Siri & Shortcuts

Adding a task by voice

Say “Add a Set task” to your iPhone or your Apple Watch and the task joins today’s plan. Set never opens, and nothing has to be set up first.

Siri asks what the task is, you answer, and it is captured.

Phrases that work

• “Add a Set task”
• “New Set task”
• “Capture a Set task”
• “Add a task in Set”

The first form is the one to learn. Set is an ordinary English word, so “add a task in Set” competes with Apple’s own Reminders for the same sentence and often loses. Saying “Set task” as a phrase makes it clear who you are talking to.

Siri support is English only for now.

Durations in the sentence

Say a duration and Set reads it out of the text rather than making you answer a second question:

• “Add a Set task, email Sam 15m” gives you a 15 minute task
• Without a duration, the task is 30 minutes, which you can change once it is in your list

Where the task lands

Straight into today’s plan, at the end of the queue, starting when your last task finishes. It also picks up your default priority from Settings → General.

If today is already full on the free plan, the task goes to your Inbox instead and Siri tells you so. Nothing is lost, and nothing silently overwrites your day.

Shortcuts and the Action button

The same capture is available as a Shortcuts action called Add Task, which means you can:

• Put it on the Action button of an iPhone 15 Pro or later, or an Apple Watch Ultra
• Trigger it from an automation, for example every weekday morning
• Run it from Spotlight
• Chain it after other actions in a shortcut of your own

There is also an Open Timer action that opens Set straight on the Timer tab, which works as a Control Centre control too.

If Siri does not respond

• Check Siri is switched on for Set in iOS Settings → Apps → Set
• Use the exact phrase “Add a Set task” rather than a variation
• Try it on the watch as well; the same action is built into the watch app