Automation on your devices

How it works

How the system reaches each device.

1

Each capability of each device is listed as an action.

iPhone: sensors, Shortcuts, Maps, Messages, Safari, Mail. Mac: the screen, macOS apps, the Terminal, the browser, files. Plus computers in the cloud.

2

One address runs any of them.

A request names the action and its inputs; the system runs it on the right device and writes an entry in the Ledger.

3

A web browser, signed in to your accounts.

It can read pages, fill in forms, click, follow a goal you give it, run in the cloud without your Mac, and keep screenshots of every step.

4

Computers in the cloud run when your Mac is off.

Named workspaces, a command line, AI coding agents, Android phones in a data centre, and a permission issued for one job that stops working afterwards.

Examples

Examples of what the system can do with them.

Book from a text

A Shortcut reads the thread, checks the calendar and sends the invite.

Work inside your accounts

Ads Manager, Shopify, Stripe — signed in as you, with a separate browser profile for each account.

Run commands on the Mac

Reports, website updates and video conversion, started from a text message.

Keep going when the Mac sleeps

Cloud browsers and workspaces run on a schedule.

Permission for one job

A permission limited to one action, one use and ten minutes; after that it no longer works.

Evidence kept

Screenshots, files, and one Ledger entry per run.

one Ledger entry per runLedger entry #4,418: 6 screenshots · 1 file · 41 s

The actions behind this page

Each of these is an action in the Directory, the table of everything the system can run.

146

actions in the Directory for your iPhone, your Mac, web browsers and cloud computers, counted on 27 September 2026. Each one can be started by a text message, an AI model, a spreadsheet or your own software.

iPhone

Shortcuts run from a text
Apps launched, restarted, listed
Camera, voice notes, location, share sheet in
An approval asked on the phone

The iPhone page

Mac

Screenshot and read the screen
Click and type in any app
Run AppleScript, JavaScript for Automation and the shell
Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Notes read in place
Clipboard, notifications, files, windows

The Mac page

Browser

Your logins, one isolated profile per identity
Fill, click, screenshot with a driver
An agent given a goal, not a script
Fetch, scrape, crawl, PDF, from the cloud

The Browser page

Cloud machine

Named workspaces that keep their files
Any command, in the cloud
Jobs started, watched, cancelled
Mac virtual machines cloned and run
Real Android phones, on and off by call
A permission issued for one job

The Cloud computers page

Part by part

Each part of each device: what it is, and what the system can do there.

The iPhone page

Part 1 of 7 · iPhone

Triggers

A Shortcuts automation can start when something happens on the phone: it arrives at or leaves a place, it is tapped on an NFC sticker, the battery reaches a level, a Focus mode turns on, or it connects to Bluetooth or CarPlay. The automation tells the system, which can then run any action you allowed.

Examples

When your iPhone arrives home, the system unlocks a smart door lock, turns on the lights and texts a person you chose that you are home.
Tapping an NFC sticker in the van starts your working hours: the AI assistant begins replying to customers for you.
A voice note recorded on the phone is turned into text, then into a task and a draft reply.

See it run

Part 2 of 7 · iPhone

Shortcuts

The system can run any Shortcut on your iPhone. Any app that offers actions to the Shortcuts app can be used the same way. A Shortcut can be started by a text message, by a rule you set, or by another action.

Examples

A customer texts asking for a time. A Shortcut reads your calendar, creates the event and replies with the time booked.
A Focus mode can change what the AI assistant does: while Driving is on it replies for you; while Work is on it passes conversations to you.
If an app already offers Shortcuts actions, the system can use it without waiting for that company to build a connection.

See it run

Part 3 of 7 · iPhone

Location and Maps

The system can know where the iPhone is when it arrives at or leaves places you set, and can get routes and travel times from Apple Maps. Your location is shared only with the people you choose, only on the triggers you set.

Examples

A family member texts “Did you land?” and the AI assistant can answer from your real location, because location is on for that one person.
A request for a quote arrives with the driving time to the customer’s address already worked out.
When you leave a job, the next customer gets a text from your number: “20 minutes away”.

See it run

Part 4 of 7 · iPhone

Messages

The system can read, search and send iMessages on your own number, in the conversations people already have with you. Which people it may reply to is set person by person.

Examples

Missed call at 2:18. A text from your number at 2:19. The job booked at 2:21.
A friend asks about Thursday. The AI assistant checks your calendar, answers the way you write, and books the table.
It only sends prices you approved, and it passes the conversation to you at the point you set.

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Part 5 of 7 · iPhone

Safari

The system can open a web page, run a small script in it and read the result, using the sign-in you already have in Safari. It uses your own account, not a second one.

Examples

Check a supplier’s stock page every morning and text you only when it changes.
Copy a number from a website that has no API (no way for software to request its data) into a spreadsheet cell.
Open a booking, read it and confirm it, after one text from you.

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Part 6 of 7 · iPhone

Mail, Calendar, Contacts

The system can search and read your email, read your calendar and book only into hours you marked as open, and look people up in your contacts. It reads them in the apps where they already are.

Examples

You learn that invoice 118 was opened at 8:41, because it was sent as an email that reports when it is opened.
You ask to move the 3pm to 4:15; the event moves and the other person gets a text about it in your words.
A new lead is matched to a contact you already have, so nobody types it in twice.

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Part 7 of 7 · iPhone

The AI assistant

An AI model that reads and replies to messages on your number. It reads only what you allowed, does only what you allowed, and replies only to the people you chose. When it cannot help, it says which permission is off.

Examples

It replies to friends, family, leads and customers from your number, written the way you write.
You can text it instructions yourself: move a meeting, tell someone you are late, send a file, unlock a door.
Every action it takes is written to the Ledger, a record you can read.

See it run