I'm attempting to send an HTTP request when a motion sensor detects movement. I've setup the trigger in the Home app, and chose "Convert to Shortcut", now I'm trying to get the "Get contents of URL" shortcut action to work. I'm running the target web server (a little Node.js app) on my local network. I originally tried to use a simple http server, but was getting the error: An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made. Assuming that HomeKit was converting my http URL to https automatically I moved my service to a domain where I have LetsEncrypt setup, added support for simple token based auth via headers, and tried again. This time I got the error: A server with the specified hostname could not be found I triple checked my spelling, verified that the request worked from my Mac and iOS Safari, then concluded that the HomePod (my current home hub) doesn't do domain name resolution like I expect and I need to use an IP address instead. Since I can't get a LetsEncrypt cert for a local IP address I generated a self-signed certificate with the instructions outlined here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/24749608 I additionally installed the root CA on all my HomePods and my phone using a "DER format crt" also described in that post. Now I'm getting another error: The certificate for this server is invalid. You might be connecting to a server that is pretending to be "192.168.7.77" which could put your confidential information at risk. Installing root certs into my HomePods feels a little reckless, so I'm going to go reset them to factory settings and hope that someone here has some guidance as to what I need to do to make my service eligible for the "Get Contents of URL" shortcut. Thank you! A note for anyone trying to reproduce this: the errors I'm quoting are shown when you click the play button at the bottom of the shortcut editing/creation screen ("Home" app > "Automations" tab > "+" button > setup any trigger > "Convert To Shortcut" at the bottom of the action selector > "▶️" button). Clicking "Test automation" after creating the automation, or using the actual Shortcuts app will give misleading results.

So I am using shortcuts app on MacOS Monterey. When try to run an AppleScript with Keystroke command in it I get an error message that says "System Events got an error: Shortcuts is not allowed to send keystrokes." Even I gave all the permission to Shortcuts app in privacy settings. Is there any other way to do that in Shortcuts app?

I have a shortcut that I use to track my mileage. When my phone connects to the car’s Bluetooth, it asks me for the current mileage (as input), then appends this to a particular note, along with the current date. It worked fine. i updated the shortcut so that it also calculates the miles per year I’m doing. But now it won’t append anything to the Note. I’ve checked that this is the problem command by using a Show Note command after I’ve found the correct Note. any ideas?

