Single-Use Alarms on iOS

I normally wake up at 6a. I've been attending F3 again, which means a 5a morning… but not every morning. (Yet!) I want the ability to say "I'm going tomorrow!" without committing to 5a every morning…

I made a simple Personal Automation in iOS that is great for these "just today" kind of alarms.

1. Set up an alarm. Label it.¹
2. Go to Shortcuts, tap the Automation tab.
3. Tap the + in the top right, choose Create Personal Automation.
4. Tap Alarm as the trigger, choose Stopped and Existing to select your new alarm from 1.²
5. Add Action: Toggle Alarm, choose your alarm again and set it to Off.³
6. Tap Next.
7. Disable Ask Before Running.⁴
8. Tap Done.

Now any time you enable that alarm it will fire once and automatically disable itself!

I've also created a shortcut to enable the alarm for tomorrow, making it easier to get ready for the next day's beatdown. 🤷