Kishan Vagale
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Set your Slack status with an Apple Shortcut

A small integration that lets a shortcut update your Slack status, set its expiry or clear it when you are done.

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My role. Built the service connecting Apple Shortcuts to Slack.

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Put the update inside the activity

A shortcut for a meeting or focus session can carry the Slack status that goes with it. This service gives Apple Shortcuts a way to send the status text, emoji and optional expiry to Slack.

The service updates the Slack account that authorised it. It can run locally or on a hosted server, reachable from the device running the shortcut.

How it works
Flow diagram: an Apple Shortcut sends status text, emoji and a duration to the status service, which calls Slack to set the status on the linked account. The status then either expires at the chosen time or is removed early by a clear shortcut.

Let temporary statuses expire

A status can expire after a chosen number of minutes or at a specific time. For example, a focus-session shortcut can set a status for the duration of that session.

A separate clear action removes the status early. The shortcut controls these changes explicitly; the service does not infer whether a meeting has ended or whether someone is still busy.

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