SightlineShortcuts actions
Search for Sightline in the Shortcuts app. The actions run without opening a window and save into your save folder like a normal capture, with the sound and the thumbnail.
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Capture Screen | Captures the display the pointer is on. Returns the screenshot. |
| Capture Area | Captures a rectangle given by X, Y, Width and Height in points from the top left of the main display. |
| Capture Window | Captures one window matched by App or Window Title. Pro. |
| Capture Text | Reads the text on screen, or in one window matched by App or Window Title, on the Mac. Returns the text. Pro. |
| Capture Scrolling | Stitches a long window into one tall screenshot. You scroll while it runs, so start it yourself, not from an automation. Pro. |
| Last Screenshot | Returns the newest screenshot in the save folder. |
| Open Screenshot | Opens a screenshot in the Sightline editor. macOS 27, also through Siri. Pro. |
A screenshot result has its File and Name, so the next action can resize, share or move it. Errors are plain: "No window matches.", or "Sightline does not have Screen Recording permission yet."
Example: a daily dashboard snapshot
- In Shortcuts, add Capture Window with App set to Safari and Window Title to Dashboard.
- Add Copy File to move the result into a dated folder, or Send Message to share it.
- In Automations, run it every weekday at 9:00 on this Mac.
Siri
These phrases work without setting anything up:
- "Capture the screen with Sightline"
- "Capture a window with Sightline"
- "Read the screen with Sightline"
On macOS 27, "Open my last screenshot" opens it in the Sightline editor.
Spotlight
Every screenshot Sightline saves is added to Spotlight by its file name, so you can find it with ⌘Space and its name. Only the name goes in, never the text inside the screenshot. With Name screenshots from what is in them on (Apple Intelligence), the names say what the screenshot shows, such as Sightline checkout-button-offset.png.
To search by the text inside screenshots, use Sightline's History (⌃⌥H), which reads that text on the Mac.