Run shortcuts from Apple Watch
You can run a shortcut from the Shortcuts app on Apple Watch. Alternatively, you can use the Siri watch face to run relevant shortcuts, or you can add a shortcut complication to any watch face that supports complications. For more information about complications, see the Apple Watch User Guide.
Show a shortcut on your Apple Watch
The Shortcuts app on Apple Watch shows only shortcuts that you enable on your iOS or iPadOS device.
In My Shortcuts in the Shortcuts app on your iOS or iPadOS device, tap on a shortcut to open it, then tap to open Details.
Tip: To access the Shortcuts User Guide, tap Shortcuts Help.
Turn on Show on Apple Watch.
Tap Done.
The shortcut appears in the Shortcuts app on your Apple Watch.
To see all the shortcuts enabled on your Apple Watch, tap Shortcuts in the upper-left corner of Shortcuts app on your iOS or iPadOS device, then tap Apple Watch.
Run a shortcut on Apple Watch
You can run a shortcut in the Shortcuts app on your Apple Watch or from a complication.
From the Shortcuts app, tap a shortcut.
To run a shortcut as a complication, tap the complication on your watch face.
For more information on which shortcuts work well on your watch (without opening the Shortcuts app on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch), see About shortcut actions in complicated shortcuts.