Open Threads App shortcut

Use Apple Shortcuts to open the Threads app as a step of a posting workflow.

This shortcut is designed to be run as a function from another shortcut using the ‘Run Shortcut’ action. For instance, if you have a shortcut that you use to facilitate posting to multiple social networks, you can use the ‘Run Shortcut’ action in it, select this shortcut, and then every time it’s run it will open the Threads app for you.

That way you don’t have to recreate the actions for every shortcut that you want to use to open the app. Just call this one up every time you need to open Threads!

The origin and methodology of this shortcut are documented in this blog post.

Required Apps

• Threads

Run This Shortcut

You can run this shortcut from its URL (such as from within a note, calendar event, or to-do item):

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Threads%20App

Latest Release Notes

Version 1.0 - July 13, 2023, 12:30am

• Introducing ‘Open Threads App’ version 1.0. Enjoy!

Thanks for checking out this shortcut! It’s part of the HeyDingus Shortcuts Library. If you’re sharing my shortcuts or modifying them (or see a bug or have a feature request), I’d love to hear from you — please give me a shout! And maybe consider a donation if you find this shortcut fun or useful. Thank you. ✌️