# Shortcuts on iPhone

> Use Siri and the Shortcuts app with Done Bear, plus three starter recipes for adding a task, showing Today, and capturing to Inbox.

Done Bear appears in the Shortcuts app on iPhone. You can add a task, complete one, hear what is on a list, or open a list, without building a shortcut first.

On iPhone, **Settings → Shortcuts** has the same overview and a link back here.

The lists you can name are **Inbox**, **Today**, **Upcoming**, **Anytime**, and **Someday**. Show Tasks and Find Items can also read the **Logbook**. Add Task, Find Items, and Edit Items can take a project, and Open Project opens one. Labels and custom lists are not in Shortcuts yet.

## What you can say to Siri

Say **Done Bear** in the request — begin or end with it — or Siri may put the task in Reminders instead.

Once Done Bear is installed, these work without any setup:

- **Add a task** — “Add a task to Done Bear”, or “Add buy milk to Done Bear”. A new task goes to Today unless you pick another list.
- **Schedule a task** — “Schedule buy milk in Done Bear”, or “Remind me to buy milk in Done Bear”. Speak a day (“tomorrow”, “Thursday”). That date is when the work starts. Siri does not set a deadline, and it does not move a task to Today or Upcoming by name.
- **Complete a task** — “Complete a task in Done Bear”, or “Complete buy milk in Done Bear”. Siri asks which one if it needs to.
- **Find or change a task** — “Find milk in Done Bear”, or “Reschedule a task in Done Bear”. Siri asks which task and when if it needs to.
- **Show a list** — “What’s on my Done Bear list” reads Today. You can ask for Inbox or another list instead.
- **Open a list** — “Open Done Bear” opens the app on that list.

Siri and Shortcuts use the account already signed in on the phone. If nothing happens, open Done Bear once and sign in.

## Finding the actions

Open the Shortcuts app, go to **Apps**, and tap **Done Bear**. The eight actions are **Add Task**, **Complete Task**, **Show Tasks**, **Open List**, **Find Items**, **Edit Items**, **Show Items**, and **Open Project**.

Find Items searches a list or project by title and hands the matching tasks to the next action. Edit Items changes the title, notes, when, due date, project, or completion on the tasks it is given. Edit Items asks before changing more than 10 tasks unless **Allow Large Edits** is on in **Settings → Shortcuts → Advanced**.

Add Task, Complete Task, Show Tasks, Find Items, and Edit Items run in the background. Open List, Open Project, and Show Items bring Done Bear to the front.

## Starter recipes

These are step-by-step recipes, not installable shortcut files. On iPhone, tap a link to open the matching section, then follow the steps in Shortcuts.

- [Add a task](#add-a-task)
- [Show Today](#show-today)
- [Inbox capture rule](#inbox-capture-rule)

### Add a task

A shortcut that asks for a title and files the task in Inbox, so a capture does not fill Today.

1. Open Shortcuts and tap **+**.
2. Add **Done Bear → Add Task**.
3. Leave Title empty so Shortcuts asks each time, or pass text from the shortcut that ran before this action.
4. Set **List** to **Inbox**.
5. Name the shortcut **Add to Inbox** and add it to the Home Screen or Back Tap if you like.

### Show Today

A shortcut that reads today’s list back, or hands the tasks to the next action.

1. Open Shortcuts and tap **+**.
2. Add **Done Bear → Show Tasks**.
3. Set **List** to **Today**.
4. Name it **Show Today**. Run it from Siri, or pass the result into another action such as a notification.

The built-in “What’s on my Done Bear list” phrase already does this for Today. This starter is for pinning Today, or for using the task list as input to another shortcut.

### Inbox capture rule

A personal automation that files a new Inbox task when something else happens on the phone — a time of day, arriving somewhere, or a Focus turning on.

1. In Shortcuts, open **Automation** and tap **+**.
2. Pick the trigger. A time of day or a Focus is a reliable start.
3. Add **Done Bear → Add Task**.
4. Set **List** to **Inbox**. Set Title to whatever you want captured, or leave it so the automation asks.
5. Turn **Ask Before Running** off only if you want it silent.

Start with a title you would not mind seeing twice. You can tighten the trigger once the first run looks right.

## Related

- [Getting started](/help/getting-started)
- [Views](/help/views)

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