Actually you can interact with Drafts5 from Workflow. You just use the URL scheme directly.
Shortcuts does include Drafts5 specific actions. Well the beta does at least.
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How do you get all the different colors in the picture you posted above? It looks cool. Is that inndrafts or another app?
Yea that’s one of my action groups in Drafts. 
A bit off-topic, but:
I can’t figure out (or find documentation on) how to add separators in an action group, like “Templates” and “Thingy” in your screenshot. How do ya do that?
Oh, they might only be in the beta right now. I thought that release had come out already, but it looks like it’s in the next release. Sorry for the confusion. 
Ah! That answers it, thanks.
So I don’t know if am missing something. My needs (and knowledge) is probably more basic, I need something more simple and build from there. I am trying to set up a list in workflow itself (as a checklist template). What I want is to use that list to construct a url for things to add as to do items. The thing is that when I parse with the URL encode it removes the %20OA that brakes each line to make it an item in things…
Should work, right?
This thread is a great resource! I have my first workflow-enabled template automation now!
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This is super helpful for me, just as it has been for others.
Where is the best place to find documentation on the syntax to use for the Drafts document or other text file that the shortcut uses to create the project?
Thanks much!
Thanks!! Really appreciate your help!
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Mark - Thank you so much! This is incredibly helpful!
So, I see in the discussion that there is talk of “date math”, but I’m not seeing how you do this. I run projects for my work that are pretty much the same each time and it would be awesome to be able to enter the title and end date into a prompt and have the script work out when my various start dates and deadlines are supposed to occur. Is that possible with either of these parsers?
Look at the linked action where the reverse date calculation is referenced - https://actions.getdrafts.com/a/1Ob
The template has a tag in it followed by the calculations. Drafts substitutes in the tag, then Things will parse that with the calculation and derive the required date.
Thanks. I think I need to be using either “Thingy” or the “Community Group Brochure” action posted by kennonb. Is that right? When I use those actions I get this error
Looks like there is an encoding issue with that Drafts Template Action. There should be “icons” next to the [[deadline]] merge fields, but they’re showing as “?”
You should be able to still use that action as a reference, but use the actual “Thingy” action group to replace that “?” with the proper Deadline identifier.
EDIT:
Actually it looks like it’s an issue with the Thingy action group.
Anyway, here’s a slightly more recent write-up on how I process my Templates.
Hi
This looks awesome. But did you have to create a template like in the jpeg or not? Sorry wasn’t clear for me.
Thanks
Carl
Hope folks are well. I am “almost” where I need to be with this. Can someone please help me with the final details ?
- I am using the “Things Project Template” in Shortcuts
- My text file works 98% to my liking, the only thing I want to add is the ability to add reverse date math to this method (using the shortcut and text file).
- When I run the shortcut, it asks for date, I enter in the day of show and that applies that to the project
- I want some of the items below to have dates that are calculated plus or minus from the date above. Examples being
I’d like Book Travel too have a date 54 days before the above date
I’d like the Send Settlement email to have a date 1 day after the above date
Text file text is below. What do I need to add to it to have reverse math
Many thanks in advance
Best,
Jeremy
Jeremy Plotnikoff
Chris Botti Tour Manager
cheekyjeremy@mac.com
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