Select Contact
Prompts to pick a person from your contacts and passes the selection to the next action.
Add a birthday
Choose a contact and insert their birthday.
Actions
Edit Contact
Sets a specific field of the contact passed into the action.
Detail
The property of the contact to edit.
Edit
The operation to perform on the selected property of the contact.
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Edit gaming contact
Prompts you to enter first, last, and nickname details for a contact before adding them to a pre-programmed group. Useful for gaming friends over Discord.
Create a contact card
Asks you to enter in contact information, then generates a .VCF vcard file out of your answers and shares it.
Create follow-up tasks
Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Batch-send file to a group
Asks you to pick a file, then a Contact Group, then sends that file to each person in the group one-by-one.
Send birthday messages
Checks for anyone whose birthday is today and starts a message to wish them a happy birthday.
Create contact
Creates a new blank contact in the Contacts app, so you can use the app UI to enter in details.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Add%20a%20birthday
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Add%20a%20birthday
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Add a birthday”
end tell
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