Don't Want to Wait for iOS 27? Shortcuts Playground From MacStories Generates Shortcuts Using AI
MacStories has introduced Shortcuts Playground, an AI tool that generates shortcuts for Apple's Shortcuts app using natural language. This free and open-source plugin works with Claude Code and OpenAI Codex, allowing users to create shortcuts quickly. While the tool is useful, users are advised to verify the accuracy of the generated shortcuts.
- ▪Shortcuts Playground is a plugin that creates shortcuts using natural language input.
- ▪The tool is free and open source, available on GitHub.
- ▪Users can generate shortcuts that are ready to upload to the Shortcuts app in minutes.
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Don't Want to Wait for iOS 27? Shortcuts Playground From MacStories Generates Shortcuts Using AIThursday May 21, 2026 4:38 pm PDT by Juli CloverApple is rumored to be adding an AI feature for creating shortcuts with natural language to the Shortcuts app in iOS 27, but MacStories' Federico Viticci has a clever AI tool for making shortcuts that you can use today. Shortcuts Playground is a plugin for Claude Code and OpenAI Codex that can create shortcuts for the Apple Shortcuts app using natural language input. It's set up to let users type in a short sentence requesting a shortcut, with the final version output to Finder and ready to upload to Apple's Shortcuts app in a few minutes. Viticci made Shortcuts Playground free and open source, and the plugin is available from GitHub.
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