Enhancing Automation Creation with AI Assistance

This week, John shares his first impressions of Sky, the alpha AI-powered Mac automation app from the creators of Workflow and Shortcuts and then he and Federico share their Shortcuts and Apple Intelligence wishes for WWDC 2025

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Links and Show Notes

John’s First Impressions of Sky

• More from Federico on Sky:
  • From the Creators of Shortcuts, Sky Extends AI Integration and Automation to Your Entire Mac

Our Shortcuts and Apple Intelligence Wishes

• Opening Apple’s AFM Model to Developers
• An AI-Based Shortcuts Assistant
• Third-Party Integrations in Apple Intelligence
• Search Shortcuts Based on Action
• Support for Local Models on Mobile Devices with a Unified Framework
• A Shortcuts Visualizer
• AFM Shortcuts Actions
• Open Up Shortcuts to MCP

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