Press a Button widget to activate a Wink Shortcut
10 ready-made Button widget and Wink: Shortcuts Applets
Turn one on, or build your own. Button widget can start an automation with "Button press", and IFTTT can then run "Activate shortcut" on Wink: Shortcuts.-
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Activate Smart Life scene and Wink shortcut with Button press
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Lock front door with a Button press
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Activate home scene, set abode to Home, and close garage with one tap -
Automate Button widget and Wink: Shortcuts from your AI assistant
Have Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor build and run Button widget and Wink: Shortcuts automations for you, like “Press a Button widget to activate a Wink Shortcut”, with IFTTT MCP.
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Create your own Button widget and Wink: Shortcuts workflow
Create custom workflows effortlessly by selecting triggers, queries, and actions. With IFTTT, it's simple: “If this” trigger happens, “then that” action follows. Streamline tasks and save time with automated workflows that work for you.
2 triggers, queries, and actions
Button press
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires every time you press the button.
Activate shortcut
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will activate the shortcut you specify.
Activate shortcut
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will activate the shortcut you specify.
Button press
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires every time you press the button.
Build an automation in seconds!
If
Select a trigger the automation will use
Button press
Then
Select an action the automation will perform
Activate shortcut
You can add delays, queries, and more actions in the chat.
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How to connect to a Button widget automation
Find an Applet using Button widget and Wink: Shortcuts
Find an automation to connect to, or create your own!Connect IFTTT to your accounts
Securely connect the Applet services to your respective accounts.Finalize and customize your Applet
Review trigger and action settings, and click connect. Simple as that!Make more happen with your credits
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More on Button widget and Wink: Shortcuts
About Button widget
Make buttons and control other services with a single tap. This service creates widgets that you can use from the home screen of your Android or iOS device.
About Wink: Shortcuts
A simpler way to a smarter home. Wink brings all of your favorite smart products together in a single app. Wink Shortcuts allow you to control multiple smart products with a single tap. For example, create a goodnight shortcut that lowers the blinds, adjusts the thermostat, turns off the lights, and lock the doors.