workinOn Shortcuts

Voice, automation, and one-tap actions for your focus list.

Built-in actions

workinOn registers these actions automatically. Open the Shortcuts app and search for workinOn — they appear without setup.

Add ItemAppend text to your list.
Post StatusPin a keyed status item — reusing the key replaces it.
Remove StatusRemove a keyed status item.
Get ListRead back current items.
Clear ListRemove everything.
OpenBring workinOn to the foreground.
Each action is also Siri-ready. Just say "Hey Siri," followed by the phrase below.

Try with Siri

Add what I'm working on

"Hey Siri, add to workinOn"

Siri prompts for text and adds it.

What's on my list

"Hey Siri, what's on my workinOn list"

Siri reads back the current list.

Clear it

"Hey Siri, clear workinOn"

Empties the list.

Recipes — build these in Shortcuts

📰 Post the page I'm reading

  1. Get URL from Safari (Share Sheet input).
  2. Get Name of URL.
  3. Run Post Status to workinOn — Key: safari, Text: the name.

🌅 Daily standup ping

  1. Personal Automation → Time of Day → 10:00 AM.
  2. Run Post Status to workinOn — Key: standup, Text: Standup at 10.

📍 Clear status when leaving the office

  1. Personal Automation → Leave Location.
  2. Run Remove Status from workinOn — Key: office.

🎵 Now Playing → live status

  1. Get Current Song.
  2. Run Post Status to workinOn — Key: music, Text: the song title.

📤 Quick add via Share Sheet

Already built in. From any app, tap the Share button and pick Add to workinOn. The selected text or URL is added to your list.

Advanced: URL scheme

For developers, workinOn also responds to a workinon:// URL scheme. See the Board API guide for full details.