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Table of Contents
Shortcuts User Guide
Welcome
Shortcuts basics
Intro to Shortcuts
Discover shortcuts in the Gallery
Run shortcuts
Run a shortcut from the app
Run shortcuts with Siri
Run shortcuts from Control Center
Run shortcuts with the Action button
Run shortcuts with Apple Pencil Pro
Run app shortcuts
Run shortcuts from the Home Screen widget
Run shortcuts from the Search screen
Add a shortcut to the Home Screen
Launch a shortcut from another app
Run shortcuts from Apple Watch
Run shortcuts by tapping the back of your iPhone
Adjust privacy settings
How shortcuts work
Intro to how shortcuts work
The flow of content
Action connections
Control the flow of actions
Shortcut completion
The Content Graph engine
Create custom shortcuts
Create a custom shortcut
Ideas for custom shortcuts
Work with actions in Shortcuts
Navigate the action list
Order of actions
Get actions
Transform actions
Share actions
Test your actions
About actions in complicated shortcuts
Edit shortcuts
Intro to editing shortcuts
Organize shortcuts in folders
Change the layout
Reorder shortcuts