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Voice Note → LinkedIn Post with Apple Shortcuts + ChatGPT (No Install, No Server)
Talk for 30 seconds, get a finished LinkedIn post on your clipboard. A free Apple Shortcut transcribes your voice on-device, hands it to ChatGPT with a "rewrite as a LinkedIn post" prompt, and copies the result — ready to paste.
Voice Note → LinkedIn Post with Apple Shortcuts + ChatGPT (No Install, No Serve…
Talk for 30 seconds, get a finished LinkedIn post on your clipboard. A free Apple Shortcut transcribes your voice on-device, hands it to ChatGPT with a "rewrite as a LinkedIn post" prompt, and copies the result — ready to paste.
You already own the tool
Writing a LinkedIn post is a tax on busy people: the **idea** takes ten seconds, the writing takes thirty minutes. This flips it — you ramble into your phone for half a minute and a finished post lands on your clipboard. The best part: **Apple Shortcuts** is already on your iPhone and Mac, it's free, and there's nothing to install. No server, no monthly subscription, no new account.
Three moves, one tap
The whole thing is a single **Shortcut** that stacks three small actions. It turns your speech into text, hands that text to AI with a "make this a LinkedIn post" instruction, then drops the polished post on your clipboard. You fire it from the Share Sheet or your Home Screen with one tap. The mental model: talk, tap, paste.
What you'll need
Just two things, and you likely have both already: - A **Mac or iPhone** — open the pre-installed **Shortcuts** app. - One **AI step** — either Apple Intelligence's free on-device "Use Model" action, or the free **ChatGPT** app, which adds a ChatGPT action you can drop right in. Apple Intelligence keeps everything on-device. ChatGPT often writes a touch more naturally. Either works fine.
Start a blank Shortcut
Open **Shortcuts** and tap the **+** to start a new one. Name it something you'll spot on your Home Screen, like **"Voice → LinkedIn."** You're now looking at an empty canvas where each action stacks on the last, top to bottom — and that order *is* the workflow. Don't overthink it. You'll add just four small actions, one at a time.
Turn speech into text
Add a **Dictate Text** action. It transcribes your voice on-device, no internet needed. Tap the mic, talk for thirty seconds, and your words become text. Want to run it on a voice memo you *already* recorded instead? Swap in **Get Text from Input** so it works from the Share Sheet. Either way, you now hold the raw **transcript** — the raw material for the next step.
Hand it to the AI
Add your AI action and feed it the transcript. With Apple Intelligence that's **Use Model**; with ChatGPT it's the **ChatGPT** action. The **prompt** is what turns rambling into a post. Paste this and put the transcript variable at the very end: ``` Turn this voice note into one LinkedIn post: a strong one-line hook, short punchy lines, one clear takeaway, no hashtags. Match the voice in these examples of my posts: [paste 2-3 of your real posts]. Voice note: ```
Drop it on your clipboard
Add a **Copy to Clipboard** action and feed it the AI output. Now the finished post is sitting on your clipboard, ready to paste into LinkedIn. Want to eyeball it first? Add a **Show Result** action just before it so the draft pops up on screen. A three-second human glance catches the rare odd line and keeps every post sounding like **you**, not a robot.
Make it one tap
Open the Shortcut's settings (the toggle icon) and turn on **Show in Share Sheet** and **Add to Home Screen**. Now it lives one tap away: run it on selected text, on a voice memo you share to it, or straight from your Home Screen icon. That's the whole magic — the gap between "I have an idea" and "it's posted" basically disappears.
Make it yours
A few tweaks turn this from a trick into a habit: - **More formats:** duplicate the AI action with a second prompt for an X post or an Instagram caption — one voice note becomes three. - **A daily nudge:** add a Shortcuts Automation that pings you each morning to record one idea. - **Fully on-device:** prefer not to connect ChatGPT at all? The built-in **Use Model** action keeps everything local and free.
Your first step
Open Shortcuts, tap **+**, and add just two actions: **Dictate Text**, then **Show Result**. Run it and talk for ten seconds. Seeing your own words appear as text proves the hard part works — the AI and clipboard steps take two more minutes to bolt on.
Try this now
Your turn: open apple-shortcuts and set up the first step. Just do step one now — the rest takes minutes. Save this guide to pick up where you left off.
FAQ
Do I need to pay for anything?
Apple Shortcuts is free and built into macOS and iOS, and transcription happens on-device for free. The only optional cost is the AI step: use the free Apple Intelligence "Use Model" action on supported devices, or connect the ChatGPT app (the free tier works for this). No workflow-tool subscription, no server bill.
How is this different from the n8n version?
The n8n version runs on a server, fully hands-off, and can post to multiple platforms — great if you already run n8n. The Shortcuts version runs on your own phone or Mac with nothing to install and no server, which is simpler and free for a solo creator. Same idea, lighter tool.
Does it post to LinkedIn automatically?
It copies the finished post to your clipboard (or opens the Share Sheet) so you paste and publish in one tap. LinkedIn’s app doesn’t allow reliable automatic posting from a Shortcut, and a quick human glance before publishing is a feature, not a bug.
Can I make it sound like me?
Yes — put two or three of your own past posts directly into the prompt inside the Shortcut and tell the model to match that voice. Examples beat instructions every time.