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Browser Actions: Your favourite browser, now with macOS Shortcuts support
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macOS Shortcuts support for Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi, Chromium (including Ungoogled Chromium), Brave Browser. And for Safari.
#beta #macos #safari #vivaldi #browsers #chromium #automation #bravebrowser #googlechrome #shortcutsapp
21h ago
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I’ve just released the a public beta build, for version 2024.0.6. It’s a bugfix release for the most part, but I snuck in a new form-related action as well. I’ve rewritten quite a bit of code which isn’t necessarily visible but which adds a lot of stability. It’s still a beta and thus, as...
#beta #macos #safari #vivaldi #browsers #chromium #automation #bravebrowser #googlechrome #shortcutsapp
22h ago
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Release 2024.2.2 (iOS & macOS)
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I’m happy to announce the release of Actions for Obsidian 2024.2.2 for iOS & macOS. Get it on the App Store! Before running any actions, please update the companion plugin Actions URI in Obsidian to 1.6.5+ since AFO relies on that version. No Longer Broken Some errors were displayed in a...
on Oct 17
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How to create an input form for multiple inputs?
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Update: I’ve asked around on Mastodon, and lo and behold, @gluebyte@mastodon.social had an answer! Use a built-in Dictionary action, set the keys to your questions, set the type to whatever, and set one value to the built-in “Ask Each Time” placeholder (enter the value field, right-click it,...
on Oct 17
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Release 2024.2.1 (iOS & macOS)
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I’m happy to announce the release of Actions for Obsidian 2024.2.1 for iOS & macOS. Get it on the App Store! (The macOS version is still undergoing the App Store review process.) Before running any actions, please update the companion plugin Actions URI in Obsidian to 1.6.5+ since AFO relies on...
on Oct 9
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❗️ State of 2024.2.1 for macOS
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The macOS version is still in review. The App Store review team singled out the fact that AFO is asking the user for folder access (i.e., your vault). Over the course of the last two weeks, I’ve received three rejections for 2024.2.1, even though the app doesn’t do anything differently than...
on Sep 30
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Release 2024.2.1 (iOS, macOS still in review)
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I’m happy to announce the release of Actions for Obsidian 2024.2.1 for iOS. Get it on the App Store! (The macOS version is still undergoing the App Store review process.) Before running any actions, please update the companion plugin Actions URI in Obsidian to 1.6.3+ since AFO relies on that...
on Sep 21
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I’m happy to announce the release of Actions for Obsidian 2024.2 for both platforms. Get it on the App Store! Before running any actions, please update the companion plugin Actions URI in Obsidian to 1.6.3+ since AFO relies on that version. New & Exciting 1. Note actions, unite! Periodic...
on Sep 12
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Request for comments: Merging Note and Periodic Note actions?
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A few months ago, I’m currently contemplating merging the Note and Periodic Note actions. Apart from specifying the note (general note vs. Daily/ Weekly/ Monthly/ Quarterly/ Yearly note) they’re basically doing the same thing – looking up a particular note and returning it. So I’ve whipped up a...
on Jul 3
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Knowledge Base, Documentation and Guides for the ActionsDotWork macOS/iOS apps
on Jun 25
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Thanks to all beta testers who let me know about bugs or issues, or hit me up with suggestions – I got some good feedback, please keep it up! Download the current beta version here or, if you’re on an earlier version, check for updates in the app. New stuff Some initial documentation can be...
on Jun 5
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How to tell your action results apart by naming them
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Here’s a Shortcuts feature that’s easy to miss: The results of actions, i.e. their return values, can be named when you use them, and they will keep that name throughout the workflow. Any Shortcuts action dictates the name of its return value. For example, “Ask For Input” has a...
on May 30
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Thanks to all beta testers who let me know about bugs or issues, I got some good feedback, please keep it up! The update notice should pop up automatically within the next 24h in the main app, alternatively click “Check for Updates …” in the app’s main menu to update the app. New It’s now...
on May 4
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UI Actions: Control your favourite apps from Shortcuts
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Use macOS Shortcuts to control any app that has menus, buttons, or accepts keyboard input.
