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2026-07-27 10:32
I tried to build an Apple Shortcut from code. Apple said no, four times.
We have a REST API. Apple has Shortcuts, an automation app that can send HTTP requests. Wiring one to the other looked like a free win: "Hey Siri, publish this" → POST to our API → done. No backend, no OAuth, no app to install.
It works. It's on my phone. What I couldn't do — and this is where it got interesting — was build, edit, version, and ship that shortcut from code. Here are the walls I hi...