Think of Shortcuts as a visual scripting language that leverages app functionality and ties into Siri. Either you can use drag and drop to write your own scrip

Think of Shortcuts as a visual scripting language that leverages app functionality and ties into Siri. Either you can use drag and drop to write your own scripts, or you can run scripts written by others. You can run your scripts in a variety of ways, including a trigger phrase you set with Siri. Here's a short video showing the creation of a very simple script in an older version of the program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK0sBtF5_1E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK0sBtF5_1E If you are a podcaster, you might create a more complicated script that converts a source audio file to MP3, adds MP3 tags and artwork to the resulting file and then uses FTP to upload the result to your podcasting network. Another script idea would be to text someone a list of the blocks of free time you have open during a given workday based on your calendar data to help set up a meeting. The possibilities are wide open. You can even tie directly into web API's.