Apple Shortcuts Turn Siri Into a ChatGPT Mouthpiece

What it does This repository distributes Apple Shortcuts—not source code—that pipe your spoken questions to the ChatGPT API and read the answers back through Siri. It handles continuous conversations, custom system prompts, and writes chat logs with timestamps and token counts to iCloud Drive.

The interesting bit The whole product is a visual automation, so it runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, HomePod, and CarPlay without an app binary or Xcode project. The author has released over a dozen versions via new iCloud links because Shortcuts offers no native version management.

Key highlights

• Zero compiled code: pure Shortcut automation logic wrapped around HTTP requests
• Hands-free across the Apple ecosystem, including HomePod and CarPlay
• Persistent chat logs saved to iCloud Drive/Shortcuts/ChatGPT-log with per-message timestamps and token stats
• Pluggable backends: supports custom OpenAI-compatible URLs such as DeepSeek or OpenRouter, plus model selection
• Session management: maintains conversation context until you trigger “new chat” or “quit chat” commands

Caveats

• Requires an active API key and internet connection; API usage incurs charges based on token consumption
• TXT file logging depends on iCloud Drive being enabled
• Shortcuts lack version control, so each release is a separate iCloud link with a version number baked into the name

Verdict Worth a look if you want voice-activated ChatGPT on Apple devices without touching Swift or the App Store. Not for developers seeking a codebase to extend or anyone avoiding cloud API costs.