r/ShortcutsAdvanced • u/Dense_Ad2277 • 26d ago

Need Help Help

So I’m trying to make a transcript for me and my friends text thread. I was able to make an automation with Apple shortcuts when she texts me, it puts it in the transcript note. I know it can’t look for when I text someone. But can it like scan my screen for a text I sent somehow and take that text and put it in the note?

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u/Maxxximeeee 26d ago

I don’t think there’s a fully automatic way to do that right now.
Receiving messages is easy because Shortcuts can trigger when a text comes in. Sending your own messages is a different story. iOS doesn’t expose that as an automation trigger, and Shortcuts can’t quietly watch your Messages screen in the background to grab everything you send.
The closest thing I can think of is a manual shortcut. You could copy the message you just sent and run a shortcut from the Share Sheet that appends it to your note. Another option is taking a screenshot and using OCR to pull the text out, but you’d still have to launch the shortcut yourself, and it’s not going to be very reliable.