Hey Siri

Ask the book.
Out loud.

A Shortcut that turns Siri into a voice interface for the Astrid documentation: say "Hey Siri, Ask the Astrid Book", ask your question, hear the answer. No app. Works on any iPhone. Add just one, whichever AI app is on your phone: both answer to the same phrase.

Plain dealing: this shortcut routes through the AI app you already have, on the account you already signed into. It holds no key and no secret, and nothing goes through us. It is not Astrid answering — no kernel, no permission checks, no receipts. It's the book, read to you by a model you brought.

With Claude

You'll need the Claude app installed and signed in — no API key; it uses the account you already have. The shortcut asks for it once, when you add it.

Add to Siri →
The recipe · 4 actions, no key, no secrets
  1. Ask for Input (Text) Prompt: "What do you want to ask the book?" — invoked by voice, Siri speaks this and listens.
  2. Get Contents of URL GET https://astridos.org/llms.txt — the book map the model answers from.
  3. Ask Claude (the Claude app’s action) Compose the prompt in its text field: type "You answer questions about Astrid OS from its documentation map below. Answer in a few spoken-friendly sentences, no markdown." then insert the Contents of URL variable (step 2), then "Question:" and the Provided Input variable (step 1).
  4. Speak Text The result from step 3. Add Show Result too if you want it on screen.

Name it exactly Ask the Astrid Book — that's the phrase Siri listens for.

With ChatGPT

You'll need the ChatGPT app installed and signed in — no API key; it uses the account you already have. The shortcut asks for it once, when you add it.

Add to Siri →
The recipe · 4 actions, no key, no secrets
  1. Ask for Input (Text) Prompt: "What do you want to ask the book?" — invoked by voice, Siri speaks this and listens.
  2. Get Contents of URL GET https://astridos.org/llms.txt — the book map the model answers from.
  3. Ask ChatGPT (the ChatGPT app’s action) Compose the prompt in its text field: type "You answer questions about Astrid OS from its documentation map below. Answer in a few spoken-friendly sentences, no markdown." then insert the Contents of URL variable (step 2), then "Question:" and the Provided Input variable (step 1).
  4. Speak Text The result from step 3. Add Show Result too if you want it on screen.

Name it exactly Ask the Astrid Book — that's the phrase Siri listens for.

Where this is going

Today this is two beats: name the shortcut, then ask. When Astrid gains a native app, "Hey Siri, ask Astrid how do capsules work" becomes one breath, and the answer comes from your own agent — with its permissions, memory, and receipts — instead of a bare model. Same conversation, upgraded custodian. That's the plan, stated in advance so you can hold us to it.