How to Make Apple Shortcuts Run Automatically

You can make some of your home automation shortcuts on iOS run automatically without having to tap run every time. Find out which triggers can be run automatically, and which cannot.

[BBG]

Tried to automate a shortcut that will speak text when I connect to my WiFi but it only brings up a notification which requires me to actually push the run button to hear the speech, Same with all location based shortcuts like when leaving or arriving somewhere l, it brings up a notification that requires the user to run the shortcut. So for some reason location based automated shortcuts are not really able to run automatically by themselves. Is there a cheat or workaround for this. The nes that don’t fully automate are, Arrive, Before I Leave, Bluetooth, Leave, Time Of Day and WiFi. Really don’t know why apple won’t let these run fully automated. Any help would be great. Thx

[Noid]

My location based automation for wifi toggle to on or off does not seem to work

[pafrazier]

Thanks for the video, paused it a few times as I was creating a shortcut. I had created shortcuts to turn airplane mode on/off when I left/arrived at my home but they wouldn't run automatically - instead I was presented with an alert from which I could run them. I was missing that you have to create the shortcut made up of actions first, then automate it by selecting it to run under the circumstances you create. . . or something like that! I was going directly to creating the automation which made sense at the time. I hope I'm not the only one who thinks this could/should be more intuitive.

[peterhogenkamp]

Hi Kyler, thanks for the video. The two lists right before the end – "Can run automatically" vs. "Cannot" are particularly helpful. This fact isn't well documented on the Apple support pages. However, there's one feature that I was trying to get going by an automation, and it just seems like I can't, however, it's not on either list: Take photo. (I am trying to take a photo of an energy meter every morning automatically with an older iPhone 8 – still able to run the latest OS version.) I can't get that to work without the prompt. Would you happen to know anything about it? I googled it several times already, no success on this rather specific question. Thanks and keep it up.

[casinonight]

Can Siri be opened inside shortcut to do task?

[chaolan]

When shortcuts first came out they would mostly run automatically without a problem. I got on to them early and found a site thinking it was better than jbing because I could still have full access to banking apps etc. Just got back to an iOS device after quite a while so I’m catching up. Certainly seems very restricted now.

[BicycleFunk]

I saw a thread just now that mentioned if "Do Not Disturb" is on, automations that wouldn't normally run automatically now will. I just tested this myself and it seems to have worked. Give that a try.

[kulikopiadiksi]

i dont have the option “ask before running” the toogle is missing

[casinonight]

For example, I would like to be able inside of a shortcut to give me the battery percentage of my Apple Watch then I could use that shortcut in a personal automation when I wake up. can that be done?

[jonashubacek]

I would like to trigger to play “now playing” when headphones are connected. What is the reason why BT cant run automatically please?

[muelfernandez]

This is the answer my long time question on why my automation won’t run automatically. Thanks a lot man!

[henriquedelben]

When i click on run shortcuts, it asks me to allow access to run shortcuts, and I can’t

[Kontor]

If I select "create home automation" instead of "personal automation" because I want for example a door sensor as a trigger, than it didn't show the shortcuts app so I can't select run shortcut as an option. Is there a solution for that.

[SertEngineering]

There is a get around with iOS 16 that runs shortcut automatically in the background (even sending message or the items you highlighted as can’t run section)

[EnzoV]

FYI some automations still need you to confirm. For security reasons they can't be fully automated.

[Kairu-emuh]

How do I get it to run once a year I have problems with birthdays so I want it to sent the bday texts forbme

[renzo]

Hi, thanks for the good content man! Is it possible to automatize a shortcut in a mac too?

[TheShabooka]

thank you so much but can you do this on mac ? i think i saw something on reddit somewhere called Run Shortcut later and does it sync with the rest of ur icloud devices?

[lazarosmantalos]

Having automations asking you to complete a task exactly the opposite of what an automation is.. very stupid by Apple
Nice of you to sort them like that though thanks

[IamSoylent]

Apple's website claims that the wifi automation is supposed to be able to run without confirming, but I can't get it to do so. iOS 14.