Claude & building coding agents for Shortcuts

This week, Federico and John share apps they’re trying for the first time, including a calendar app, a text editor, a snippets utility, and more.

Then on AppStories+, John shares his first impressions of Xcode 26.3.

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Links and Show Notes

Pick a Pair: New Apps We’re Using

• Dot
• Codex
• Snippety
• Termius
• Zed

AppStories+ Post-Show

• Apple’s Xcode 26.3 Release Candidate Adds Agentic Coding Tools for Developers

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