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.
Scripting 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.
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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Asks you to select a Contact Group, then creates reminders to follow up with each person in that group.
Create contact
Creates a new blank contact in the Contacts app, so you can use the app UI to enter in details.
Capture contact info
Presents a series of prompts for contact information, then generates a .VCF and asks you how you want to share it.
Show previous birthdays
Check for contacts whose birthdays are in the next two weeks and displays their name and the date.
Create a contact card
Asks you to enter in contact information, then generates a .VCF vcard file out of your answers and shares it.
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