@russ many thanks, I’ll take a look.

@russ OK, I've got this to work thanks to your help.

I created an AppleScript as described and added the path into the GUI command field.

Now I can ask Alexa to run shortcuts and it works perfectly!!

Now another challenge. Can I somehow run the TriggerCMD command using an Alexa Routine, rather than using my voice command?

So for example I already have a routine that runs when I say "Alexa good morning" that turns on my office light, turns on my radiator and reads out my calendar for the day. I'd like to add the TriggerCMD command to this routine. Is that possible?

@russ Many thanks, I've just tried using the full path option and the same thing happens as before, the command only works when I quit out of the HUI and then open it again. I will try the Apple Script option next.

@russ hey there, thanks for responding.

I'm sure you know that to get shortcuts on your mac you need to be running MacOS Monterey.

Because I read that TriggerCMD commands use the same format as what can run from the command line, I did a Google search for how to run shortcuts from the command line and the following is what I found: https://sixcolors.com/post/2021/12/run-shortcuts-from-the-mac-command-line/

As I previously mentioned, if you type: shortcuts run followed by the name of your shortcut, the Mac will run that shortcut.

In my case this would be: shortcuts run agency

(agency being the name of my shortcut).

Hi there.

I'm trying to see if I can run a Mac OS shortcut using TriggerCMD with a voice command via Alexa.

So far I have not managed to get this working properly and need some help.

I have created a command using the GUI editor and I have used the command: shortcuts run agency

(agency is the name of my shortcut which opens two apps)

If I run the command directly from the GUI command editor, the shortcut doesn't run until I close the GUI and then open it again? This seems strange as this does not happen with the sample Calculator command?

I have tried using the same command (shortcuts run agency) in Mac OS Terminal and it works immediately.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.