Pushcut

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Push the right alert to the right iPhone at exactly the right moment

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Pushcut turns your iPhone into a programmable notification hub — you define named notifications in the iOS app, then fire them from anywhere via API, webhook, or Actionist workflow. Once connected, the agent can push rich, actionable alerts to any device on your team, trigger Apple Shortcuts and HomeKit scenes remotely, and react to taps on notification action buttons — all without a single line of code on-device.

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Average time saved

10 hours

per person · per month

≈ 1 workdays back

Eliminates manual work. Eliminates manually checking dashboards and forwarding alerts by having the agent push context-rich, tappable notifications at the exact moment an event occurs — no one is ever waiting for information that could have been on their lock screen.

Schedule

What your Pushcut agent runs on autopilot

A week of scheduled jobs your Actionist agent will execute on your behalf.

28Scheduled jobs

7Agents at work

24/7Always on

Agents

Tue–Thu

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Multi-app workflows

Pushcut × every other app you use

End-to-end automations that span multiple apps — each one a real business outcome.

6Workflows

9Apps spanned

~60 hrsSaved / week

6Personas served

For customer success

Featured4 apps

P1 Ticket Alert to On-Call iPhone

The moment a Zendesk ticket is tagged P1, the agent pushes an action-notification to the on-call engineer's iPhone with the customer name, ticket summary, and SLA deadline — all before the engineer has checked their laptop. One tap acknowledges the ticket, a Slack message is posted to #cs-alerts, and a calendar block is created to protect resolution time.

~10 hrs / week

Time saved for your team — every week, on autopilot

The flow

Trigger·New P1 tag applied to a Zendesk ticket

trigger

Step 1

Gmail

New ticket email received from Zendesk

read

Step 2

Pushcut

Get notification list

write

Step 3

Pushcut

Send a notification with action

write

Step 4

Slack

Post P1 alert to #cs-alerts channel

write

Step 5

Google Calendar

Create resolution time block for on-call engineer

Result

Send a notification with actionPost P1 alert to #cs-alerts channelCreate resolution time block for on-call engineer

The win

Saved per run

1 hrs

Runs / week

~10×

P1 tickets acknowledged within 60 seconds instead of 15 minutes

Driven byCustomer Support Agent

ROI

Savings

What your team gets back — two angles: what you stop doing manually, and what that's worth.

Without Actionist

What you do manually today

With Actionist

What your agent runs for you

Sales
18 min / week
Checking CRM for new high-value leads
Sales reps open the CRM two or three times an hour hoping a hot lead has appeared, burning 18 minutes a week on tab-switching rather than calling.
Sales Agent
0 min
Instant deal-alert on their iPhone
The agent fires a Pushcut notification the moment a lead score exceeds threshold — rep taps the action button and the CRM record opens directly.
Marketing
13 min / week
Manually forwarding campaign performance digests
A marketer pulls stats from the analytics sheet every Tuesday, copies them into Slack, and pings the team — 13 minutes of copy-paste and context-switching each week.
Marketing Agent
0 min
Scheduled performance notification
The agent assembles the week's top KPIs and sends a formatted Pushcut notification to the marketing lead every Tuesday at 09:00, with a deep-link to the sheet.
Customer Support
18 min / week
Watching the helpdesk queue for P1 tickets
Support staff monitor Zendesk on a second screen, refreshing the queue every few minutes to catch critical tickets before SLA breach — 18 minutes of passive monitoring per week.
Customer Support Agent
0 min
Automatic P1 escalation push
The agent detects a new P1 tag and sends a Pushcut action-notification to the on-call rep in under 30 seconds — no queue-watching needed.
Human Resources
7 min / week
Reminding managers about pending approvals
HR emails or Slacks managers about outstanding leave or expense approvals, then chases non-responders — 7 minutes of manual reminder-sending each week.
Human Resources Agent
0 min
Approval-request notification with action button
The agent sends a Pushcut action-notification to the manager's iPhone the moment a request is submitted; one tap approves or rejects without opening a laptop.
Finance
13 min / week
Polling payment processors for failed transactions
The finance team checks Stripe and the bank dashboard once or twice a day for failed payments, losing 13 minutes each week to manual polling that could surface issues hours late.
Finance Agent
0 min
Real-time payment failure push
The agent detects a failed Stripe charge the moment it occurs and fires a Pushcut notification to the finance manager's device with the customer name and amount.
Operations
25 min / week
Manually co-ordinating on-call handoffs
Operations managers send a handoff Slack message at shift change and wait for acknowledgement, repeating the message if ignored — 25 minutes of coordination overhead each week.
Operations Agent
0 min
Automated shift-handoff notification chain
The agent fires a Pushcut action-notification to the incoming on-call engineer at shift change time; a single tap acknowledges and logs the handoff timestamp to the ops sheet.
Legal
6 min / week
Tracking contract renewal deadlines in a calendar
A paralegal manually checks the contract calendar each Monday and forwards renewal reminders to the relevant manager — 6 minutes of routine calendar-to-email forwarding each week.
Legal Agent
0 min
Scheduled renewal push at the right moment
The agent schedules a Pushcut notification 30 days before each contract expiry and fires it on time, every time — no manual calendar checks or email drafts required.

