# Homey flow to trigger an iOS shortcut? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [September 3, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-flow-to-trigger-an-ios-shortcut/115431 "2024-09-03T15:54:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greg\_Veres](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/greg_veres/32/113389_2.png) [@Greg\_Veres](https://community.homey.app/u/Greg_Veres)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-flow-to-trigger-an-ios-shortcut/115431/1 "2024-09-03T15:54:04Z")
I see that we can have a shortcut on iOS trigger a homey flow, but I would like a Homey flow to trigger a shortcut through the app running the Homey app. Is that possible? Here is what I am trying to accomplish: I have various water leak sensors. If one of those sensors detects a leak, I would like to broadcast an announcement to my homepods. With iOS 16, I can create a shortcut that would use the intercom feature to broadcast a message. I just need some way for the homey flow to tell my phone to kick off the shortcut. I am aware of pushcut, but that requires a dedicated iOS device and a monthly subscription fee. It would be nice if Homey could communicate with the Homey app already running on my iOS device to trigger the shortcut ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-flow-to-trigger-an-ios-shortcut/115431/2 "2024-09-03T17:00:47Z")
The Homey app doesn’t support this. A possible alternative is to create a HomeKit automation to do the broadcast (which you can then trigger using a virtual switch and HomeKitty on Homey: leak is detected and triggers a flow, the flow turns on the virtual switch, which in turn triggers the HomeKit automation), but I have no idea if broadcasting an announcement even works from HomeKit automations. Another option would be to set up Home Assistant, which does support this [out of the box](https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/integrations/siri-shortcuts/#executing-a-shortcut-via-home-assistant-notifications), and use one of the HA apps to integrate with Homey. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Veres](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/greg_veres/32/113389_2.png) [@Greg\_Veres](https://community.homey.app/u/Greg_Veres)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-flow-to-trigger-an-ios-shortcut/115431/3 "2024-09-03T19:42:46Z")
It would be really nice if the Homey app did support getting a notification from the hub and kicking of a shortcut. Because I have found that Apple does not support a home based shortcut to use the intercom functionality. This means that there is no way in the homekit ecosystem to have an intercom broadcast based on a device state change. Hopefully Apple will add this in the future. It was only two versions ago that they allowed intercom from a personal shortcut from your phone. I might look into setting up HA as a work around. I did try the Homey Homekit experiment. That was an easy way to get the Homey devices into Homekit, but then Apple let me down. ☹ I have lots of suggestions for the Homekit experiement, but it was good enough to get Homey devices into Homekit. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-flow-to-trigger-an-ios-shortcut/115431/4 "2024-09-03T19:51:14Z")
> [@Greg\_Veres](#): > > Homekit experiement, Is not the same as > [@robertklep](#): > > HomeKitty on Homey 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Veres](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/greg_veres/32/113389_2.png) [@Greg\_Veres](https://community.homey.app/u/Greg_Veres)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-flow-to-trigger-an-ios-shortcut/115431/5 "2025-01-22T13:47:23Z")
I didn’t see your resonse until just now. Is the goal of HomeKitty the same as the HomeKit experiment? Ie, expose the Homey devices to HomeKit? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-flow-to-trigger-an-ios-shortcut/115431/6 "2025-01-22T13:53:24Z")
> [@Greg\_Veres](#): > > Is the goal of HomeKitty the same as the HomeKit experiment? Ie, expose the Homey devices to HomeKit? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Draper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jonathan_draper/32/33978_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Draper](https://community.homey.app/u/Jonathan_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 9:49am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-flow-to-trigger-an-ios-shortcut/115431/7 "2025-06-18T09:49:02Z")
For anyone interested in a similar use case, I just posted a about [[HOW TO] Trigger Apple Shortcuts from Homey](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-trigger-apple-shortcuts-from-homey/138331)