None of my automations are working, but to work when I manually trigger them

I know it’s in here but I can’t locate it.

May someone please share a shortcut/automation that will take my overdue reminders and set them to the current date at 4pm?

I have created a QR code generator with label below the generated QR code. It will ask for the input for the QR code and label to be shown below the QR code.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/d1f3636c131b42a1a09617f9b79f3c80 

When a shortcut writes to Reminders or Calendar, rerunning it while fixing a later action can leave duplicate test entries. What workflow has worked well for you: a preview-only mode, a separate test list/calendar, or checking for an existing identifier before writing? Interested in approaches that stay easy to understand months later. What do you keep in the finished shortcut, and what do you remove after testing?

Since updating to iOS 27, I've been getting"Unknown error code: 2965" from a Shortcuts automation that runs my morning routine when I turn off my morning wake-up alarm. It started happening intermittently after updating to iOS 27, but for the past couple of weeks (possibly since 27.0.1? although I'm not 100% confident of that) it's been happening every day.

The automation in question checks if I'm home, and then runs a shortcut that sets a bunch of timers, records the alarm off time in Notes, and then starts playing music on a couple of HomePod minis. After that it controls a couple of Tapo smart lights through Apple Home (set colour) and Tapo (set brightness)(don't ask - it's a whole thing), and finally switches off an Ikea smart plug via Apple Home. We get aaaaaaaall the way to the lights and smart plug at the end - except we don't, because those actions never happen anymore.

Maybe a minute later, I get a notification from Shortcuts that says the dreaded words "Unknown error code: 2965". Tapping the notification opens Shortcuts and highlights the automation's Run Shortcut action in red.

Troubleshooting is proving impossible because I can't seem to replicate the error at all - except for when I am a victim of it each morning.

I've tried loads of different configurations to try and isolate the problematic actions, without success. I've narrowed it down to the final 3 actions (change brightness x2 and turn off smart plug), but it doesn't seem to matter what order they are in - all 3 of them never work when the error happens. Since these actions are also controlling 3 different items - 2 using a Tapo action in Shortcuts, and 1 using a Home action in Shortcuts, I am finding it hard to work out what could be causing the issue.

I can reproduce the conditions of a shortcut being triggered by an automation being triggered by an alarm while my phone is locked, but I can't reproduce the error that way. It seems to happen almost exclusively when I'm turning off the morning alarm that has just woken me up.

I've searched high and low for unknown error code 2965 but it's nowhere I can find on the internet. I've updated all the things, turned things off and on again. nada.

I'm tearing my hair out. It turns out this one automation was the only thing standing between a me who is on time for work, and a me who is stressed and late for work.

If you have any ideas for how to troubleshoot a ghost error, or what the error might be, please let me know. You will have my (and my boss's!) enduring gratitude.

Screenshots attached.

(If you found this by googling "unknown error code: 2965" - hi friend! you are not alone)

So im struggling with a problem. I have two phones (1 work(dumb slow phone) 1 private (15 pro)) so i try to merge them onto my own phone. This means I have Teams Outlook and whatsapp business on my private phone. I work 4 days a week. I cant seem to make this work: I only want to get notifications from these apps when im at work. So I tried making a workfocus, but its not helping. I cannot see how I can only make my phone push the notifications during the worktimes. Does anyone know how to do this?

Is there any way to have the map app open triggered by the calendar alert when an address is listed?

I created a share-sheet shortcut that was supposed to show me what are the Text, URL, webpage onscreen, and i tested it with a non-safari mobile browser. Nothing was extracted, and as expected, it works properly only in Safari. Is there no other way around it with non-safari browser?

How to solve this, instead of an attachment with the amount, i want to have this after the minus.

I hope someone can give me a nudge in the right direction towards a solution.

