Ask questions with your voice and get instant AI answers

Speak a request to your iPhone and an AI agent answers back, drafts emails, or logs tasks automatically.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Simple Merge (5)

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Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsImage & Media ProcessingAPI & Webhook Integration
Connects
SiriApple ShortcutsOpenAI

The problem it solves

You're constantly context-switching between talking to people, typing notes, and hunting for the right app to get something done. When a good idea or task comes up mid-day, it's easy to forget it before you get back to a keyboard.

Who it fits

Owners and operators who want hands-free access to an AI assistant throughout the day.

How it works

  1. You speak a request to Siri on your iPhone or Mac
  2. Apple Shortcuts sends the transcribed text to the AI agent
  3. The AI agent reads the request, along with the current date and time, and works out what you need
  4. It drafts a reply, adds a task, or answers your question
  5. Siri reads the response back or delivers it as text
What you get

Drafts and tasks ready in your own voice

You speak a request to Siri and get a drafted reply, a logged task, or a spoken answer back instantly.

What you get

A spoken or written AI response, ready-to-send email draft, or new task, depending on what you asked for.

What you need

An iPhone or Mac with Siri enabled, the Apple Shortcuts app, and an OpenAI account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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