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This week, John shares his first impressions of Sky, the alpha AI-powered Mac automation app from the creators of Workflow and Shortcuts and then he and Federico share their Shortcuts and Apple Intelligence wishes for WWDC 2025

On AppStories+, John and Federico consider what AI means for developers and the App Store in the year ahead.

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Links and Show Notes

John’s First Impressions of Sky

• More from Federico on Sky:
  
  
  
  • From the Creators of Shortcuts, Sky Extends AI Integration and Automation to Your Entire Mac
  
  
  
  

Our Shortcuts and Apple Intelligence Wishes

• Opening Apple’s AFM Model to Developers


• An AI-Based Shortcuts Assistant


• Third-Party Integrations in Apple Intelligence


• Search Shortcuts Based on Action


• Support for Local Models on Mobile Devices with a Unified Framework


• A Shortcuts Visualizer


• AFM Shortcuts Actions


• Open Up Shortcuts to MCP

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