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Scriptable allows you to run JS inside a Shortcut and interact with some of the devices APIs from within that JS.

Shortcuts JS allows you to build Shortcuts using JavaScript, which you can then Airdrop (or otherwise share) to your iOS device. That .shortcut file is then automatically imported into the Shortcuts app and the Shortcut you built with JS is then on the device exactly as if you’d have built it through the app. No JS ever runs on your phone using Shortcuts JS.

Shortcuts JS and Scriptable are solving different problems and don’t have any crossover at all.

Hope that helps clear it up!

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