Before you start
Open Safari on the iPhone, go to the queue page, and sign in with the shared queue login (ask Patrick). Safari stays signed in — the Shortcut relies on that.
Build the Shortcut
Exact wording can differ slightly between iOS versions; the pieces are always findable by search.
- Open the Shortcuts app and tap + (new shortcut).
- Tap the name at the top → Rename → call it Add to Legiscon Queue.
- Tap the ⓘ (info) button at the bottom, turn ON Show in Share Sheet, then Done.
- Add the first action: search Get Name and pick Get Name. It should say “Get name of Shortcut Input”.
- Add URL Encode. It should say “URL Encode Name” — if it grabbed something else, tap the highlighted word and choose the Name variable from the bar above the keyboard.
- Add Get URLs from Input. It should say “Get URLs from Shortcut Input”.
- Add a second URL Encode, and set its input to the URLs variable from step 6 (tap the highlighted word → pick URLs).
- Add a Text action and type the address below into it
exactly, inserting the two variables where marked (tap where
the variable goes, then pick it from the variable bar):
…where [URL Encoded Text 2] is the encoded URL from step 7 and [URL Encoded Text] is the encoded name from step 5.
- Add Open URLs and set it to open the Text from step 8.
- Tap Done. Finished.
Use it
On any news article in Safari: tap the share button (the square with the arrow) → scroll down → Add to Legiscon Queue. Safari opens the confirm page with the headline already cleaned up — check it, tap Add to today's batch, see “Queued ✓”. The first run asks for a couple of permissions; answer Allow.