Read issue #1 of Daily Digest, by Mailbrew Team.
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Thursday November, 2025
Diabetes with LibreLink

My first post and perhaps the only useful shortcut I've ever created. Those who are diabetic and use the Freestyle Libre can use the following shortcut to say 'Hey Siri, whats my blood sugar'.

It will open up the librelink app, take a screenshot, review the image and tell you …

Google to Apple maps

Is there a way where I search a location in Google Maps and when I hit “directions” it opens in Apple maps in my CarPlay?

My first shortcut : Automatic categorization of reminders

Hi! I'm new to iPhone and I spend my days on the Shortcuts app because it's so powerful!

Here's my new automation: automatic categorization of reminders

It simply applies tags to reminders. The ChatGPT prompt may not be perfect because I'm not fluent in English, but I've translated it for …

Get Current Shortcut Name

You CAN dynamically get the name of the current shortcut and save it to a variable for later re-use.

👀 I've seen threads where people are having to copy out the name of their Shortcut in a Text action or in a dictionary at the top of their Shortcut. This …

A shortcut that records my current location?

So I am trying to figure out a way to generate a shortcut that simply records my current location with a date & time. I'd love to add a direction of travel to it but that comes after I sort out how in the hell to get just a simple …

Shortcuts for budget tracker

Hey guys, Ive been working on a budget tracker recently and i met some problem when trying to use function through the shortcuts app. So i have already done making the budget tracker which include the title, categories and amount. But now i am trying to add a balance so …

help with share button action that combines highlighted text with a url then opens in safari

been trying to create a shortcut that is in the share menu. i want it so when i highlight some text then use it, it will open up a url “https://search.example.com/search?query=*” but with * replaced by the highlighted selected text. i can kinda get it going but i think …

URL or Other Option to Go Back To Settings Home Each Time?

I’m dabbling in making shortcuts for Settings pages, but one of my annoyances is if you’re pages deep into Settings it stays where it is. I want a way to call up the Settings home page with a shortcut, rather than having to use the back button.

Anyone know how …

I’m stuck with grabbing text from a webpage.

Hi guys,

I’m stuck with grabbing text from https://coinmarketcap.com/charts/altcoin-season-index/. I wanna extract the result of the index. It’s digit digit / digit digit digit. Can somone create the shortcut please?

CarPlay, stop lock screen, open ChatGPT

When I’m driving I do my best thinking and enjoy researching using ChatGPT. (Unfortunately & fortunately) there are massive fines for touching your phone down under, and the ChatGPT widget in CarPlay doesn’t open unless the phone is unlocked. Is it possible to setup an automation when I connect to …

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