Say it to Siri
- "Write a routine in Routine Run": asks what it is for, and writes it.
- "Start … in Routine Run", "Next step in Routine Run", "Add a note in Routine Run", and the rest of the phrases listed in the Shortcuts app under Routine Run.
What Siri writes or changes is kept at once, because nobody is looking at a page. Every change keeps the earlier version: Undo Change to a Routine puts it back, and so does the undo bar in the app.
Actions that change routines
| Action | Does |
|---|---|
| Write a Routine | Writes a routine from a sentence, or reads an assistant's answer |
| Change a Routine | Applies an assistant's answer to a routine that exists |
| Rename a Routine | Renames it |
| Add a Step to a Routine | Adds a step, at the end or after another |
| Change a Step | Renames it, or changes its length or description |
| Remove a Step | Takes it out (not the last one) |
| Move a Step | Moves it up or down |
| Add an Action to a Step | A link, a shortcut, a timer and the like |
| Undo Change to a Routine | Puts back the version before the last change |
| Change a Step in a Run | Changes a step for this run only. Without a step, the one you are on |
| Keep What a Run Collected | Answers Keep or Only here for a run or one of its steps |
For writing prompts yourself: Prompt for a Routine and Prompt to Change a Routine give the same request the app sends, to hand to any model.
"Ask Siri" in a menu
On iOS 27, holding a routine or a run shows Ask Siri. Siri is handed that routine or run as text: its steps, notes and where it stands. Ask about it in your own words.
Siri does not yet change a routine from there by itself. To change one in words, use Describe changes… in the app, or run the actions above from the Shortcuts app.
The actions the shortcut uses
Get the Question, Which Model and Bring the Answer exist for the Routine Run Ask shortcut. You do not need them on their own.