Contacts

Capture contact info

Presents a series of prompts for contact information, then generates a .VCF and asks you how you want to share it.

Actions Used

Addresses, Location

Street Address

Passes the specified address to the next action.

Apps, Contacts

Phone Number

Passes the specified phone numbers to the next action.

Control Flow, Scripting

Choose from Menu

Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.

Documents, Text Editing

Change Case

Changes the case of the text passed into the action to UPPERCASE, lowercase, or Title Case.

Documents, Text Editing

Replace Text

Replaces some text passed into the action with other text.

Documents, Text

Text

Passes the specified text to the next action.

Sharing, System

Prompts to share the input.

Items, Scripting

Set Name

Sets the name of the item passed as input.

Documents, Previewing

Show Result

Shows the specified text in Siri or in an alert.

Notification, Scripting

Ask for Input

Prompts the user to enter a piece of information.

Apps, Reminders

Edit Reminder

Sets a specific field of the reminder passed into the action. Detail The property of the reminder to edit. Edit The operation to perform on the selected property of the reminder.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Capture%20contact%20info

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Capture%20contact%20info

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Capture contact info” end tell

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