Applet — You need to set up an IFTTT applet that is compatible with Siri and for that it must be available to Shortcuts. To begin with that you need to make sure it has a trigger that is a widget type service trigger. The services available are Button widget, Note widget…

Siri and IFTTT — As an overview there are several layers to using IFTTT, the online automation service with Siri the Apple voice assistant. These different layers cover different concepts, each of which could be expanded upon and be large subjects in themselves. The high level view of using Siri includes using Siri itself…

Introduction — When you install the IFTTT app on your iPhone, one service you may find useful is one specifically called “iOS Reading List”. This is an iPhone specific service that makes use of the reading list feature on the Safari browser on the iPhone. Unlike the trigger services of location and…

Introduction — When you install the IFTTT app on your iPhone, one service you may find useful is one specifically called “iOS Contacts”. This is an iPhone specific service that makes use of the native Contacts app on the iPhone. Unlike the trigger services of location and widget related services, this service…

Introduction — When you install the IFTTT app on your iPhone, one service you may find useful is one specifically called “iOS Calendar”. This is an iPhone specific service that makes use of the native Calendar app on the iPhone. Unlike the trigger services of location and widget related services, this service…

Introduction — When you install the IFTTT app on your iPhone, one service you may find useful is one specifically called “iOS Photos”. This is an iPhone specific service that makes use of the native photo app on the iPhone. Unlike the trigger services of location and widget related services, this service…

Introduction — There are services that are unique to the iPhone. I’ve covered requirements for Widgets and Shortcuts and also the Location service as a trigger and while these are just for mobile devices they also are used for Android. The following services are specifically for the iPhone and tie into iPhone…

Widgets — The services available are Button widget, Note widget and Camera widget. Each has a trigger and available as a widget to add to the home screen. Button is a simple control trigger, note presents a text field box to enter a note when triggered and camera runs your camera app…

Why Use Shortcuts — iPhone Shortcuts are automations you can create on your device to perform all sorts of actions from phone based triggers and tie together different apps. Since you already have an automation creation system on your iPhone it makes sense that we should leverage that to use with our IFTTT based…