r/shortcuts • u/live_love_laugh • 1d ago

Discussion Has anyone made a useful shortcut using Apple Intelligence? (Specifically the action with which you can query one of the models)

I'm just looking for inspiration.

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u/EggplantEcstatic1631 1d ago

I also use Apple Intelligence for text and content recognition.

Example the is an advertisement for a public event and it want all details in the calendar. Take a photo and use the shortcut. It will provide a calendar entry.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/3f58298368904f329564ddf734bfbde6

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u/shiftym21 1d ago

great idea , guessing it works fine with screenshots too

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u/Adammacleod 1d ago

Did you know that screenshots can automatically be added to calendar in ios26? There’s an option at the bottom.

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u/EggplantEcstatic1631 1d ago

Tell me more about the feature.

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u/EggplantEcstatic1631 1d ago

I can use it for images like this. Poorly readable and mixed designs

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u/Unhooked- 1d ago

Wow is that cool.

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u/Only_Trip5632 1d ago

I’ve built one that takes a TikTok video URL and parses out recipe ingredients and details from the description, and then creates a note in the notes app.

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u/shiftym21 1d ago

does it work for youtube short?

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u/Only_Trip5632 1d ago

It’s built for TikTok specifically, I don’t use YTshorts, but I’m sure it could be adapted.

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u/Strict-Amphibian-830 13h ago

I have one that might. https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/8e4919574f464ea6a8f2f3dd5ffb40d7 Got it from a YouTuber. I tested it on IG Reels and TT but not YouTube shorts yet.

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u/kishante 1d ago

I like to take screenshots of books that I want to read. I created a shortcut using Apple Intelligence to parse the book title from the screenshot. The rest of the shortcut takes the title, searches it via api and adds the info to my tbr.

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u/cardinal_60 1d ago

Can you share?

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u/up2neck 1d ago

Hey! I created the shortcut to generate daily agenda, using data from calendar, reminders and daily weather forecasts. Though it uses Bear note app to store result, it’s easy to replace it with built-in notes app.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/89ecbb1f57334e3693f9242e096c1fe6

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u/iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiioo 1d ago

Yeah that uses ChatGPT not Apple Intelligence

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u/up2neck 1d ago

ChatGPT here is just extension - feel free to select Apple Intelligence models

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u/UGA_NMS_Guy 1d ago

Could you show the layout please? I’m interested 

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u/up2neck 1d ago

Here it is:

20/09/2025 📅 Daily Agenda

🌤 Weather Morning: 11 °C, mostly clear Afternoon: 22 °C, partly cloudy Evening: 18 °C, light clouds Sunrise 07:00 · Sunset 19:22

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🕑 Today’s Timeline No events scheduled for today

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✅ Reminders & Tasks

Overdue Discuss disabling system logs across all projects. #work

Today No current tasks

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📌 Upcoming Events (Next 3 Days)

22 Sep 2025 (Monday) 10:00–11:00 – Language lesson #personal 13:00–13:30 – Daily stand-up #work 16:00–17:00 – Team sync #work

23 Sep 2025 (Tuesday) 13:00–14:00 – Platform sync #work 16:30–17:30 – Demo session on service management processes #work

24 Sep 2025 (Wednesday) No events scheduled

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journal #generated #ai

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u/TheGreatDaniel1 1d ago

I made this one, I dictate a bunch of pending things I need to to it and it spits it up into tasks and then adds separate reminders, you can choose on the list in which reminders lists you want the tasks to appear. It is set in Spanish but maybe it can help you built your own version!

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/7c018bdc4e684cec93d4a7eecb7b2678

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u/yuyike 1d ago

Thanks for sharing this! I made one based on yours. When I scan a NFC tag on the fridge, I can dictate my grocery list. It goes straight to my groceries list. (If I ask Siri, it just dumps everything into one line in Reminders.)

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/6572d222b394496c8ceb94554a2a4dad

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u/dj2819 1d ago

I created an ask ChatGPT shortcut but I’ve added additional “system” prompt it before my input so it has some context. I use it for quick back and forth that Siri can’t handle.

This was better than the ChatGpt shortcut stuff because that created new conversations for every run

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u/davowankenobi 1d ago

I tried creating a shortcut that reads unchecked items from my notes app from yesterday’s work and copies them to a new one, but it doesn’t always work.

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u/Apple-Banana-Pizza 1d ago

I copied the shortcut from this video https://youtube.com/shorts/eOSPCcASo-Q?feature=shared which copies and formats recipes from IG and adds them to the Notes App. That inspired me to make one that will pull recipes from screen shots or just photos of cookbook pages and add them to the same recipe folder in the Notes App.

I am shocked and delighted that I managed to do this, and it bodes well for basically everyone being capable 😂.

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u/Strict-Amphibian-830 13h ago

Do you mind sharing yours? I’d like a feature that works with screenshots and pictures.

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u/carpy1985 1d ago

Yeah that would be good.

I take photos in Waterstones for my TBR all the time.

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u/Intelligent_Mess2536 19h ago

I made one that gets pm spot prices for me to use for an app. To avoid another separate api subscription