Hidden Shortcuts Actions
Collection of hidden actions in Shortcuts app on iOS and macOS
Usage
- Click the action's title to install a shortcut that contains this action
- Open the shortcut in Shortcuts app
- Copy the action
- Paste it into your own shortcut
| Clear Safari History |
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| Clears history, and related cookies and other website data. Time Frame Time frame of history to clear All Profiles Whether to clear history across all profiles or only the current one Close All Tabs Whether to close all open tabs when clearing history Profile The profile for which history will be cleared for [1] |
| Find Safari Bookmarks |
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| [macOS – copy of the stock iOS action] Sort by Optionally, what to sort the bookmark by. Order The order to sort the bookmark in. Limit Whether or not to limit the number of bookmark retrieved. Result (Bookmark) The bookmark that match the criteria. |
| Open Safari Bookmark |
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| [macOS - copy of the stock iOS action] Opens the selected Bookmark. |
| Open Tab Group |
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| [macOS - copy of the stock iOS action] Opens the selected Tab Group. Tab Group The Tab Group to be opened in Safari (App Intent parameter description) |
| New Tab in Current Group |
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| Creates a new tab with an optional name and URL loaded, or blank if omitted. [1] |
| Search Safari Tabs |
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| Perform a search of tabs in Safari. Keyword The keyword to search current tabs for [1] |
| Set Shortcut Attributes |
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| Modify a shortcut’s settings Operation The operation to perform on the setting Attribute The setting to modify Shortcut The shortcut to modify State The state to set the setting to [1] |
| Details of Shortcut |
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| Gets a specific piece of information from the shortcuts passed into the action. Result (Text, Images, Numbers, File sizes, Dates) The piece of information |
| Auto-Brightness |
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| [iOS] Change the Auto-Brightness value of Auto-Brightness Result Auto-Brightness [2] |
| Bold Text |
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| [iOS] Change the Bold Text value of Bold Text Result Bold Text |
| Show Borders |
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| [iOS] Change the Show Borders value of Show Borders Result Show Borders |
| Differentiate Without Color |
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| [iOS] Change the Differentiate Without Color value of Differentiate Without Color Result Differentiate Without Color |
| On/Off Labels |
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| [iOS] Change the On/Off Labels value of On/Off Labels Result On/Off Labels |
| Lock App |
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| Changes whether the selected application is locked. Locked apps require authentication to access. |
| Details of Appearance |
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| Gets a specific piece of information from the appearances passed into the action. Result (Booleans, Appearances, Text) The piece of information |
| Find Focus |
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| Sort by Optionally, what to sort the focus by. Order The order to sort the focus in. Limit Whether or not to limit the number of focus retrieved. Result (Focus) The focus that match the criteria. [1] |
| Details of Ride Status |
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| Gets a specific piece of information from the ride statuses passed into the action. Result (Text, Dates, Locations, Currency Amounts, Contacts) The piece of information |
| Details of Shazam |
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| Gets a specific piece of information from the Shazam media passed into the action. Result (Text, Booleans, Images, URLs) The piece of information |
| Unknown User Activity |
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| No description available. |
| Watch Me Do |
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| [macOS] Records and plays back mouse and keyboard events. Playback Speed Allows you to choose the playback speed of the action. |
| Add to Pinboard |
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| Adds the URL passed into the action to your Pinboard. This action won't be supported in future versions of Shortcuts. Result (URL) The input Requires Access to your Pinboard account |
| Get Pinboard Bookmarks |
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| Gets bookmarks in your Pinboard account. This action won't be supported in future versions of Shortcuts. Tags If specified, only items matching all of these tags will be returned. Supports a maximum of three tags. Result URLS Requires Access to your Pinboard account |
| Upload to Imgur |
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| Uploads the input to Imgur. Direct Link If enabled, the action will return a link to the image, and not its Imgur page. Create Album If enabled, the input images will be grouped into an album. Otherwise, the individual links will be returned. Result URLS Note Powered by Imgur (imgur.com) Requires Access to your Imgur account |
| Post to WordPress |
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| Posts the input to a WordPress blog as a new post or page. Result (URL) The URL of the new blog post Requires Access to your WordPress account |
| Post to Tumblr |
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| Posts the content passed into the action to Tumblr. Blog The name of the blog to post to. Result (URL) The URL of the new post Requires Access to your Tumblr account |
| Get Instapaper Bookmarks |
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| Gets the contents of a folder in Instapaper. Requires Instapaper Premium. Folder The folder to get bookmarks from. Leaving this empty will get items from Instapaper's Home folder. Result URLS Requires Access to your Instapaper account |
| Add to Instapaper |
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| Adds the input to Instapaper. Folder This action will save your input to the specified folder. Leaving this empty will save the input to Instapaper's Home folder. Result (URLs) The input Requires Access to your Instapaper account |
| Create New Evernote |
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| Saves the input as a note in Evernote. Result Evernote note Requires Access to your Evernote account |
| Append to Evernote |
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| Finds a note using the specified criteria and appends the input to the note. Note Title The title (or part of the title) of the note to append to Result Evernote note Requires Access to your Evernote account |
| Delete Evernote Items |
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| Deletes the notes passed as input from Evernote. Requires Access to your Evernote account |
| Get Evernote Link I |
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| Gets a link to the Evernote note passed into the action, which can be shared. In-App Link When enabled, an evernote:// URL will be generated, suitable for opening the note in the Evernote app. Result URLS Requires Access to your Evernote account |
| Get Evernote Link II |
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| Gets a link to the Evernote note passed into the action, which can be shared. In-App Link When enabled, an evernote:// URL will be generated, suitable for opening the note in the Evernote app. Result URLS Requires Access to your Evernote account |
| Details of Trello Item |
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| Gets a specific piece of information from the Trello items passed into the action. Result (Text, URLs, Dates, Files) The piece of information Requires Access to your Trello account |
| Add Trello Card |
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| Creates a new card on the specified list and board in your Trello account. Attachments A list of items to be attached to the new card as files. Result Trello card Requires Access to your Trello account |
| Create Trello Board |
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| Creates a new board in your Trello account. Result Trello board Requires Access to your Trello account |
| Create Trello List |
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| Creates a new list on the specified board in your Trello account. Result Trello list Requires Access to your Trello account |
| Details of Ulysses Sheets |
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| Gets a specific piece of information from the Ulysses sheets passed into the action. Result (Text) The piece of information |
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How to find hidden Shortcuts actions
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Copy for example the hidden action in the following shortcut to the clipboard: https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/1h8akxn/comment/m0sgf4d/
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Convert the action in the clipboard to source with this shortcut: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/65d36be39c5a49cc8121e4ea652b606e
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Open a text editor and paste the converted source code
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Replace
AutoBrightnesswith e.g.BoldTextin the value forWFWorkflowActionIdentifier -
Copy the edited source code to the clipboard
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Convert the clipboard content to a pasteable action with the following shortcut (requires Actions app): https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/49dfc2487764413a88c1329703dd76d1
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Paste the action into a shortcut
You've now reconstructed the unofficial Toggle Bold Text action