One tap when you wake up. Your alarm dismissed, coffee timer started, calendar read aloud, and weather checked. That's a morning routine shortcut. Here's the exact setup.
What the shortcut does
In order: stops the current alarm if one is running, reads today's weather aloud, reads your first three calendar events aloud, starts a ten-minute coffee timer, and opens the first app you use every morning. You run it once. It handles the rest.
Total actions: five to seven depending on your version. Build time: under ten minutes. Running time: thirty seconds every morning.
The actions you need
Get Current Weather
Returns conditions and temperature for your current location. Set it to "current conditions" and "temperature". This becomes the input for the next step.
Speak Text
Takes the weather data from step one and reads it aloud. Tap the text field, tap the variable button, select the weather output from the previous action.
Find Calendar Events
Set to "today", limit to 3 events. Returns the name, time, and location of your first three events.
Speak Text (again)
Reads the calendar events aloud. Format: "You have [event name] at [start time]." Repeat for each event.
Start Timer
Set to 10 minutes. This is your coffee or tea timer. Adjust to whatever you actually need.
The smarter version
Once the basic version is working, add a conditional block at the beginning: "If time is before 9am, run the full routine. If time is after 9am, skip the alarm step and the timer." This makes the shortcut useful on weekends without changing anything.
You can also add a "Get Battery Level" action at the start. If battery is below 20%, the first spoken line is "Your phone is at [level] percent. Plug it in." One line. Useful every few weeks.
How to put it on your home screen
With the shortcut open, tap the settings icon (top right). Tap "Add to Home Screen". Choose an icon and name. Tap "Add". It appears on your home screen like any app. One tap to run.
For a cleaner version: put it in a widget. Long-press the home screen, add a Shortcuts widget, and select this shortcut. It runs from the widget without opening the app.
Skip the build — download the ready version
The Morning Routine shortcut is free to download. Install in two taps. Customize after.
Get the morning shortcutWhat to add next
Once this is part of your morning, the natural additions are: a "read top headlines" action (Shortcuts can pull from RSS), a "log that I'm awake" action to Apple Health for sleep tracking consistency, and a "set Focus to Morning" action that silences distracting apps until 10am.
Each one is one additional action in the same shortcut. Add them one at a time as you find value.