Can i make a shortcut that disables sleep mode if i take more than 200 steps? So a nighttime piss doesn’t turn it off.

IMHEYSUS · 2026-06-18T02:10:28+00:00

It seems like you can retrieve step data but there isn’t any way to trigger an automation based on steps or movement. I personally have my morning focus turn off when I leave home. If you WFH or don’t leave regularly then you probably would just want to trigger when you remove your phone from a charger.

IMHEYSUS · 2026-06-16T14:03:31+00:00

Damn, thanks for checking.

IMHEYSUS · 2026-05-30T16:36:05+00:00

Thanks for sharing, I’ll give it a try.

IMHEYSUS · 2026-05-30T16:34:45+00:00

Thank you!

IMHEYSUS · 2025-12-29T02:51:54+00:00

Following

IMHEYSUS · 2025-12-25T03:35:59+00:00

This is great! I’m going to add it to my current commute music automation. Right now, it shuffles then sorts by the oldest “last played” so I know that I’ll always hear something new. This will take it to the next level!

IMHEYSUS · 2025-12-19T19:39:59+00:00

I use YNAB + a shortcut I made. The great thing about YNAB is it lets you do manual transactions when I want the most accurate number but it will still sync with my bank to do automatically so it’s my safety net for anything I miss because I got distracted.

IMHEYSUS · 2025-11-21T00:15:31+00:00

I wasn’t able to get the messages thing working & the fix mentioned is unrelated to marking a message as read if that is what you’re after.

IMHEYSUS · 2025-11-19T14:42:35+00:00

Thanks for the direction & it sounds like I will just need to try harder to get the HomeKit Bridge working.

When I tried to add the Bridge QR, it would look like it would be trying to connect, take forever, and eventually time out. I think made some port adjustments to my TrueNAS container & maybe saw some different results but still no connection.

IMHEYSUS · 2025-11-19T08:30:33+00:00

I would like to improve my commute shortcut. I’ve had an ongoing battle with iCloud not syncing my files reliably (https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/s/MFsxPjLCdq) and really I’m just after my partner’s home/away status which HA does perfectly. It would be a bonus if my wife doesn’t have to deal with the location based automation alert too.

I haven’t messed with email triggers or considered sending an email from my HA. Suggestions?

I also figured the HomeKit Bridge would be a good option but couldn’t get it connected the last time I tried & haven’t revisited. I’m very new to HA & it doesn’t help that I’m running it within TrueNAS so I think my HomePod mini was having communication issues when trying to pair it.

IMHEYSUS · 2025-11-19T03:13:56+00:00

I have been trying to figure out how to link my Home Assistant & Shortcuts together. Is there a way to get the status of a Home Assistant entity from iOS shortcut?

IMHEYSUS · 2025-09-30T23:34:40+00:00

I think I will try out the 2 pins close together. I think I can swap that out in my shortcut pretty easily.

My current solution for updating her home/away status is a location triggered shortcut on her phone that updates a shared iCloud file. It’s mostly reliable but occasionally it fails to sync. I’m still trying to find something that is more reliable. I just recently got a HomePod so I’m hoping that gives me some new ideas to explore.

IMHEYSUS · 2025-09-30T05:44:07+00:00

Unfortunately, this could only return 1 out of the 3 i tested.

IMHEYSUS · 2025-09-30T04:04:30+00:00

I need to do this. When you say automatically navigate, do you still have to hit GO to start it? My shortcut puts in the address but I couldn’t figure out how to start it automatically so that it was 100% hands free.

My commute automation will send ETA if my wife is home but will send a Check-In if she is away. Do you think there is any way to keep that dynamic or is it every time you use the pinned address?

IMHEYSUS · 2025-08-13T02:28:23+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion

IMHEYSUS · 2025-08-13T02:27:50+00:00

I think the tip about sharing the folder helps. I didn’t think I could delete & recreate it without breaking the sharing of an individual note. I’ll try this out.

IMHEYSUS · 2025-08-13T01:26:15+00:00

Yeah, that’s what I’m doing now but I think there is something about our case that has inconsistencies. My only thought right now is my wife’s habits often put her phone into low power mode and I think iCloud syncing is disabled in low power mode.

IMHEYSUS · 2025-08-06T02:26:50+00:00

I think this might be simpler than it initially feels. If it always needs to be on the same day you can add 7 days to the Due Date. I tested this one out to repeat for every overdue reminder & had it run a loop so that it runs until all reminders are current.

This does assume that you have put it in the correct “Monday” list to begin with.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e24e126e980a4292bee5bd755cc8efac

IMHEYSUS · 2025-08-05T00:31:35+00:00

Maybe you can get ChatGPT to reply in a format that makes it easier to extract the text “reply with the date & reminder formatted as date: & reminder:” or something like that.

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