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Text editing with Apple Shortcuts and OpenAI

Anyone on a team who writes emails, messages or documents on a Mac and wants quick rewrites from a keyboard shortcut.

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What it does

An n8n workflow that answers text requests sent from Mac Shortcuts. The shortcut sends the selected text and a request type to a webhook. The workflow picks a prompt for translating to English or Spanish, correcting grammar without changing the content, or making the text shorter or longer, sends it to OpenAI and returns the result to replace the selection.

Use cases

  1. 01Correct grammar in a draft without changing its content
  2. 02Shorten a long paragraph before sending it
  3. 03Translate a selected message to English or Spanish

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Text editing with Apple Shortcuts and OpenAI.

What is Text editing with Apple Shortcuts and OpenAI used for?

Anyone on a team who writes emails, messages or documents on a Mac and wants quick rewrites from a keyboard shortcut. An n8n workflow that answers text requests sent from Mac Shortcuts. The shortcut sends the selected text and a request type to a webhook. The workflow picks a prompt for translating to English or Spanish, correcting grammar without changing the content, or making the text shorter or longer, sends it to OpenAI and returns the result to replace the selection.

How do I import Text editing with Apple Shortcuts and OpenAI into n8n?

Copy the workflow JSON from this page and paste it onto the n8n canvas with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. Then connect your credentials in each node.

Is Text editing with Apple Shortcuts and OpenAI safe to use?

It passed our automatic scan for credential theft, hidden instructions and risky install commands. Third party open source software. Sabemos AI does not maintain it. Check the code and permissions before you connect it to company data.

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