The IntentHandler in my objective-C implementation of a custom intent fails to receive a call from a voice activated shortcut. When using Siri to invoke the donated interaction, I have observed that I receive the following errors in the Console app that claim the intent handler method for intent is unimplemented: -[INIntentDeliverer _invokeIntentHandlerMethodForIntent:intentHandler:parameterNamed:keyForSelectors:executionHandler:unimplementedHandler:] _invokeIntentHandlerMethodForIntent sirikit.intent.voice_commands.RunVoiceCommandIntent -[WFRVCIntentHandler stateMachineForIntent:] Created state machine <WFRVCStateMachine: 0x102e23970 state=WaitingForServer phase=Unknown> for intent with identifier 8A87FC68-329D-49FF-B534-B0A5821854CA -[INIntentDeliverer _invokeIntentHandlerMethodForIntent:intentHandler:parameterNamed:keyForSelectors:executionHandler:unimplementedHandler:] _invokeIntentHandlerMethodForIntent sirikit.intent.voice_commands.RunVoiceCommandIntent This error is consistent with the fact that an attempt to trigger the custom intent with a voice command results in iOS calling my appDelegate, and in particular the application:continueUserActivity:restorationHandler:. According to the documentation, the restorationHandler should only be called if the intent is not handled and must be handled by the main app. As there is very little documentation for an objective-C implementation, I cannot figure out what I am missing. I have tried to map the sample SoupChef app implementation of Siri Shortcuts to my implementation. I cannot figure out where I am going wrong. Here is my implementation (sorry for all the details, but I am hoping you can see something wrong): First, I have implemented two additional targets; a Shared Framework and an Intents Extension. I have also implemented an Intents Definition File. Here is an image of my targets: W_P_r is the main app, W_P_rKit is the shared framework, and PartsListManagerIntents is the Intents Extension. Next, here is my Intents Definition file and the target membership that it belongs to: I have also added an app group to the capabilities section of the add for both the main target and the PartsListIntentManager target. And I added Siri capability to the main target. All of this auto-creates some code, including a default IntentHandler.m and an info.plist in the PartsListManagerIntents target. I have updated the info.plist as follows: And here is the Auto-generated IntentHandler (which I have modified to log activity and to call a specific intent handler that resides in the W_P_rKit shared framework: #import "IntentHandler.h" #import <Intents/Intents.h> #import <W_P_rKit/W_P_rKit.h> #import "CreatePartsListIntentHandler.h" #import "P__tHandler.h" #import <os/log.h> @interface IntentHandler () /* <CreatePartsListIntentHandling, P__tHandling> */ @end @implementation IntentHandler - (id)handlerForIntent:(INIntent *)intent { os_log_with_type(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, OS_LOG_TYPE_DEBUG, "handlerForIntent: Reached IntentHandler."); if ([intent.identifier isEqualToString:@"P__rIntent"]) { NSLog(@"P__rIntent"); return [[P__rIntentHandler alloc] init]; } else if ([intent.identifier isEqualToString:@"CreatePartsListIntent"]) { NSLog(@"CreatePartsListIntent"); os_log_with_type(OS_LOG_DEFAULT, OS_LOG_TYPE_DEBUG, "handlerForIntent: IntentHandler Received CreatePartsListIntent."); return [[CreatePartsListIntentHandler alloc] init]; } return self; } Note that CreatePartsListIntentHandler is a class that implements the CreatePartsListIntentHandling protocol (resolve, confirm, and handle methods of the IntentHandler). Now here is the relevant implementation that should trigger iOS to call the IntentHandler: In my app at the point where the user fills in the name of a new project I make a call to donate the interaction as follows: CreatePartsListIntent *data = [[CreatePartsListIntent alloc] init]; data.projectName = [projectPlistName copy]; data.quantity = [NSNumber numberWithInteger : currentProjectQuantity]; [[W_P_rDonationManager sharedInstance] donateCreatePartsListIntent : data]; The call to donateCreatePartsListIntent does the following: data.suggestedInvocationPhrase = @"Create Parts List"; INInteraction* interaction = [[INInteraction alloc] initWithIntent:data response:nil]; [interaction donateInteractionWithCompletion:^(NSError * _Nullable error) { ... } Once the user has created the empty parts list (forcing the above interaction donation to occur), the view controller will present an "Add Siri Shortcut" button. The tapping of the button automatically calls the following method to create a shortcut: -(void) addCreatePartsListShortcutWasTapped { NSUserActivity *userActivity = [[W_P_rDonationManager sharedInstance] CreatePartsListShortcut]; INShortcut *shortcut = [[INShortcut alloc] initWithUserActivity:userActivity]; INUIAddVoiceShortcutViewController *addSiri = [[INUIAddVoiceShortcutViewController alloc] initWithShortcut:shortcut]; addSiri.delegate = self; [self presentViewController:addSiri animated:YES completion: nil]; } The call to CreatePartsListShortcut does the following: NSUserActivity *newActivity = [[NSUserActivity alloc] initWithActivityType: kW_P_rCreatePartsListActivityType]; newActivity.persistentIdentifier = kW_P_rCreatePartsListActivityType; newActivity.eligibleForSearch = TRUE; newActivity.eligibleForPrediction = TRUE; CSSearchableItemAttributeSet *attributeSet = [[CSSearchableItemAttributeSet alloc] initWithContentType: UTTypeImage]; newActivity.title = @"Create Parts List"; attributeSet.contentDescription = @"Create a parts list for a new project"; newActivity.suggestedInvocationPhrase = @"Create Parts List"; UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"W_P_r_Icon.jpg"]; NSData *imageData = [NSData dataWithData:UIImagePNGRepresentation(image)]; attributeSet.thumbnailData = imageData; newActivity.contentAttributeSet = attributeSet; return newActivity; This does create a shortcut that is visible in the shortcuts app. Clicking on the shortcut or saying the invocation phrase will take you directly to the the app delegate's application:userActivity:restorationHandler. But it does not call the IntentHandler. I know this because I have implemented logs that would tell me if the execution thread came there. Why is my IntentHandler not being called? Why is iOS sending the error message _invokeIntentHandlerMethodForIntent:intentHandler:parameterNamed:keyForSelectors:executionHandler:unimplementedHandler:? I have actually been struggling with this for weeks. Any help or hints would be so helpful.