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\nTailscale works with the Shortcuts app on macOS and iOS to provide several built-in shortcut actions, allowing you to automate tasks. For example, you can create shortcuts to connect your device to a tailnet, use an exit node, or switch user accounts.
\nYou can combine the Tailscale actions with other available actions to customize tasks, such as automatically connecting to your tailnet if your device is not on your home Wi-Fi. Depending on how you set up your shortcuts, you access shortcuts in the Shortcuts app, the menu bar, in Spotlight, and other places.
\nFor general information about macOS and iOS shortcuts, refer to Apple's Shortcuts User Guide for Mac and Shortcuts User Guide for iOS.
\nTo use Tailscale with the Shortcuts app, you must meet the following requirements:
\nThe Tailscale client offers actions for interacting with accounts, devices, exit nodes, and your tailnet.
\nThe following Tailscale actions let you manage your Tailscale accounts:
\n\nRetrieve accounts signed into the Tailscale client that match the provided criteria. You can filter accounts by Display Name or Login Name. You can also specify the sort by, sort order, and limit of the results.
\nSwitch Tailscale user accounts. You can optionally specify the account username to which to switch. If you don't specify an account username, the action will ask you to select one when it runs.
\nThe following Tailscale actions let you manage devices:
\n\nRetrieve all devices in your tailnet that match the provided criteria. You can filter devices by Name or connection status ( Is Online or Is Offline). You can also specify the sort by, sort order, and limit of the results.
\nSend a ping to a device in your tailnet and retrieve the ping result. You can ping a device by its device name, Tailscale IP address, MagicDNS name, device ID, IPv4 address, or IPv6 address.
\nUse Taildrop to send one or more files to a device in your tailnet. You specify the files to send and the device to which to send the files.
\nYou must already have an exit node in your tailnet before using it from a macOS or iOS shortcut.
\nExit node actions are sensitive actions because an exit node affects all network traffic on your device. On iOS, you must unlock your device before using an exit node action.
\nThe following Tailscale actions let you manage exit nodes:
\n\nSet your device to use an exit node by its name or Tailscale IP address.
\nSet your device to stop using an exit node.
\nThe following Tailscale actions let you manage your tailnet:
\n\nConnect your device to your tailnet.
\nDisconnect your device from your tailnet.
\nRetrieve status information about the Tailscale client. It returns the following values:
\nboolean): Whether the device is connected to a tailnet.string): The Tailscale username (such as alice@example.com).boolean): Whether the device currently uses an exit node.string): The name of the exit node.Modify whether your device uses Tailscale DNS. You can use this action to:
\nToggle the connection status of your device. You can use this action to connect to or disconnect from your tailnet. After the action runs, it returns either Yes or No to indicate whether the device is connected (Yes) or disconnected (No).
\nThis example shows how to create a macOS shortcut that switches between Tailscale accounts. The example uses the Get Status and the Switch Account actions.
\nalice@example.com.alice@gmail.com.alice@example.com.You can access and run the shortcut you created in the Shortcuts app All Shortcuts folder. You can also add the shortcut to the Menu Bar folder, which makes the shortcut appear in the macOS taskbar.
\nThis example shows how to create an iOS shortcut that automatically connects your device to your tailnet when your devices joins a specific Wi-Fi network. The example uses the Connect action.
\nIn this example, the Wi-Fi network name is PangoLAN.
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