The phrases, with a morning that uses them, are on the Siri page.
Say it to Siri
Say the name of your routine where it says *Morning*. On the phone Siri forgives near misses; on the watch, say it exactly as written.
| To | On the phone | On the watch |
|---|---|---|
| Start a routine | "Routine Run me", "Routine Run me through Morning", "Start a routine in Routine Run", "Run Morning in Routine Run", "Routine Run start Morning" | "Routine Run me through Morning", "Start Morning in Routine Run" |
| Move to the next step | "Next step in Routine Run", "Routine Run next step" | "Next step in Routine Run" |
| Hear the step you are on | — | "Routine Run current step" |
| Put the step off | "Put this step off in Routine Run", "Routine Run not this step", "Skip this for now in Routine Run" | — |
| Write a note on the step | "Write it down in Routine Run", "Note this in Routine Run", "Routine Run write this down", "Take a note in Routine Run" | "Note this in Routine Run" |
| Add a step to a routine that stays open, like To read | "Add to To read in Routine Run", "Routine Run add to To read", "Add a step in Routine Run" | — |
| Have a routine written from a sentence | "Write a routine in Routine Run", "Routine Run write me a routine", "Make a routine in Routine Run" | — |
| Hear what is coming today | "What's coming in Routine Run", "Routine Run what's coming", "What have I got in Routine Run" | — |
| Hear where you are and what to press next, then see what is in hand | "What do I do here in Routine Run", "Help me in Routine Run", "Routine Run in hand", "What's in hand in Routine Run", "Show me Routine Run" | — |
| Stop the routine going | "Stop my routine in Routine Run", "Routine Run stop my routine" | — |
| Press the one thing, as the Action button does | "Do the one thing in Routine Run", "Routine Run do the one thing", "Routine Run one thing" | "Routine Run one thing" |
Apple allows an app ten phrases, and these are the ten. More than fifty other actions have no phrase of their own: they are in the Shortcuts app under Routine Run, and a shortcut you make from one can be given any phrase you like.
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.
"What do I do here?"
Siri can read the screen but not what the app means by it, so Routine Run answers this itself. Asked on a run's page, it says the step you are on and what to press; on a step, what on it waits for you to allow it or for a secret; anywhere, what a run holds unanswered — and then shows what is in hand. With the app closed, it says what is going.
It needs no Apple Intelligence: the answer comes from the run itself. In the Shortcuts app, What To Do Here also takes a question of your own, which Apple's model answers about the screen you are on, where a model is available.
Open the app at a routine or a run
Open Routine Run, in the Shortcuts app, takes a screen, a routine or a run, and a routine or run can be given by its name: a shortcut, a widget or a button can open the app straight on "Morning".
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 (and what to hand it), words to say, a webhook or a Home scene. A webhook or a scene waits for Allow on the step's page |
| 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.