---
title: "I tapped my phone. Claude answered."
description: "In 2025 I put an AI request behind a phone gesture: use the clipboard, or ask for text if it is empty."
date: 2026-10-19
lang: en
translationKey: "ai-on-a-tap"
translationStatus: machine
tags: ["AI", "automation", "interfaces"]
related: ["photo-tinder", "voice-message-preview", "bot-voyage"]
sourceUrls: ["https://t.me/Shipao/2227"]
canonical: "https://shipulin.md/en/blog/ai-on-a-tap/"
---

I like Apple Shortcuts. In 2025 I made a small automation: tap the back of my phone, send the clipboard to Claude, get an answer. If the clipboard is empty, the Shortcut asks for text.[^post]

The appeal is the short path from something I have already found to a question about it. Copy it, call the assistant. No need to find the right app first, then remember what I meant to bring into it.

The speed was mediocre. I tried different models, including GPT-4o-mini, and the delay seemed about the same. That was my experience, without measurements that would let me identify the bottleneck.

I also found tapping the back of the phone faintly ridiculous. For compatible iPhones, I suggested assigning the Shortcut to the Action Button. The gesture is replaceable; the interesting part is reaching an assistant from the task already in progress.

One small, consequential detail: this automation sends the clipboard to an AI service. Worth remembering before the tap.

[^post]: [The Shortcut description and short video, 2025](https://t.me/Shipao/2227).