Agenda Tasks -> Things Inbox

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Shortcut works like a champ for me! Thanks!

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I have never really bothered with Shortcuts, always seemed like too much effort but this is genius! Thanks so much for sharing :pray:

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Thanks @gbuell for this great shortcut! I modified it this way: The first line of the Agenda-Note (the Title) will be the Title of a new Things-Project and all tasks are included in this project. There are two Versions: one for ā€žThings 3ā€œ and one for ā€žThings 3 for iPadā€œ

Link to Things-3-Version

Link to Things-3-for-iPad-Version

I hope it works fine! The project will be created with x-callback and it seems that the Things-URL-Action depends on the App-Version of Things (iPad or normal version).

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Im not very shortcut savvy, but is there a way to instead of making a project with to-do items as this shortcut does on ipad to make a shortcut that makes a to-do with checklist items?

This would be useful for adding to an already existing project that you get an update for or more action items for.

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Would this work with reminders app as well?

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thank you so muchļ¼iā€™m just looking for a short cut to Things 3

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Thanks for sharing this shortcut!
I was able to add it to my shorcuts app, however when I run it, nothing happens (other than Things is opened at the end).

What step am I missing?

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Are you on iOS14 by any chance?

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Yeah - public beta.

Also, I was playing around with ā€œthings helperā€ on Mac. I canā€™t seem to get the agenda URL to add directly onto the task. Similar to how it works with the mail app or safari.

Is there a way to quickly get the URL link for a note? I currently right click on a note under ā€œrecently usedā€ and click ā€œcopy as agenda linkā€

Thanks

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I believe that at the moment URLs are broken in the shortcut app, @heyscottyj was mentioning this I believe.

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Yes, but URLs seem to be performing better as of dev beta 3, so assuming it becomes the next public beta, these would be worth retesting then.

Good luck!

ScottyJ

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My shortcut is broken. It used to pull all checkbox lines in an Agenda note, but now itā€™s only pulling the first item. Is anyone else having trouble?

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Yep, itā€™s doing the same thing for me. it creates the project via the call in the first portion of the shortcut, but it doesnā€™t inject the subsequent tasks underneath of it.

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@jowarn - have you confirmed that itā€™s working on the iPad version? Iā€™m able to get the title project to be completed, however the individual tasks I canā€™t seem to get created.

Any thoughts?? Thanks for your help!!

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Oh, Iā€˜m sorry, I donā€˜t work with Things anymore.ā€¦ when I shared the shortcut, it worked with the iPad version, but since iOS 14 I have some troubles with other shortcuts, maybe there are new commands that work betterā€¦? Iā€˜ll try to look at it.

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@jowarn is there a way to do this with GoodTask? Iā€™m using it a lot and would love to Set some shortcuts but both have a weird way to set up shortcuts between them.

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I think it must be possible only if GoodTasks is supported by Apple Shortcuts, then you can replace the Things-Shortcut by an GoodTask-Shortcut but I donā€™t know it.

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Hi, does this Shortcut still work? If I share a note with checkboxes it runs and opens Things 3 on iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1 but no entries are created in the Things Inbox.

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I also tried those now (but still prefer to get them into the Things 3 Inbox) but the iOS version creates a new project in Things but doesnā€™t transfer the checkbox items - no idea what is wrong?