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Siri, Shortcuts, and automations
Eight phrases that work the moment you install Kept, a catalog of available actions for the Shortcuts app, and recipes worth stealing.
Nearly everything you do in Kept is also an action in the Shortcuts app. That means Siri can run them, automations can schedule them, and you can chain them into things we never thought of.
Say it to Siri
Eight phrases work with no setup while Body is paused. Each has a few variations; all of them name Kept.
| Say | What happens |
|---|---|
| "Capture in Kept" | Opens Capture ready to type, or files what you dictate |
| "Add a task in Kept" | Creates a task from what you say |
| "Add a note in Kept" | Saves a note |
| "Start focus in Kept" | Starts a 25-minute session |
| "Complete my next habit in Kept" | Checks off the next open habit and tells you how many are kept |
| "What's my habit status in Kept" | Reads today's habits: kept so far, next up |
| "What's next in Kept" | Names your next event and its time |
| "Reflect in Kept" | Takes your words and saves them as a dated reflection note |
Answers are spoken and shown as a card. You kept 4 of 6. Next up: Ten minutes of mobility. Capture, Search Kept, and Find Notes ask you to unlock the phone first.
Build your own in Shortcuts
Open the Shortcuts app, tap +, and search for Kept. The catalog covers tasks, events, notes, habits, goals, focus, search, and opening any surface. Read actions return lists you can count and loop over, or a single value where one makes more sense, such as a habit count or the next event; create actions return the thing they made.
| Family | Actions |
|---|---|
| Tasks | Create, Complete, Reopen, Reschedule, Set Priority, Move to Goal, Delete, Find, Open |
| Events | Create, Reschedule, Cancel, Find, Get Next Event, Open |
| Notes | Create, Append, Find, Open, Reflect |
| Habits | Complete, Uncomplete, Find, Complete Next, Get Habits Status, Add a habit |
| Goals | Create, Find, Get Progress |
| Focus | Start Focus with any minutes, Find Focus Sessions, Get Focus Status |
| Status | Get Today Summary, Get Identity Status |
| Open | Open Kept at Today, Calendar, Tasks, Notes, or Capture; open a task, an event, or a note; Search Kept |
Shortcuts' own Ask Each Time input works with any field that varies.
Recipes
The same list lives in Settings → Tools → Automations, with an Open Shortcuts button.
- Morning brief. At 6:00, Get Today Summary, then Start Focus for 25 minutes.
- Close the day. At 21:00, Get Habits Status and check what is left from the card.
- Clear an area, then go deep. Find Tasks where Area is Work and Due is Today, repeat Complete Task for each you finished, then Start Focus for 50 minutes.
- NFC desk tag. Tap the tag, Start Focus.
- Daily standup post. Weekdays at 17:00, Find Tasks where Area is Work and Due is Today, format as text, send to Slack.
- Work Focus scope. In iOS Settings → Focus → Work, add the Kept filter and choose the areas that belong to work.
- Action Button capture. Settings › Action Button → Controls → Capture, or give Capture in Kept to Back Tap.
What runs without opening the app
Reads such as Find Tasks and Today Summary answer from a snapshot on the device, so they are instant and work offline. Writes such as Complete Task or Create Note queue on the device and flush the moment the app wakes.
When you supply text to Capture, it saves your words on the device before choosing a task, event or note. For a single item, if routing takes longer than 2.5 seconds, it saves a note and returns the saved item without waiting for the model to finish. Leaving Text empty opens Kept's Capture composer. Use Shortcuts' Ask for Input action when you want a prompt on each run.
Capture in Kept never puts an event on a day you ruled out, or on today in its place. When the line rules out a day, as in "Meet Dana Thursday rather than Friday at 3pm" or "Dentist not 10/23 at 3pm", there is no sheet to choose a day in, so Kept saves your whole line as a task with no day and says so: Saved as a task with no day, and that your words rule out a day, so you choose its day in Kept.
Safety
Delete Task and Cancel Event always ask you to confirm, whoever calls them. Find Notes, Search Kept, Capture, and Complete Next Habit require the device to be unlocked. With Cloud AI off, every action that would reach the cloud stays on the device or opens the app instead. Body actions are not promoted while Body is paused. Older open-style shortcuts for Body or the meal camera open Today. On Mac the promoted set is Capture, Start focus, Complete next habit, and Open Today.
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