on May 4
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This is the place for getting and giving support for <a href="https://actions.work/ui-actions">UI Actions</a> (macOS), and for showcasing your workflows.
on May 2
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"Link your vault" button not working in 2024.1 (iOS)
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Update 2024-02-29: Quick update on the broken iOS builds of Actions For Obsidian. First of all, sorry for the mess. The 2024.1.1 update went through TestFlight review, I gave it a try, it looked good, so I released it. But when I installed it from the App Store, it was still broken. So what I...
on Mar 2
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I’m happy to announce the release of Actions for Obsidian 2024.1 for both platforms. Get it on the App Store! Before trying out the new stuff, please update the companion plugin Actions URI in Obsidian to 1.5.0+ since AFO relies on that version. New & Exciting Support for working with files...
on Mar 1
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Save File - ActionsDotWork Knowledge Base
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Stores a file in a vault via the file system (not the Obsidian API). Returns The file path of the saved file relative to the vault root. Switches Target folder
on Mar 1
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Developing the quantitative side of Daily Note
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Like many here, I’m using my Daily Note for journaling purposes. Over time, I’ve arrived at an outline (set of questions / journaling prompts) that is simple and meaningful to me. While this is great for the keeping track of the qualitative side of things, I’m missing complementing it with...
on Jan 22
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Open Mastodon thread in Phanpy's excellent thread viewer
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TIL that the truly excellent Mastodon web frontend phanpy.social has a stand-alone thread view mode, meaning you can use it’s very readable thread viewer without being logged in, and friends, I am over the moon! How to use it, manually First, find a Mastodon post belonging to a thread/...
on Jan 21
From actions.work
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If you’re fine with working in Apple’s Mail.app, I can do you one better. Here’s an example workflow which extracts sender, subject and the mail’s internal link for use in Shortcuts: How-to: Get selected message from Mail.app.shortcut (22.5 KB) The workflow uses Applescript for extracting the...
on Jan 20
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Hey all - I’m trying to eliminate some of the other apps I use and consolidate everything into obsidian. Right now I use Microsoft to-do because when you flag an email in outlook, it can automatically create a task for it in to-do… Is there any way a shortcut could be set up where you could...
on Jan 20
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Browser Actions is currently in development for macOS 13.3 and later. Join the public TestFlight! People, it’s been a few interesting weeks, to say the least. 😅 I had to talk to Apple’s developer support because I ran into some weird behaviour (weird to me), and as it turns out, what I was...
on Dec 18
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FYI: Shortcuts editor bug displaying all conditional parameters at once (Sonoma, iOS 17)
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Heads-up, dear macOS Sonoma and iOS 17 users, there is a new Shortcuts editor bug in town (new to me, at least). This is mostly a cosmetic issue. Sometimes, the editor will ignore the developer-given instructions of Shortcuts actions, the ones which creates the so-called “summary”. The summary...
on Dec 15
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Replace changes to Calendar events in "Start my day"
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Hi, As the calendar events change sometimes during the day - cancelled or removed, reduced or extended in time, how does the “Start my day” shortcut reflect this dynamic changes in the calendar event? The reason to ask is if I create the periodic notes at 8 am with " Start my day" shortcut,...
on Dec 13
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This is a bugfix release. No longer broken Get Note Link no longer returns URIs whose vault name is missing. Opening/focussing a note after manipulating it is no longer broken, i.e. the “Open or focus note” toggle found in many AFO actions now actually does something. When creating...
on Dec 13
From actions.work
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Actions URI 1.4.2 was released today. Find it in Obsidian’s Community Plugins Check the GitHub release page: Release 1.4.2 · czottmann/obsidian-actions-uri · GitHub No longer broken Resolves problems with applying templates of the core plugin Templates. Fixes broken handling of silent...
on Dec 12
From actions.work
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What This Workflow Does It syncs contacts from a Apple Contacts group named “Shortcuts demo” with Obsidian. The end result will be a single note for each contact, with up-to-date contact details in the file properties. When the workflow is run again, it’ll find existing notes and update them....
