Shortcuts Playground Plugin

Shortcuts Playground


Create Apple Shortcuts with natural language using Claude Code or Codex.

Shortcuts Playground is a plugin for Claude Code and Codex that lets you turn any idea into a shortcut for Apple's Shortcuts app. Describe what you want in plain English; a few minutes later, you get a real, signed `.shortcut` file ready to import into the Shortcuts app.

Under the hood, shortcuts have always been XML files that get signed and encrypted into a special, Apple-only `.shortcut` format. Shortcuts Playground ships a comprehensive knowledge base that teaches Claude and Codex how Shortcuts actions work, what syntax they use, and how they connect to one another. Agents generate the XML, validate it through a loop, and sign it using Apple's native `shortcuts` CLI.

For OS 27-era Shortcuts, the plugin also ships target-gated ToolKit v78 action coverage from macOS 27 and iOS 27 Simulator, plus reviewed static Apple-derived grounding, parameter-key, enum-case, automation-trigger, and exported `WFWorkflowTriggers` catalogs. Those catalogs are generated from Apple's local ToolKit/ToolRenderer/WorkflowKit metadata and maintainer-exported shortcut XML, then packaged as JSON so existing users do not need macOS 27 or private Apple frameworks.

The result is a valid shortcut, built from a sentence.

A project by [Federico Viticci](https://www.macstories.net). Read more [here](https://www.macstories.net/stories/introducing-shortcuts-playground/).‎

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Current Release

**v1.2.1** extends the early, opt-in macOS/iOS 27 support while keeping macOS 26 users on the existing validation surface by default.

• macOS/iOS 27 ToolKit v78 action snapshots, parameter catalogs, enum catalogs, trigger metadata, and sanitized exported WFWorkflowTriggers samples ship as static JSON; users do not need macOS 27 or private Apple frameworks installed.
• New OS 27-era authoring coverage includes Stored