iOS Shortcut for Notion Quick Note: Simple Setup Guide

Alright, listen up, y’all. Gonna tell ya ’bout this here…thingamajig…for your eye-phone. It’s called an “IOS Shortcut for Notion Quick Note“. Sounds fancy, huh? Don’t you worry none, I’ll make it plain as day.

So, you got this here “Notion” thing. Folks say it’s like a fancy notebook, but on your phone. And then there’s “Shortcuts,” which is like…well, it’s like makin’ your phone do stuff faster. Like a shortcut, get it? We gonna make these two work together. Like peas and carrots, but for your phone.

First thing’s first, we gotta make that shortcut. Think of it like teachin’ an old dog new tricks, but the dog’s your phone and the trick is writin’ stuff down in that Notion thing real quick. You gotta go into that Shortcuts app. It looks like a bunch of colored squares, kinda like a quilt my grandma used to make. You find it, right? Good.

• Now, you tap that little plus sign, looks like a cross. That means “add somethin’ new.”
• Then you gotta find the “Text” thingy. It’s where you type stuff, like when you’re sendin’ a message to your grandkid.
• You click on that “Text” thing and then you gotta type in “Ask Each Time.” This means the phone’s gonna ask you what you wanna write down every time you use the shortcut. Makes sense, right?

Okay, so now the phone knows you wanna write somethin’. But it don’t know where to put it yet. We gotta tell it to put it in that Notion thing. So, you gotta add another thingy to the shortcut. This time, it’s called “URL”. It’s like a street address, but for the internet.

Now, this part’s a little tricky. You gotta get the right address for your Notion. It’s like findin’ the right road to get to your neighbor’s house. You gotta go into that Notion app and find the page where you wanna put your quick notes. Then, you gotta copy the address of that page. It’s up there at the top, looks like a bunch of letters and numbers and slashes. Don’t mess it up, now!

You copy that address and then you go back to the shortcut and paste it into that “URL” thingy. But hold your horses, we ain’t done yet. You gotta add some extra stuff to that address so the phone knows what to do with the words you’re gonna write. This is the secret sauce, y’all.

You gotta add this stuff at the end of the address: ?title=Quick Note&body= and then you gotta add somethin’ called a “variable”. Don’t let that word scare ya. It just means somethin’ that changes. In this case, it’s the words you’re gonna write down. You get that variable from that “Text” thingy we did earlier. You just tap on it, it looks like a little magic wand, and it’ll add it to the address.

So, now you got a shortcut that asks you what to write and then sends it to the right place in Notion. It’s like sendin’ a letter, but way faster. And it even puts a title on it, “Quick Note,” so you know what it is. Ain’t that somethin’?

Now, let’s make it pretty. You can give that shortcut a picture, so it’s easy to find. Like puttin’ a pretty flower on your mailbox. You can choose any picture you want, or even make your own. Folks on the internet, they call it an “icon.” Whatever you call it, just make it somethin’ you’ll recognize.

And that’s about it. You got yourself an IOS Shortcut for Notion Quick Note. Now, whenever you wanna jot somethin’ down real quick, you just tap that shortcut and the phone does the rest. It’s faster than findin’ a pen and paper, I tell ya. And you won’t lose it like you lose them little scraps of paper you write on.

Now, some folks say you can use this shortcut on your watch too. Like one of them fancy watches that does more than just tell time. I ain’t got one of those, so I can’t tell ya how to do it. But I hear it’s the same idea, just on a smaller screen. If you got one of them watches, you can probably find some young whippersnapper to show ya how.

And one more thing, if you’re using your computer, you can just hit a couple of buttons to make a new note in Notion. It’s like hittin’ the gas pedal to go faster. But that ain’t got nothin’ to do with this shortcut, so I won’t bore ya with the details. Just know there’s other ways to do this stuff, depends on what you’re usin’.

So there you have it. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. Now go on and try it out. And don’t you go breakin’ your phone now, ya hear?