AI Converter

Step 1 – Get Your Craft API Key

Start by enabling the API on a Craft document where you want to receive converted content. Generate your API key and save it somewhere safe – you’ll need it in the next step.

Step 2 – Download the Shortcut

Get the AI Converter shortcut with this link. This is the heart of the workflow – it handles all the heavy lifting of converting different content types into formatted text.

Get the AI Converter shortcut

Get Shortcut

Step 3 – Configure Your API Endpoint

Open the shortcut in the Shortcuts app and add your Craft API details:

• Your Craft document’s API URL
• Your API key (the 11-digit code)
• Optionally, your published website page if you want to use that instead

Save the shortcut to your home screen for quick access.

Step 4 – Choose Your Input Method

The shortcut gives you four options when you run it:

Use File in Clipboard – Copy anything (text, images, PDFs, screenshots) and the shortcut processes it immediately.

Choose Photos for OCR – Open your Photos app, select images, and the shortcut extracts and formats the text.

Choose a File from Folders – Browse your files and select images, PDFs, or text documents to convert.

Text Prompt – Type or paste text directly, or ask the AI a question and it will answer instead of proofreading.

Step 5 – Let Apple Intelligence Work

The shortcut sends your content to Apple Intelligence (or ChatGPT 5.0) which:

• Proofreads and corrects spelling
• Formats everything as Markdown
• Generates a catchy title automatically
• Keeps the original meaning intact

Step 6 – Watch It Appear in Craft

The formatted content is automatically sent to your Craft document via the API. Open Craft and see your beautifully formatted note ready to use.

Real-World Examples

Recipes from photos – Photograph a recipe card or cookbook page, and get a clean, formatted recipe in Craft.

Business cards – Snap a photo of a business card, extract the contact info, and save it formatted in Craft.

Receipts and invoices – Photograph receipts or PDFs, extract the details, and organize them in Craft.

Slack messages – Copy a Slack conversation, clean it up, and save it to Craft for reference.

Amazon product details – Copy product specs from Amazon, format them beautifully, and save to Craft.

PDF documents – Extract text from PDFs (manuals, cheat sheets, articles) and save as formatted Craft documents.

Screenshots – Capture text from images where you can't copy directly, and get clean text in Craft.

Numbers spreadsheets – Convert Numbers tables to PDF, then extract and format them in Craft.

The Result

You can capture and convert any content into Craft in seconds – turning scattered information into organized, beautifully formatted documents that are ready to use immediately.