Use ChatGPT anywhere on your iPhone
⚡ Updated November 2026: the original Shortcut stopped working when OpenAI retired its old models. The new version uses OpenAI’s current API, asks for your key when you add it, and remembers the conversation, so you can ask follow-up questions.
Use ChatGPT from anywhere on your phone with this iPhone Shortcut.
You can use this iPhone automation to do all sorts of nifty stuff, like replying to emails or messages, translating text, or correcting typos. You can even use it in combination with other Shortcuts. Just play with it 😄
(In the example above, I select the text from an email and ask the AI automation to write a short reply)
You can create your own Shortcut or just copy and save mine.
Doesn’t the iPhone have this built in now?
Partly. Since iOS 26, Shortcuts has a Use Model action that can send a request to Apple Intelligence or to ChatGPT. It needs an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro or later), with Apple Intelligence turned on.
My Shortcut is still handy if:
- Your iPhone doesn’t support Apple Intelligence: it works on any iPhone with the Shortcuts app.
- You want it ready to use: share text to it, get the answer copied, ask a follow-up. No building required.
- You want to pick the model: it runs on your own OpenAI key, and you can change the model in the Shortcut.
Set it up
- Open this link with Safari and add the “ChatGPT mobile” Shortcut
- If you don’t have one, create an OpenAI API key and copy it (a long string of random letters and numbers)
- When you add the Shortcut, it asks for your key: paste it there. Missed it? Open the Shortcut with the three dots ••• icon and replace “ADD API KEY HERE” in the first step
⚡ Good to know: OpenAI’s API is prepaid. Add a few dollars of credit under Billing on OpenAI’s platform. A typical answer costs a fraction of a cent, so a few dollars will last you a long time.
That’s it, you’re all set 😎
Use it
There are 4 ways to trigger it:
- Via the share sheet, on text you’ve selected in any app
- By creating a “tile” button on your home screen (like at the beginning of the video)
- Using 3 back taps via the Accessibility settings (Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap. You didn’t know this one, did you 😄)
- With Siri: say “Hey Siri” and the name of the Shortcut
Once triggered, the Shortcut fills the question with the text you shared or, if you didn’t share any, with the text you copied. If the clipboard is empty, the question starts blank.
Edit or add your request (for example, “Write a short reply to this email:”) and let the automation run. The answer is shown and already copied: paste it wherever you need.
Magic! 🪄
Want to change something? Tap Ask a follow-up and write, say, “Shorter, please” or “More formal”. It remembers the conversation, so you don’t have to start over.
Have fun!
Do you prefer the automation to do something specific every time? Duplicate the Shortcut and, in the “What do you want to ask ChatGPT?” step, type your command before the text, like: “Translate to Spanish: “
PS: It also works on iPad and Mac
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