Movie Setup
Turns on the TV, opens the Apple TV Remote, and sets the Movie Time scene before turning down brightness, enabling Do Not Disturb, and activating my Letterboxd shortcuts.
Hey Computer
Opens the Alexa app, which can be set to automatically listen for responses when opened.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Hey%20Computer
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Hey%20Computer
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Hey Computer”
end tell
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Toggle the Living Room lights
Toggles a set of 4 Hue lights and one Light Strip in my main living space.
Control air purifier
Toggles a smart switch by checking its current power state and turning it off or back on accordingly.
Toggle the Studio lights
Turns the main lighting of Hue lamps, light strips, and Go bulbs in my studio space on or off.
TV Setup
Turns on the Apple TV, set a Home scene, and turns on Entertainment focus for an hour.
I’m working in the living room
Turns on the living room lights, plus casts my music to the Living Room TV.
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Watch The Office
Opens the deep link into the TV app to The Office episodes. If you’re watching the series, prompts you to resume the latest or next episode.
Scrape Mastodon link
Extracts metadata from a Mastodon status URL for reuse in other shortcuts.
Look up Mastodon account ID
Isolates a Mastodon handle from a link and looks up the account identifier.
Save RSS author to Contacts
Pulls recent links from my blog’s RSS feed and lets me choose which ones I want to share, then formats them as a Markdown linked list and copies it to my clipboard.
Open Regal Crown Club
Opens the Regal Crown Club site where you can see your credit balance, check out featured rewards, order gift cards, and link out to even more member deals.
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