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Siri and Shortcuts

Jornal can offer selected actions through Siri and Shortcuts on compatible devices. They are optional: each category is off until you enable it in Settings > Siri & Shortcuts.

Jornal can offer selected actions through Siri and Shortcuts on compatible devices. They are optional: each category is off until you enable it in Settings > Siri & Shortcuts.

Choose the actions you want

Enable only the categories you intend to use. Actions can open today’s diary or record water, weight and other supported measurements, saved meals, mood, symptoms, activity, medication use, nicotine use, and a plain journal entry. A medication-setup action opens the existing editor for review; it does not create or change a medication until you save it in Jornal.

Saved Shortcuts use the current Jornal setting every time they run. Turning a category off prevents a later Shortcut lookup or save through that category.

Privacy and review

Jornal checks the related diary section, current access setting, and local authentication before it shows a saved record name or saves an entry. If authentication is unavailable or cancelled, it does not return names. Siri results are deliberately brief and do not repeat your logged text, names, amounts, or other health details.

Siri and Shortcuts are Apple system services. Apple may process information needed to recognize or run a request under Apple’s terms and privacy practices. Jornal does not claim that Siri processing is entirely on-device.

Compatibility and fallbacks

Jornal supports iOS 17.5 and later. Individual actions also depend on their associated diary section, Jornal permission, system capability, and any required Apple permission. A system-compatible device does not turn on a Jornal action automatically.

Journal dictation is available in the editor only when the selected language supports Apple’s on-device speech recognition and microphone and speech-recognition permissions are granted. Type the note when dictation is unavailable.

Optional reviewed journal suggestions have higher requirements: iOS 26 or later, a ready Foundation Model, a supported language, and Jornal’s existing Apple Intelligence setting. Suggestions are optional, start unchecked, and need review before they save anything. Save the plain note normally when that option is unavailable.

If an action is unavailable

  1. Open Settings > Siri & Shortcuts and check that the matching category is enabled.
  2. Make sure the related diary section is visible and unlocked. Complete Jornal authentication when asked.
  3. Check the relevant iOS permission. This may include microphone and speech recognition for dictation, or the individual Apple Health data type for an optional HealthKit write.
  4. Open Jornal and use the normal entry screen if the action still cannot run. A failed Apple Health write does not undo a Jornal record that was saved successfully.

For support, share the device model, iOS version, Jornal version, action category, and the step where it stopped. Avoid sending Shortcut exports, dictated text, record names, values, screenshots with health data, or credentials unless support asks for a minimum example.