+ 100s of other Pushcut automations

Average monthly

10 hrs / person / month

Average monthly

10 hrs / person / month

Calculator

Calculate what your team saves

Team size

10 people

Hourly rate

$20 / hr

Hours saved / week

Hours saved / year

1,250

Annual ROI

$25,000

Based on Pushcut's typical team usage — the visible tasks plus a few other automations the agent runs: ~2.5 hrs / person / week of admin work automated.

Connect

How to plug Pushcut into Actionist

Pick the connection method that suits your environment.

Connect via the Pushcut MCP server for instant access to all notification, shortcut, and automation actions without managing raw API calls. Actionist discovers your named notifications and devices automatically on first connection.

Open the Apps tab

Find Pushcut in the Apps library and click Connect. MCP is selected by default.

Authorise in Pushcut

In the Pushcut iOS app go to Account > Integrations > Add API Key, generate a key, and paste it into the Actionist authorisation prompt. Actionist stores it securely and uses it for all MCP calls.

Test the connection

Actionist runs a read-only call to verify the handshake. You're ready.

Actions

15 actions your agent can call

Read and write operations available to your Actionist agent.

Triggers

7 events your agent can react to

Events your agent watches for, and the actions it kicks off in response.

Skills

Skills that pair with Pushcut

Reusable agent skills that work well alongside this app.

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MCP servers

MCP servers that work with Pushcut

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FAQs

Questions about Pushcut + Actionist

How do I connect Pushcut to Actionist?

Open the Apps tab, find Pushcut, and click Connect. Select MCP for the fastest setup — Actionist will guide you through authorising your Pushcut account with an API key from Account > Integrations > Add API Key. Once the handshake completes, every named notification in your Pushcut account is immediately available as an action target.

Do I need a paid Pushcut subscription?

The free Pushcut tier covers sending and receiving notifications via the API, which is enough for most Actionist workflows. If you want to trigger Apple Shortcuts remotely or run automations on a dedicated always-on iOS device, you'll need a Pushcut Subscription that unlocks the Automation Server — Actionist will tell you which actions require it before you run them.

Can I send notifications to multiple team members at once?

Yes — each person on the team sets up their own named notifications in their Pushcut app. In Actionist you can loop over a list of notification names and call Send a notification for each one, or build department-specific routing by reading the notification list at runtime and matching it against a team roster in your connected spreadsheet.

What are the most common ways teams use Pushcut with Actionist?

The most popular patterns are: (1) real-time alerts — firing a notification the moment a CRM deal is updated, a server threshold is breached, or a payment fails; (2) approval loops — sending an action-notification with Approve/Reject buttons so managers can act from the lock screen; (3) scheduled digests — pushing a daily briefing assembled from multiple sources to the right person at the right time; and (4) remote Shortcut execution — triggering iOS automations on a shared device without anyone touching it.

How does the Pushcut Automation Server work with Actionist?

The Automation Server turns a dedicated iPhone or iPad into a persistent automation runner. When Actionist calls Trigger a shortcut or Run an automation, Pushcut delivers the instruction to that device over the internet and runs the Apple Shortcut locally — which means it can access HomeKit, on-device apps, and local files that cloud services can't reach. You keep the device plugged in and the Pushcut app open in the background.

Can Actionist react when a notification action button is tapped?

Yes. Set up a Notification action tapped trigger in your Actionist workflow and map it to the Pushcut notification name and button label you care about. When the recipient taps that button, the trigger fires and your workflow continues — approving a record, creating a task, or sending a follow-up message, all without the recipient opening any app beyond Pushcut.

What happens if a notification fails to deliver?

Pushcut delivers over Apple Push Notification Service, so delivery depends on the device being reachable and the Pushcut app being installed. Actionist logs the API response for every Send a notification call — if Pushcut returns an error, the workflow can branch to a fallback action such as sending an email or posting to Slack. For critical alerts, pair the notification with a short polling loop using Get notification list to confirm the channel is active before dispatching.

Is there a limit on how many notifications I can send?

Pushcut enforces rate limits at the account level, which vary by subscription tier. Actionist surfaces any rate-limit errors in the workflow log so you can add a delay or batch your sends. For high-frequency alerting — say, more than a few hundred notifications per day — consider the Pushcut Subscription tier and reach out to the Pushcut team about enterprise volume.