Shortcuts - Adding Reminders lists and Notes folders to the Home Screen

This is part of a series of posts this week about some ways in which I use Apple’s Shortcuts app.

Sarah and I use Notes to share a folder of recipes and Reminders for sharing a grocery list.

Notes allows our recipes to have images, be updated with tweaks that we make and crucially stored so we can always find them.

Reminders lets us use the kitchen HomePod to say “Hey Siri add [insert item here] to the shopping list”.

The only problem I found was that accessing the folder and list within each of the apps wasn’t as quick as I’d like. A solution I found lies in the Shortcuts app.

There is a Shortcut action to show a Notes folder.

There’s also one to show a list in Reminders.

Once you have saved these shortcuts, tapping the arrow next to the title will provide the open to “Add to Home Screen”.

You’ll then be presented with a screen to edit the name and icon for use on the Home Screen.

Once complete, you’ll have icons on the Home Screen that will open directly to the Notes folder and Reminders list.