on Dec 12
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TestFlight Beta 1.0.0 build 2400
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A new week, a new Browser Actions TestFlight build! Today’s package contains … Support for targeting the front browser You can now tell the actions to use the front browser. As long as your (supported) browser is the currently active app or the previous active app, Browser Actions should be...
on Dec 4
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This is a wee bugfix release to take care of a bug introduced in 1.3.0. Thanks to Marco (@esamecar@social.lol) for reporting, good find! No longer broken Many actions return a Note object. It contains a “Vault” attribute that can be used as input for a “Vault” parameter of another action, which...
on Nov 25
From actions.work
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I’m happy to announce the release of Actions for Obsidian 1.4.0 for both platforms. Get the fresh and hot from the App Store! Before trying out the new stuff, please update the companion plugin Actions URI to 1.4.0+ since AFO relies on that version. Support for Note Properties Obsidian 1.4...
on Nov 22
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Request for comments: Dataview `TASK` support
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I’ve spent the day looking into support for TASK queries, and let’s just say it’s not as straightforward as I suspected it to be, i.e. due to cross-referencing of tasks, sub-tasks, the possibility of grouping, etc. To be honest, this ↑ combined with the number of people requesting it (= one, hi...
on Nov 21
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iOS dev update & RFC: New "End of workflow" behavior!
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Little update before I close down the shop for the night: the current state of affairs in iOS. It’s a WIP but it works really well. Why the additional “Open Shortcuts”? Because during testing I noticed that it’s a useful option to have when I was editing my workflows. Afterwards, not so...
on Nov 16
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Request for comments: Dataview `TASK` support
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I’m currently looking into adding support for Dataview TASK queries. If you’re one of the people waiting for that: What exactly are you looking for in this feature? I would like to learn what your use case would be. Thanks!
on Nov 16, 2023
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iOS dev update & RFC: New "End of workflow" behavior!
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(RFC = request for comments) So, no Shortcuts action has access to the whole workflow, and therefore can’t tell where it is located in that workflow, and what the current state of the workflow is. Which is a sensible choice made by Apple, but it’s a bit annoying to have AFO show up when it is...
on Nov 14, 2023
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TestFlight Beta (0.1.0 build 2173)
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Dear testers, a new build is here, rejoice. It’s a good one, I think. 😉 Let me run you through the additions and changes real quick here: New “Scroll To Element” action (Web Pages) Scroll To Element brings a specified element into the view port. Handy! Updated “Get Browser Windows” action...
on Oct 24, 2023
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TestFlight Beta (0.1.0 build 2058)
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Good morning! New week, new build. 😅 The headliner feature this time around is “Private Safari windows”. The last few days I dug deep, and finally found a seemingly reliable ways to create private Safari windows without resorting to simulating keystrokes identify (and manipulate) private...
on Oct 16, 2023
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First steps with Browser Actions
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Hello, Here’s the next version of my little showcase. The major improvement over the initial version is its ability to create notes in Safari, Google Chrome, and Brave without the need for specific routines tailored to each browser. Adding support for any missing browsers is straightforward,...
on Oct 12, 2023
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Set Form Fields From Dictionary - ActionsDotWork Knowledge Base
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Sets form fields to new values. The fields and their values are specified by a pass-in dictionary, where each dictionary key/value pair is a field denominator a
on Oct 7, 2023
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▶️ Quick capture with iOS' Back Tap
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This is a short’n’simple one, that I use together with the Back Tap feature in iOS. No matter what I’m doing on my phone, with two taps on the back I get a text box where I can do a quick brain dump of something I want to remember. That text is sent to a “inbox” document that I process later.
on Oct 1, 2023
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▶️ Link-sharing using AfO, GoodLinks, and Buffer
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Use case I spend a lot of time reading articles, blogposts, etc at work. Much of what I read I want to share with others. For ideas that are more long-form, I’ve a solid workflow since years back. But I’ve been struggling to find something frictionless enough for simple link-sharing. The problem...
on Oct 1, 2023