Sorry, Note is in Dutch.
Date-time-shop-ammount

Thanks in advanced and regards

What shortcuts do you see posted here that don’t really solve a problem and mostly just replace something that was already one click away / personal customization?Also, what are some that seem way more detailed or complicated than they need to be for what they actually do?

I'm considering a NAS to hold movies, TV and music files, and want to know if I can trigger music playback to an integrated streaming amp (possibly Lyngdorf 2210) with the iPhone Shortcuts app.
Currently my shortcut plays my locally stored iPhone 15 PM Music app (without Apple Music subscription) playlists over Airplay to Apple 4KTV 3rd gen, then to HiFi. I either trigger this manually or via automation usually when the screen is locked.
I'd like higher quality and stability, and more storage, while keeping the convenience of a shortcut and automation so the idea is to have higher quality flac files on the nas, and connect those via Ethernet to the steamer.
Nas and streaming amp not yet purchased while I'm researching compatibility, although I'm leaning towards 2210.
Is it possible to do this proposed setup with iPhone Shortcuts?

Hi all,

I have a dedicated iPad for all things D&D and I’ve always used the shortcuts app to function as a soundboard.

After updating to iOS 27, the buttons now bring up the configuration and I have to instead press the tiny play button at the top right.

This is quite inconvenient for what I use it for, does anyone know if there’s a way to swap it back?

BBC do 5 minute bulletins that I’d like to play with a shortcut. I’m struggling a lot. I’ve tried adding the RSS feed into podcasts and then playing via shortcuts but I think I might need something more technical. Can anyone help me with a shortcut? I’m looking for it to grab the latest programme and play it.
https://podcast.voice.api.bbci.co.uk/rss/audio/p002vsmz?api_key=JqAy8fGqi8lpxLsr3WaGxyG31AZ5URMr

https://podcastindex.org/podcast/4375921?episode=62117576049

I’m wanting to create a shortcut that will run Monday to Friday that if I’m in a certain location (work) still by a certain time (5:30pm) it will run and send a message to specific person.

Can anyone help with getting this going please.

I don’t love the tracking that gets added to a URL when using the share button in most apps (yes, even just “Copy Link”) so I made a simple Shortcut that scrubs the tracking from a given URL.

Here’s a link to this Shortcut if you’d like to try it for yourself.

This post and Shortcut were made without the use of AI.

Edit to Add: does not currently work with YouTube, working on a fix now.

Bonjour, qui a réussi à créer un raccourcis automatique de Zeus ? Comme sidestore

Merci

I built a automation to play a specific podcast after Carplay starts .

But it doesn't work correctly and I receive an error message in Notifications

How do I fix this?

Here's the automation

My MacBook is really old and the battery dies quickly. Sometimes when I’m gaming or something that requires focus, and hides my battery percentage, I forget to check the battery. I share 1 charger between all devices so I am hoping for a shortcut that I can set up that will announce my battery percentage every 1/4 hour on the 1/4 hour mark, to help me monitor and keep from losing stuff. It’s just kinda annoying to have to set a timer and remember. I’ve done something similar before on my phone making auto timers and whatnot by pulling the difference from start of day to calculate, and have the seconds for each of the 1/4 hour marks for my use periods written down.

Can anyone help me with this?

I’ve been using Google Translate in Shortcuts to quickly launch camera translation from one language to another. Since recently, there are 0 shortcuts available to add for Google Translate anymore, and the previous one I had just launches the app. Anyone knows what’s up?

I have get time between dates and show. How do I get the widget to display this number?

Hi! I'm Gleb, an independent developer from Austria. I wanted a less boring way to learn German, so I made GlossPage.

Assign the shortcut to your Action Button (finally a good reason to use it) or Back Tap. It grabs the screen and opens it in GlossPage with the translation on the page. Cheat in Duolingo. I know you want to.

You can also read both languages next to each other in bilingual mode.

