This week, Federico and John take listeners on a tour of the wide variety of automations they’ve been working on so far this year, including shortcuts, Claude projects, and Zapier zaps.

On AppStories+, Federico and John dig a little deeper into some of the more complex automations that they’ve been working on in 2025.

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Links and Show Notes

Pick 3: Our Latest Automations

• Federico’s Audio Transcription Automation
  
  
  
  • Xaiomi Buds 5 and 5 Pro
  
  
  • Hazel
  
  
  • Aiko
  
  
  • AI Actions
  
  
  
  


• John’s Fetch Podcast Details Shortcut
  
  
  
  • Zapier
  
  
  • Todoist
  
  
  • PastePal
  
  
  • ChatGPT
  
  
  
  


• Federico on Using AI Actions with Newer AI Models
  
  
  
  • AI Actions
  
  
  • Ask Claude using AI Actions app
  
  
  
  


• Unread’s Shortcuts Integration
  
  
  
  • Readwise Reader
  
  
  • Todoist
  
  
  
  


• Federico’s Use of a Simple API for Transcribing of YouTube Videos
  
  
  
  • YouTubeTranscript.io
  
  
  
  


• John’s Podcast Clips Claude Project


• Also mentioned
  
  
  
  • Stecker
  
  
  • Lingon X
  
  
  
  

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