Overview
What Short Menu - Shorten URL does
Shortens up to 20 distinct HTTP(S) URLs, keeping surrounding text, punctuation, and line breaks. Duplicate URLs are submitted once per run. Review the result, copy it, or replace the selection. You can choose Replace selected text in the action's result settings. If any URL fails, no partial text result is applied; links already created at the provider may still exist. No automatic retries or fallback to another provider.
| Category | Link Shorteners |
|---|---|
| Action type | Built-in |
| Default result | Replace or copy text |
| Internet | Required |
Example
Action and outcome
| Action | Outcome |
|---|---|
| Short Menu - Shorten URLSelected text: Read https://example.com/a/long/article | Read https://shm.to/abc123 |
Workflow
Use Short Menu - Shorten URL
Follow these steps to shorten web links in selected text with Short Menu with ActionClip.
- Select the text you want to use.
- Choose Short Menu - Shorten URL from ActionClip.
- Review the result, then replace the selection or copy the new text.
Before you add it
Requirements and privacy
- Before you start: Enable Online Actions and save a Short Menu API key from shm.to/create-api-key. A custom domain must be configured in your account.
- Your selected text: Sends only the selected web URLs directly to Short Menu over HTTPS, not the surrounding prose. The service stores link destinations and may collect visit statistics. Do not shorten confidential or signed URLs. Credentials stay in this Mac's Keychain and are not exported or synced.
Inspect before installing
Action script
The script below is included so you can inspect how the action works before downloading it.
Built-in definition
marketplace_url_shortener_shortMenu