Build the se shortcuts

Time for work

> Use the Date, Adjust Date, and Do Not Disturb actions to set Do Not Disturb to be active for one hour. Add Music’s ‘Play Album’ action to get into the right working mood.

Late f or a meeting

> Use Get Upcoming Events, Get Travel Time, and Send Message to let people know how long it’ll take you to get to them. In the Send Message icon, tap the wand icon and pick the Magic Variable for Event Attendees.

Make an animated GIF

> Use the Take Photo action and set it to take three pictures, then use Make GIF and Save to Photo Albums. (Note that images won’t be saved to Photos unless you use the last of those.) In Photos, look in the Animated smart album to see the GIFs you’ve created.

What am I for getting?

> Set the Find Reminders action to look for items that are not completed and with a deadline earlier than the current date. Add the Show Result action and set its body to be the magic variable for Find Reminders’ output. When you run this from Siri, the assistant will read out your overdue reminders (and any other text you add to Show Result).

Read an article out loud

> For this shortcut, edit its settings and turn on ‘Add to Share Sheet’. Add ‘Get Diffbot Article from Web Page’ and ‘Get Details of Diffbot Article’. Set the latter to Body and add the Speak Text action. When you run this in Safari, the current page will be read aloud by Siri. (You’ll probably want to adjust the reading speed, as it’s a bit slow by default.)