Cleat Shortcuts and App Shortcuts
Run your Shortcuts library from Cleat, plus the App Shortcuts other apps publish to Spotlight, and drive Cleat from Siri with its six App Intents.
Your Shortcuts library
Type sc and a name, or pick Shortcuts in the palette. Everything in the Shortcuts app is listed and Return runs it.
App Shortcuts
Apps that adopt App Intents publish shortcuts to Spotlight, like a timer app’s “Start Sleep Timer”. Cleat reads those and lists them next to the app.
Apple gives third-party apps no way to run another app’s App Shortcut directly. The first time you run one from Cleat, Cleat builds a one-action shortcut around it, signs it, and hands it to the Shortcuts app, which asks you to add it. After that one click it runs from Cleat like any other shortcut.
Cleat in Shortcuts, Spotlight and Siri
Cleat declares its own App Intents, so these appear as actions in the Shortcuts app and, on macOS 26, in Spotlight:
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Open Cleat | Opens the palette, with an optional query |
| Run Cleat Command | Runs one of your script commands |
| Snap Window | Moves the front window to a position |
| Ask Apple Intelligence | Sends a prompt and returns the answer |
| Convert Units | Returns a converted value |
| Get Snippet | Returns a snippet’s text, placeholders filled |
URL scheme
Scripts and Shortcuts can also drive Cleat through cleat:// URLs. See URL scheme.