⚡ Shortcut Studio

Build advanced iOS Shortcuts on the web, then download them as importable .shortcut files.

✨ AI Build — describe a shortcut in plain English; an LLM returns an editable action list.
🗂 Templates — 101 ready-to-fork shortcuts spanning 20+ categories (Web/API, Power User, Share Sheet, Media, Siri, Accessibility, Discretion, Discovery, Streaming, File Management, Networking, Bluetooth, Camera Tricks, Tweaks, Home scenes, Productivity, Calendars, Weather, Text/Data) — from starter skeletons to fully-designed, turnkey automations.
🧱 Editor — add/reorder/remove actions, edit every field, then download.

Live site

https://shortcut-studio.val.run

How a `.shortcut` is made

iOS Shortcuts files are a plist with a WFWorkflowActions array. Each built-in action has a stable identifier (is.workflow.actions.downloadurl, etc.). This app maps a clean JSON action model → the exact XML plist via:

File	Role
`actions.ts`	Action catalog — id, fields, and →-plist builders (72 advanced actions)
`builder.ts`	Generic XML plist serializer + `.shortcut`/`WFWorkflow` assembly; normalizes If/Otherwise/End-If grouping
`templates.ts`	The template library (101 shortcuts, featured-first ordering)
`test.ts`	Library sanity tests — balanced If/Menu/Repeat blocks, unique keys, id audit
`ai.ts`	LLM "describe → build" (OpenAI or Anthropic, auto-detected)
`ui.tsx`	Client-side React studio (Twind styling)
`main.ts`	HTTP entrypoint: page, `/api/meta`, `/api/build`, `/api/ai`, `/source`

API

GET /api/meta — action catalog + templates + AI status.
POST /api/build — {name, steps} → downloadable .shortcut.
POST /api/ai — {description, provider?} → {name, steps}.
GET /source — view/remix this val.

AI status

The "Describe & Build" AI feature is live and verified on Groq and Gemini. It auto-detects any of four providers (priority: Groq → Gemini → OpenAI → Anthropic):

GROQ_API_KEY → model openai/gpt-oss-120b (via Groq)
GEMINI_API_KEY → model gemini-3.6-flash
OPENAI_API_KEY → model gpt-4o-mini
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY → model claude-sonnet-4

Everything else (templates, editor, export) works with no key at all.

Known iterations for true power-user fidelity

Choose from Menu is represented in Shortcuts as a single action with nested menu items; this build uses sibling .item/.end passes. Worth refining for imported menus.
Repeat/Repeat with Each loops share a similar control-flow pattern; refine grouping semantics.
Shortcuts imports unsigned XML plist .shortcut files directly — device-import testing on iOS is the ultimate check.

Contribute

Fork via the view source link, extend actions.ts with more identifiers, and remix your own copy.

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