shortcuts(1) – General Commands Manual

NAME

shortcuts – Command-line utility for running shortcuts.

SYNOPSIS

shortcuts run
shortcut-name
[–input-path input-path …]
[–output-path output-path …]
[–output-type output-type]
shortcuts list
[–folder-name folder-name]
[–folders]
shortcuts view
shortcut-name
shortcuts sign
[–mode mode]
–input input
–output output

DESCRIPTION

The
shortcuts
command is used to run, list, view or sign shortcuts. To create or edit a shortcut, use the Shortcuts application.

OPTIONS

shortcuts run

shortcut-name

[–input-path input-path …]

The input to provide to the shortcut. Can be dropped, or set to
“-”
for stdin.

[–output-path output-path …]

Where to write the shortcut output, if applicable. Can be omitted, or set to
“-”
for stdout.

[–output-type output-type]

What type to output data in, in Uniform Type Identifier format. If not provided
shortcuts
will attempt to infer the output type from the output filename, or use the default type of the output content.

shortcuts list

[–folder-name folder-name]

List all shortcuts in the folder
“folder-name” .

[–folders]

List all user-created folders.

shortcuts sign

[–mode mode]

The signing mode. Either
“people-who-know-me”
or
“anyone” .Specifying
“people-who-know-me”
will sign locally, but only your devices, or people who have your contact info in their contacts, will be able to import the shortcut. Specifying
“anyone”
will notarize via iCloud, and allow anyone to import the shortcut.

–input input

The shortcut file to sign.

–output output

Output path for the signed shortcut file.

macOS – September 8, 2021