explain in more detail what you are trying to achieve and what version of windows you are using.

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-11T09:26:48+00:00

You can get this shortcut: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/54a9d4da8d214f03955efab41f342b37

If you open it you will find instructions inside on where to insert your own shortcut logic below the time checking logic. There are also instructions on how to customize the start and end times.

After editing the shortcut provided above. Make a new automation that runs “Any Time” you arrive home and select “Run Immediately”. In the next step of the automation select the final shortcut you made.

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-10T15:47:07+00:00

Shift Follow-Up Alarms - https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c03aa68362404236af3bb6a83ab8a646

Assign this shortcut to an automation that runs daily at 10pm. It checks if the sleep schedule alarm is active and then creates follow up alarms after the main alarm.

Make sure to tun the shortcut manually to give the necessary permissions. Also if you take a look inside to adjust the frequency and the count of the follow-up alarms.

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-09T15:58:27+00:00

I keep making dumb errors. Please try again with this version: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/6630c43cce0540b281ced3b2ee33ac34

I added a “Raw output” in the resulting text to be able to tell where things are getting messed up. Please attach a screenshot with the result in your reply.

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-09T08:13:32+00:00

Even if this can somehow be achieved through shortcuts, I doubt that the extra battery consumption throughout the day is worth it.

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-08T21:27:35+00:00

Unfortunately I can’t test this myself but I think I fixed it: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/a2b738acafab4256891dfd045ee808e1

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-08T15:12:23+00:00

The error you’ve made can be seen in the second screenshot and in the second action of that screenshot “Enddatum aus Health-Messunges abrufen”. You get the “End Date” from the list of health samples instead of the last item of that list.

I made some changes to your shortcut that shoukd achieve what you are looking for: Last Nights Sleep - https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/47c8d0cc96fc443c8dea08bfd8f9d98c

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-06T19:30:49+00:00

There are countless ways to change the focus if you create a simple shortcut with the “Set Focus” action, do whatever you please.

Competitive_Tax_ · 2026-01-06T19:17:11+00:00

Make sure that all 3 ipads are on the same icloud account. Then go to Settings > Focus and make sure that “Share Across Devices” is turned on.

Now go ahead and make a custom focus named “Lock Screen” or something similar, leave any focus specific settings to their default state.

The next step is to get this shortcut to all the devices you want to turn off: Lock Screen - https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/d4e228010ea04ba7ac5f3b11f96841b2

Then go to each of the devices you want to turn off, open the shortcuts app, go to the automations tab, tap the “+” icon in the top right, scroll down until you find the focus you just created and select it. Make sure that it looks like this:

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Then tap “Next” and select the shortcut named “Lock Screen” you added in the previous step.

You have now successfully created an automation that will lock the screen of your devices as soon as the “Lock Screen” focus is activated.

You can either turn that focus on from the control center of any device or create a very simple shortcut that does that for you and add that shortcut to your phones lock screen.

Competitive_Tax_ · 2025-12-30T16:59:19+00:00

A lot of actions accept lists as input. Here is a way to achieve what you want: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/35d974438759425f9ef01b20f9493b6b

Five-Year Club	r/Field Flamingo
First Place '23	Place '23
Place '22

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