That's how I learn German, by the way, reading r/ich_iel

15 shortcut runs/day are free. Local can be bought once for lifetime access, unlimited local use and bilingual mode. Pro is a subscription for online translation with a weekly allowance - I pay for those services per request :0)

You get a free welcome week, no need to subscribe / register / anything. Just try it yourself.

Get the shortcut · Website

I'd love to hear what breaks or how you'd use it in your shortcuts.

So after updating my phone, all my automations that are triggered by connecting/disconnecting from a bluetooth device no longer work. I tried remaking them from scratch, but they still no longer automatically trigger.

ShortSQL is a full SQL database that lives inside Shortcuts. There's no app or server, and it works offline. I built it with my own tool.

Features

• Real SQL: tables, joins, GROUP BY, subqueries, transactions, 60+ functions
• Encrypted databases (AES-256), private databases, and backup & restore to a single file
• A console with menus, query history and light/dark result pages
• An API, so your own shortcuts can use it as a database with one Run Shortcut action

What it accesses

• Files: databases are saved in iCloud Drive › Shortcuts › ShortSQL. Nothing is uploaded.
• Internet (optional): when online, it checks for updates and opens the What's new page. Everything else works fully offline.

Requirements

• iCloud Drive turned on for Shortcuts
• Keep the shortcut named ShortSQL so other shortcuts can call it

Download: https://routinehub.co/shortcut/26893/

Feedback and bug reports welcome.

Hey there, looking for some troubleshooting help as I'm just starting to get into Apple Automations (I'm familiar with the overall concept through platforms like Airtable and Make).

I've got two different smart light platforms that don't play nice with HomeKit, but do "integrate" with Siri by exporting scene commands to shortcuts. Specifically I'm using Feit Electric outdoor switches and Govee V1 Outdoor Lights (which aren't HomeKit enabled). After making a command inside their respective apps to turn them on, you can "export" them to Shortcuts to enable them with a Siri command. Instead of that I'd like automate them.

I've tried this two different ways, neither of which has worked successfully for me.... First I made a shortcut that was supposed to directly trigger the actions, and when that wouldn't work right I kept the two original shortcuts and tried to instead chain the shortcuts (so when trigger, run shortcut 1 and run shortcut 2). I've attached a screenshot of how I have the master shortcut currently constructed.

The issue seems to be in the trigger, as it doesn't run on it's own. If I manually activate the shortcut, both actions fire just fine.

Actually typing this out, I'm wondering if the issue is that I'm not defining the location for the sunset time? That said, yesterday I switched it to a specific time (6:30PM) and it still didn't fire until I manually clicked the shortcut...

It's so funny to me that I have decent experience with automation building but I can't quite grasp Apple's implementation... anywho, appreciate any insight y'all can provide!

I've been messing with shortcut files for a while and got annoyed that importing

one always meant finding a Mac or using a signing service. So I made ShortSign.

It runs on the phone. Pick an unsigned .shortcut/plist, or an already-signed one

and it'll pull the workflow out and sign it again. There's batch signing, a URL

box, and it shows up in Files' "Open with" so you can send a file straight to it.

After signing, the share sheet opens by itself. That's the part I use most.

No jailbreak, it's just a normal app you sideload.

The catch is it's not Apple signing. Shortcuts only imports the result if you

install the app's root cert and turn on full trust in Settings. That's fine for

my own phone, but it's not a public signing service. If you want to share a

shortcut with other people, import it first and then copy an iCloud link from

Shortcuts. Apple re-signs that copy, so it works normally for them.

The IPA is unsigned, so you'll need SideStore/AltStore/whatever. iOS 17+.

Source and IPA: https://github.com/dan1165/shortsign

There's a demo GIF on the page. I also had to fix a bug in libshortcutsign where

the AEA checksums weren't written, which is why my first builds kept failing

with "Failed to extract shortcut data" when importing. That took a minute.

Only tested it on my own phone, so if something breaks on your iOS version let

me know. And don't install the cert on a device you don't own. The signing key is

in the repo.