'Quickness' uses the power of Siri and the Shortcuts app to let you create new contacts, quickly and efficiently!
- Quickness Shortcuts can be triggered by voice, so you can say "Hey Siri, <custom phrase>" to start adding a contact.
- Shortcuts are 'interactive', so you can complete the task of adding a new contact by just talking to Siri, without typing anything!
- Quickness Shortcuts are also available in the Apple Shortcuts app, so you can add contacts from the Shortcuts app.
- Shortcuts have inputs and outputs, so they can integrate with other apps in the Shortcuts app. They are also customizable, so you can modify their behavior to suit your workflow.
Getting Started
The first step is to download the Quickness app.
Once installed, you should give the app permissions to access to your Contacts. This allows us to load your current contacts list, as well as allow us to save new contacts directly to the Contacts app.
You can then open the Apple Shortcuts app, and search for Quickness, and you can then see the Quickness shortcuts already installed
Quickness has different 'styles' of shortcuts for your "Add Contact" activity:
- "New Contact" (add name + one piece of information: email, phone or address)
- "Detailed Contact" (add name, company name, email, phone, address, and note)
- "Name-only Contact" (the shortest, quickest way to add a contact, with only a name)
- "Contact With Location" (only applies when combining the 'current location' action to create a contact)
You can tap on these existing shortcuts, or press-and-hold and choose "New Shortcut" to customize them to your need.
Voice-Activation
To activate the shortcut by voice, you can bring up Siri (either through "Hey Siri", or by pressing the Siri button), and then say the shortcut name (e.g. "Quickness Add"). This will bring up the 'interactive' Siri mode, which will prompt you for the information it needs to create the contact, depending on the 'style' of shortcut, and the customizations you've made.
See it in action:
Using the Shortcuts app
This is what the "Detail" style looks like:
You can customize each attribute shown here. For e.g. if you know you always want to add an email, select Yes.
For the fields you want to fill in each time, you should tap on them, and select "Ask Each Time".
You can also pre-fill "Company Name" and the Notes field to say "None" and you won't be asked to provide that information when the shortcut is run.
Pro tip: tap on the "text" box (which saves to the contact's Notes field), then type "Added on: " and then select the "Current Date" option. This way, each contact's notes field will show you the date and time of when that contact was added!
You can tap on the shortcut from the shortcuts list to 'run' it, and it will ask questions for each field that wasn't already setup.
Integrate with Other Apps
Quickness supports input and output parameters, which can be useful when you want to chain together 'shortcuts' from different apps. Read this help article for more information.