We also need a guide for application developers who are exposing interfaces via URLs or Shortcuts, if only to recommend interface patterns that have proven valuable in many workflows.
Shortcuts JS allows you to build Shortcuts using JavaScript, which you can then Airdrop (or otherwise share) to your iOS device. That .shortcut file is then automatically imported into the Shortcuts app and the Shortcut you built with JS is then on the device exactly as if you’d have built it through the app. No JS ever runs on your phone using Shortcuts JS.
Shortcuts JS and Scriptable are solving different problems and don’t have any crossover at all.
Hope that helps clear it up!
I’m very excited to release something I’ve been working on for the last month-or-so, Shortcuts JS.
Since Shortcuts was released with iOS 12 earlier this year I’ve been really interested in the idea of building Shortcuts with code, rather than with the Shortcuts app. After a bit of hacking around I figured out a way to do it, and so started building Shortcuts JS.
Hopefully this is something that others find as useful as I do!
Happy to answer any questions!
