As I get this site together I've been trying to figure out how to best integrate shortcuts to save links that I'd like to post about in the future. I don't have much experience using Shortcuts and I still can't believe the kind of stuff that Federico Viticci does over on MacStories but I've got a fairly simple setup that I'm very happy with.

The simple flowchart of my process is Safari, Drafts, Micro.Blog. Using Shortcuts will pull the URL and post title and auto-fill a draft with the correct formatting that I'm planning on using. This will sit in my inbox as a reminder to finish the post until I'm ready to write. From there I can fill out the draft and submit a Drafts action to automatically post to Micro.Blog and archive the draft!

I plan on continuing to explore Shortcuts and see if there are other ways that I can make the process more efficient. My next plan is to have a second shortcut for automatically uploading photos and files to include.

The shortcut can be downloaded here.