What CoIsland watches in Shortcut

Each monitor kind brings its own query and its own card in the notch.

How to watch Shortcut from your Mac’s notch

Each monitor is a ring in the notch that counts down to its next check. When a story starts matching, the notch opens for a few seconds and the card lists it as sc-123 · In Development · Ana Silva · Due 25 Sept: which story, where it is, who has it and by when.

A click opens the alert in CoIsland, where the story fills in live: its description, its comments, its owners and iteration, and Open in Shortcut. Connect Shortcut covers the token, every kind and every error; all connectors share one page.

Connect it in three steps

  1. Generate an API token in Shortcut under Settings › Your Account › API Tokens.

  2. Add a Shortcut connector with it. Test connector finds you and your workspace.

  3. Write a search or pick a state by name, and choose when it alerts.

Built for Shortcut

  • Your own API token, no admin and no app to register.
  • Read only: it never moves, edits or comments on a story.
  • Shortcut's own search operators, as in its search bar.
  • The token stays in the macOS Keychain and goes only to Shortcut's API.

Then hand it to an agent

A click on the alert opens the agent in a terminal under it, with the whole alert as its first message.

Shortcut questions

Does CoIsland need a Shortcut admin?

No. Any member can generate an API token under their own account. An Observer's token may be refused by Shortcut's API.

How does owner:me work when Shortcut's search wants a mention name?

At each check CoIsland asks Shortcut who the token belongs to and writes your mention name in place of me.

Will it alert me about every story already open?

No. The first check learns what is already there and stays quiet; after that, only what is new alerts.

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