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by anonymouse008 1001 days ago
This is a wonderful idea for iOS Shortcuts. Though after the second shortcut - I gave up. The onboarding flow of email > get pdf > click link in pdf > download first shortcut > run first shortcut > first shortcut downloads second shortcut > then a bountiful settings pallete, with an insane amount of settings is just too much.

I think you'd be better off putting the scaffolding into a proper iOS app with AppIntents. This onboarding flow is (forgive me) awful, but I understand why you want it to be this way. I also think with AppStore's recent rejections you can't BYOK either, which really messes with your business model.

Email is open, happy to help you with this - I think it's what we want, just not how we need it.

Btw: I already have a shortcut directly hooked into openAI's endpoint, it's wonderful as is. The other 'modes' I would love to try.

2 comments

Thank you so much for the feedback! Yes, using Apple Shortcuts exclusively brings a lot of extra (and maybe unnecessary) steps and walls to break through. I knew that from the beginning, but I had to sacrifice convenience to bring my idea to life. But on the other hand, I tried to make the onboarding as clear and easy to follow for every user. That is why is seems like it never ends. But I will improve it for sure. Thank you again! :)
"The next step is to gain access to the PDF containing instructions on how to download and install COPILOT." I stopped right there