Shortcuts
Bridges macOS Shortcuts.app into LifeOS: build a Shortcut once via computer use, then...
Install
npx skills add danielmiessler/LifeOS --skill Shortcuts -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- danielmiessler/LifeOS19.7k
- Category
- Engineering
- Updated
- 8d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Lightabout 948 tokens
- Runs scripts
- Yes, review before use
What it does
Bridges macOS Shortcuts.app into LifeOS: build a Shortcut once via computer use, then call it as a CLI to reach Apple-only capabilities like HomeKit. USE WHEN build a shortcut, create a shortcut, macOS shortcut, shortcuts app, run a shortcut, automate a native mac task, HomeKit automation that needs a shortcut, thermostat shortcuts, control home from CLI, wrap an Apple-only action, no API for this app. NOT FOR web automation (Interceptor), shell-scriptable tasks (Bash), devices reachable by API (Home / Network).
Shortcuts
Turn GUI-only macOS Shortcuts into callable LifeOS automation. Shortcuts reaches Apple-only surfaces (HomeKit/Home, native system actions, app intents) that have no other automation path. Computer use is slow and pixel-fragile, while the shortcuts CLI is fast and deterministic but can only run shortcuts, never build them. So each capability is built once (BuildShortcut) and is plain CLI from then on (RunShortcut, through Tools/Shortcuts.ts). This is CLI-first doctrine applied to the no-API problem.
Ideal State
- Each Apple-only capability is built once as a Shortcut under the exact name its consumers call, and is proven by a
runwhose output matches the spec, never by how the editor looks. - Every later use is plain CLI through
Tools/Shortcuts.tsorshortcuts run, with no pixels and no computer use. - A failed run or missing shortcut is diagnosed against the exact registered names, so a case or whitespace mismatch is caught before anything is rebuilt.
Intent Routing
| Intent | Trigger | File |
|---|---|---|
| BuildShortcut | "build a shortcut", "create a shortcut", "set up the X shortcut" | Intents/BuildShortcut.md |
| RunShortcut | "run the X shortcut", "invoke X", any consumer calling a built shortcut | Intents/RunShortcut.md |
| ListShortcuts | "list shortcuts", "what shortcuts exist", "does X exist" | Intents/ListShortcuts.md |
| File | Read when |
|---|---|
Setup.md | first-time setup, a worked example of adding your own shortcut, and the read-only proof commands |
