Hey Siri, Add a Task to Fecit
Wired up iOS Shortcuts and App Intents so a single voice command adds a task without ever opening the app.
Hey Siri, Add a Task to Fecit
When something popped into my head, jotting it down took five steps:
- Pull out the phone
- Open Fecit
- Tap the +
- Type the title
- Hit save
Every time I did it, I thought: “Why isn’t this one step?”
Today I wired up iOS Shortcuts and App Intents. Now it really is one step.
“Hey Siri, create a task in Fecit.”
“What do you want to add?”
“Buy milk.”
Done. The app doesn’t open. It quietly registers in the background, and the next time I open the app, it’s there in the list.
In Korean too
Voice commands aren’t just English. With the system language set to Korean, the shortcut shows up as “할 일 만들기,” and saying “Fecit에 할 일 만들기” works the same way. On English systems, you get “Create Task” / “Create a task in Fecit” automatically.
A widget side effect
There was a separate intent I’d built for the widget’s button — turns out it was unintentionally showing up in the Shortcuts app too, listed as “태스크 상태 변경.” That intent was meant to be invoked only from inside the widget. One line hid it.
Small but daily
It’s a small thing, but it’s something I’ll do every day. The cumulative effect of “five taps” → “one phrase” should add up. Quiet, fast, frictionless.