macOS
See your Shortcuts as a diagram, not a list.
Apple's Shortcuts app shows automations as one long vertical list. That works until your shortcut has branches and loops — then understanding what actually runs, and when, means scrolling and guessing. Shortcuts IDE opens the same shortcuts on a node canvas, where every action is a box, every connection is a visible wire, and every branch is a fork you can follow with your eyes.
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What it does
Open your real shortcuts
Import any .shortcut file straight from the Shortcuts app and see the whole automation laid out at once.
Branching you can see
If / Otherwise, Repeat, Repeat with Each, and Choose from Menu all render as real, separate paths on the canvas.
A real editor
Drag actions, rewire connections, edit values on the node or in the inspector, with multi-select and undo.
Variables
Point a field at a variable set earlier in the flow, instead of only literal text.
Save your work
Save and reopen canvases as project files, with autosave keeping your layout between launches.
Run it, right here
Press ⌘R to run your shortcut and see its output in the app — no hunting through your Shortcuts library to check whether a branch works.
Export signed .shortcut files
Write a real, signed .shortcut file that opens and runs in Apple's Shortcuts exactly like one built by hand — not just a clipboard paste.
Import from an iCloud link
Paste a public iCloud share link and the shortcut lands on your canvas, ready to read and edit.
No account, no tracking
No sign-in and nothing sent anywhere but the shortcut you choose to fetch. Signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens with no Gatekeeper warning.
The full editor. Shortcuts IDE is the direct-download version: everything in the free Shortcuts Editor on the Mac App Store, plus running, signed-file export, and iCloud import — the power features Apple's App Sandbox keeps out of a store build.
Keyboard shortcuts
File
Edit
View
Canvas
The same list lives in the app under Help ▸ Keyboard Shortcuts.