# Shortcut Source Tool | Shortcuts Library

> Copy and paste multiple actions, view/​edit/​compare/​save/​import/​repair/​web-review shortcuts

## What this shortcut does

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OS
Compatibility
macOS
Yes
≥ iOS 15
Yes
≤ iOS 14
Yes, using
Shortcut Downgrader
Please download
Shortcut Source Helper
(
https://​.co/​shortcut/​10060
) to use this shortcut. The
Copy Actions
feature also requires the Actions app (https://apps.apple.com/app/id1586435171) and iOS 16.1, macOS 13 or later, and the
Compare Shortcuts
feature requires the a-Shell mini app (https://apps.apple.com/app/id1543537943).
This is a developer tool with which you can select/share a shortcut or source file (from.txt,.json,.xml,.plist,.wflow,.shortcut or iCloud link) to:
Copy and paste multiple actions between two blank comments (more info below),
Delete actions between two blank comments
Quick Look in plist or json format,
Convert from/to plist and json,
Save or share in plist or json,
Edit source and import back to Shortcuts,
Set custom shortcut color (RGB + alpha),
Replace ‘++’ with new lines in Import Questions,
Convert decimal numbers to E notation (more info below),
Detect corruption automatically and repair (more info below),
Compare with other shortcut for differences:
Review shortcuts interactively in web browser (more info below):
Copy Actions
This feature will copy actions between two empty Comment actions into the clipboard, which then can be pasted into any shortcut. If no empty comments are found, all actions will be copied. If there is only one, it will copy all actions from the next one until the end.
CAUTION
: Due to the way the Shortcuts editor works, certain parameters in actions (notably, but not limited to,
Find/Filter
) may be unexpectedly altered when pasted. This happens even when pasting a single action using the built-in feature. Please look out for those changes, especially when pasting many actions at once.
Million thanks to
@dotdev

for the groundbreaking discovery of the UTI method!
Web Review
The web review feature creates an html file from a shortcut, which looks similar to what you see in the Shortcuts app, but with these four major differences:
iPhone, iPad, Desktop Browser Support
You can open the html files on device, save in Files or share and open in any browser. They look and work the same way on any platform. Below is an iPad screenshot comparing two versions of a shortcut side by side.
For better experience on small devices, it has an option to trim large text content from some actions.
Block Folding
You can tap the header of an
if/repeat/menu
block or an action containing extra content to hide its nested actions or content. It helps you easily navigate shortcuts from others or long shortcuts you made but forgot how they work.
All Info Shown on Screen
All action information—including action parameters, variable type casting, dictionary key paths, where magic variables come from—is displayed, making it easy to see what it is doing at a glance.
You can take a screenshot and share as how-to snippets. Since Safari can take a tall screenshot in pdf, you can simply convert it to an image and share, rather than taking, cropping and stitching multiple screenshots. Screenshot below shows how web reviews deliver more info—
URL as Rich Text
—yet take up less space.
Search
In a browser you can search any text, including action names, parameters, variable names and numbers, text/comment/list/dictionary content, etc.
You can also see where magic variables come from by tapping them; the browser will jump to the source action, unfolding blocks if necessary.
Quick Look as Text
Web Review can also be converted to and viewed/saved as plain text.
Some Notes
If you choose
“Create Web Review (trim large content)”
from the shortcut menu, it will trim large text contained in text, comment, list and dictionary actions. It also trims long dictionary values (left in screenshot below). However, variables used in the content will all be displayed (right).
Actions with very large content are folded by default.
It will use the action id, instead of the name, of an action it does not recognize. This is handy for 3rd-party actions you do not have, because you can guess their functions by the id string and also see what parameters they have.
Decimal number vs E notation
Decimal numbers
(
3.14
/
3,14
/
٣٫١٤
) in
Number
,
Calculate
,
If
,
Dictionary
,
Ask for Input
actions work correctly only in specific regions.
Shortcut Source Tool
ensures full compatibility by converting them to
E notation
(
314E-2
).
https://­en.wikipedia.org/­wiki/­Scientific_notation#­E_notation
Corruption Check/Repair
Corruptions (unbalanced
if/repeat/menu
) can happen for unknown reasons. However, it is difficult to notice because the Shortcuts editor does nothing about it. Such a shortcut can act weird when editing:
Shortcut Source Tool
will detect corruption automatically when opening a shortcut and, if so, will create a repaired version.

## Compatibility

iPhone, iPad, Mac

## Required apps

a-Shell mini, Actions

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