Save with the Action Button, Back Tap, and Siri

Sometimes you want to save a copy without even opening Clipboard AI. Press the Action Button, double tap the back of your iPhone, or ask Siri, and your copy lands in the app on its own. Here is how to set up each one.

Start with the shortcut

The Action Button and Back Tap both run a shortcut, so add it once first. The ready-made Save Clip To ClipboardAI shortcut saves whatever you copied, quietly in place, without opening the app. That is exactly what you want from a button or a gesture.

Tap the link, then tap Add Shortcut. It lands in your Shortcuts library, ready to assign to a button or a gesture.

Press the Action Button

On an iPhone with an Action Button, assign the shortcut once and a single press saves whatever you copied. Here is the whole flow, tap by tap.

1

Tap Action Button

In Settings.

2

Swipe to Shortcut

Then tap the shortcut to change it.

3

Pick the shortcut

Choose a Shortcut, then Save Clip To ClipboardAI. Add the shortcut

4

It is set

The button now runs Save Clip To ClipboardAI.

Now copy anything, press the Action Button, and your copy is saved.

Double tap the back

Back Tap turns a double tap on the back of your iPhone into a saved clip. It works on far more iPhones than the Action Button. Here is every step.

1

Tap Accessibility

In Settings.

2

Tap Touch

Under Physical and Motor.

3

Tap Back Tap

Near the bottom.

4

Tap Double Tap

Or Triple Tap.

5

Pick the shortcut

Choose Save Clip To ClipboardAI. Add the shortcut

Now copy something, double tap the back, and your copy is saved.

Or just ask Siri

No shortcut to add for this one. Copy something, then say any of these:

• "Save to clipboard"
• "Save to Clipboard AI"
• "Save my clipboard to Clipboard AI"
• "Save clipboard with Clipboard AI"

The first time, Siri asks to turn the shortcut on. Tap Turn On and you are set for good.

1

Tap Turn On, once

The first time you ask, Siri confirms the shortcut.

2

Then just ask, any time

Your copy is saved and waiting in the app.

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