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Re: Show HN: Python library to create Siri shortcuts

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Post by themmes » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 6:18 AM UTC

aidos wrote: post #2

I might be missing something but I couldn’t find a way to trigger shortcuts to make them useful. So for example, I’d love to have a shortcut that checked if I was still at work at 17:15 each day and tell me to leave (potentially after checking for train delays). It seemed from the developer intro I read about shortcuts this would be possible but it doesn’t seem like there’s an interface to wire up shortcuts to trigge…

Without the checking for trains you could set this up with a reminder with time and location (“on arrival”), once you get the reminder its no big deal to trigger the shortcut (for checking trains etc) manually I guess?

Re: Show HN: Python library to create Siri shortcuts

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Post by matrixagent » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 7:36 AM UTC

sisk wrote: post #5

aidos wrote: post #2

I might be missing something but I couldn’t find a way to trigger shortcuts to make them useful. So for example, I’d love to have a shortcut that checked if I was still at work at 17:15 each day and tell me to leave (potentially after checking for train delays). It seemed from the developer intro I read about shortcuts this would be possible but it doesn’t seem like there’s an interface to wire up shortcuts to trigge…

Haven't tried it yet but the guide suggests you can run shortcuts on a recurring schedule. > You can use Siri to add shortcuts to the Reminders app, specifying shortcuts to be shown at a particular time or location. For example, you can schedule a reminder to run the Log Weight shortcut each morning, or to display the Home ETA shortcut when you depart from work. https://support.apple.com/guide/shortcuts/add-a-shortcu…

Sadly, this will really just create a reminder to run the shortcut. Not run the shortcut.

Re: Show HN: Python library to create Siri shortcuts

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Post by matrixagent » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 7:38 AM UTC

themmes wrote: post #11

aidos wrote: post #2

I might be missing something but I couldn’t find a way to trigger shortcuts to make them useful. So for example, I’d love to have a shortcut that checked if I was still at work at 17:15 each day and tell me to leave (potentially after checking for train delays). It seemed from the developer intro I read about shortcuts this would be possible but it doesn’t seem like there’s an interface to wire up shortcuts to trigge…

Without the checking for trains you could set this up with a reminder with time and location (“on arrival”), once you get the reminder its no big deal to trigger the shortcut (for checking trains etc) manually I guess?

In a way you're certainly right: Not really a big deal. But then again, it's a difference like day and night. True automation versus assisted manual task-activation. I love the shortcuts feature, but not being able to have them run truly automatically (and in the background, you can't have a "wait"-action for longer than ca. 3 minutes) is a major roadblock that Apple should hopefully solve in iOS13.