Pick a Category

Give it text and a list of choices; it answers with exactly one, ready for an If.

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Free. Sign in with Apple and start with 25¢ of credit.

Runs from: Run Shortcut
Model: TypeSafe Jev
Typical cost: ~<0.01¢ per run

How to use it

Add Run Shortcut to your own shortcut and pick this one. Pass it one item, or a List with what to work on first and your instructions last. Example: a List of an email and "Urgent: needs action today, Needs reply, FYI", then If Shortcut Result is Urgent.

What’s inside

1
Ask Advanced Automations
Sends what you passed in, and your instructions, to our API with your key.
2
Stop and Output
Always one of your choices, written exactly as you gave it.

How adding works

Tap Get it free and sign in.
We copy a key for this shortcut to your clipboard and open the Shortcuts app.
When Shortcuts asks for your key, paste it and tap Add Shortcut.

Call it from your own code

curl https://www.iphoneadvanced.com/api/v1/run/pick-a-category \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"input": "…", "instructions": "…"}'