Actions for PCO

About Actions for PCO

Actions for PCO makes ministry life easier by automating mundane tasks in Planning Center with shortcuts.

How it works with Planning Center

Actions for PCO integrates your Planning Center account with the power of iOS automation. The app exposes a comprehensive suite of actions for PCO modules—including People, lists, forms, notes, Check-Ins, Groups, and workflows—directly within the Apple Shortcuts app.

This enables you to build sophisticated custom workflows, automating repetitive tasks like fetching data, creating notes, retrieving form submissions, or managing group attendance without navigating your account manually. Actions for PCO bridges Planning Center data and the Apple Shortcuts environment, bringing powerful, tailored automation to your ministry management fingertips.

• Automated data gathering: Schedule shortcuts to automatically fetch updated PCO data, like new form submissions, recent check-ins, or people added to specific lists, ensuring you always have current information without manual checks.

• Triggered communication workflows: Use PCO data retrieved by the app's Shortcut actions as input for standard "Send Email" or "Send Message" actions.

• Create personal automations to automatically send welcome messages to new list members or follow-ups based on form submissions.

• Scheduled reporting via email/message: Build a shortcut that fetches data from PCO using the app's actions, formats a summary, and then uses a personal automation trigger (like "Time of Day") to automatically email or message that report to yourself or team members regularly.

• Targeted action execution: Combine PCO data fetching actions with other actions within a single shortcut automation, allowing for targeted follow-ups or updates without needing manual searches in PCO first.