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I've just used this extensively to build 200 Shortcuts for my event-based automation app on macOS [0], because some actions you simply can't do without Shortcut

by alin23 6mo ago

I've just used this extensively to build 200 Shortcuts for my event-based automation app on macOS [0], because some actions you simply can't do without Shortcuts: changing Focus Mode, toggling Accessibility functions like Color Filters, accessing the Private Cloud Compute model etc. I also wrote about how Claude was able to basically learn the language from scratch and write those fully compilable Shortcuts for me [1] because it was mind boggling to me that an LLM can do that. Curiously, this is becoming more and more normal in my mind. [0] https://lowtechguys.com/crank https://lowtechguys.com/crank [1] https://alinpanaitiu.com/blog/how-good-is-claude-really/#cherri https://alinpanaitiu.com/blog/how-good-is-claude-really/#che...

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6thbit 6mo ago
Yeah having this opens up the LLM assisting path to build shortcuts. Which is great! Maintaining them by hand is not
TarqDirtyToMe 6mo ago
Cool to hear Claude was able to learn it. I was planning on leveraging it in a future version of this project I was hacking on that lets you execute shortcut actions as tools (without creating actual shortcuts): https://tarq.net/posts/action-relay-shortcut-actions-mcp/ https://tarq.net/posts/action-relay-shortcut-actions-mcp/
alsetmusic 6mo ago
Well, that’s a domain that has caught my attention so I’ll give this more weight (ltg). I recall novel Mac apps that weren’t quite right for me but seemed thoughtful.
MetalSnake 6mo ago
When you say Claude learned it. That's in the current context window it is able to do that, right? Or is there a more permanent way to make it learn something?
- junkblocker 6mo ago
  You ask it to read the docs or site and create a 'skill' out of it.
bjord 6mo ago
are you certain that it wasn't included in the training data? I saw someone do this awhile ago with a low resource language (I think it might've been Abkhaz?) with seemingly-incredible results, and eventually everyone came to understood that, even though it wasn't officially supported, Abkhaz materials had been in the training data

by alin23 6mo ago

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6thbit 6mo ago

Yeah having this opens up the LLM assisting path to build shortcuts. Which is great! Maintaining them by hand is not

TarqDirtyToMe 6mo ago

Cool to hear Claude was able to learn it. I was planning on leveraging it in a future version of this project I was hacking on that lets you execute shortcut actions as tools (without creating actual shortcuts): https://tarq.net/posts/action-relay-shortcut-actions-mcp/ https://tarq.net/posts/action-relay-shortcut-actions-mcp/

alsetmusic 6mo ago

Well, that’s a domain that has caught my attention so I’ll give this more weight (ltg). I recall novel Mac apps that weren’t quite right for me but seemed thoughtful.

MetalSnake 6mo ago

When you say Claude learned it. That's in the current context window it is able to do that, right? Or is there a more permanent way to make it learn something?

junkblocker 6mo ago
You ask it to read the docs or site and create a 'skill' out of it.

bjord 6mo ago

are you certain that it wasn't included in the training data? I saw someone do this awhile ago with a low resource language (I think it might've been Abkhaz?) with seemingly-incredible results, and eventually everyone came to understood that, even though it wasn't officially supported, Abkhaz materials had been in the training data