Shortcuts (Apple)

Workflow originally began as a project at The University of Michigan's MHacks. In 2015, Workflow received an Apple Design Award for its integration with iOS accessibility features such as VoiceOver. On March 22, 2017, Apple acquired Workflow for an undisclosed amount. Following the purchase, the software was made available for free. An accompanying update also changed some of the service providers used within the app to those owned or preferred by Apple, such as Apple Maps and Microsoft Translator, and closed submissions of workflows to Gallery. On September 12, 2022, Apple launched an update to the Shortcuts app as a part of iOS 16. This update included the ability to integrate Siri voice assistant with Shortcuts. ==URL scheme==

Shortcuts also supports a URL scheme. This works as follows: • shortcuts://Opens the Shortcuts app. • shortcuts://galleryOpens the Gallery with Shortcuts that have been premade by Apple. • shortcuts://gallery/search?query=[search words] Searches the gallery for the search word. URL encoding is required to use multiple search words. • shortcuts://create-shortcutCreates a new shortcut and opens that shortcut in the editor. • shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=[name]Opens the shortcut in the editor that has the specified name. URL encoding is required. • shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=[name]&input=[see note]&text=[see note]Executes a shortcut, optionally including an input. Note: The parameters "input" and "text" are optional. If you pass "clipboard" to input, the clipboard is passed as input. If you pass "text" to input, the parameter "text" is retrieved and the text stored there is passed as input. There, URL encoding is required. == See also ==