Productivity

Shortcut

Shortcut is issue and project tracking for software teams — stories grouped into epics, moved through workflow states on a board.

Authentication

  • API key

Actions

Generic API request. Call any Shortcut API endpoint on this connection, for the case where no shipped action covers it yet. The connection supplies the base URL, the authentication and the egress route, so only the path, query and body are yours to fill.

  • Create epicCreate an epic - the container stories are grouped under for a larger body of work.
  • Create storyCreate a story - the individual unit of work in Shortcut.
  • Get current memberRetrieve information about the member tied to the API token (GET /member).
  • Get storyRead one story by its numeric public id - the id that appears in the Shortcut URL and in generated branch names - to check its current workflowstateid, storytype, epic and archived flag.
  • List epicsList all epics in the Shortcut workspace (GET /epics).
  • List membersList all members of the Shortcut workspace (GET /members).
  • List projectsList all projects in the Shortcut workspace (GET /projects).
  • List workflowsList all workflows in the Shortcut workspace (GET /workflows).
  • Search storiesSearch for stories using Shortcut search operators (GET /search/stories).
  • Update storyDestructiveChange an existing story: rename it, rewrite the description, move it to another workflowstateid (the id that represents a column such as In Progress, from List workflows), retype it, or refile it under a different epicid.

Triggers

  • Epic created (webhook)Starts the instant a new Shortcut epic is created, delivered by a webhook instead of waiting for the next poll.
  • New or updated storyStarts when a Shortcut story is created or updated in the connected workspace.
  • Story created (webhook)Starts the instant a new Shortcut story is created, delivered by a webhook instead of waiting for the next poll.

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