Setup & Installation
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
What This Skill Does
Generates valid `.shortcut` plist files for Apple's Shortcuts app on macOS and iOS. Covers 1,155 actions spanning WF*Actions and AppIntents, including control flow, variable references, and app integrations. Outputs signed files ready to import directly into Shortcuts.
Generating shortcuts as code lets you build complex multi-step workflows with loops, conditionals, and variable wiring that would be tedious to assemble manually in the Shortcuts GUI.
When to use it
- Automating a morning routine that fetches weather and sends a notification
- Batch processing photos with conditional filters on iPhone
- Chaining URL fetches and AI model calls into a single shortcut
- Building keyboard-triggered macOS automations without touching the GUI
- Creating reusable shortcuts with menus and repeat loops
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
User asks: Create a shortcut that gets the current weather and shows it as a notification
- 1Generate a unique UUID for the weather action
- 2Build a plist action block using is.workflow.actions.weather.currentconditions
- 3Add a notification action referencing the weather output via OutputUUID
- 4Wrap both actions in the root plist structure with name and icon fields
- 5Write the XML to a .shortcut file and run shortcuts sign --mode anyone to produce an importable file
A signed .shortcut file the user can open directly in Shortcuts.app