Controlling SwitchBot Devices with Shortcuts and the Web API
With a couple of Shortcuts and the SwitchBot Web API, I can fetch my devices and send commands directly—no app required.
Aidan Maurin-Jones shares tools, automations, and thoughts on whatever’s interesting this week.
With a couple of Shortcuts and the SwitchBot Web API, I can fetch my devices and send commands directly—no app required.
A Shortcut that takes an iCloud Shortcut link, grabs its metadata and icon, and turns it into a ready-to-paste Hugo app card.
A Shortcut that turns any Mac app—App Store or direct download—into a polished Hugo app card with its icon, name, and link, all triggered as an Alfred File Action.
This Shortcut takes an App Store link and automatically generates a Hugo-ready app card with the app’s name, icon, and URL—saving it straight to your clipboard.
My blog runs on Hugo and GitHub Pages, but the magic is that underneath it’s just a folder of Markdown files — so simple I could write it all in Notepad.