Most text editors on iOS want you to buy an app, sign in, or wrestle a file out of the Files app first. This shortcut skips all that. It creates a new text file or opens an existing one for editing right inside Shortcuts, and it knows how to handle the config files that the wider MoE shortcut family relies on.
What it does
You point it at a text file and it lets you read and rewrite the contents, then saves your changes back. New file or existing one, the flow is the same: type or paste, confirm, done. Plain .txt notes work, but the real reason this one exists is the config files used across the author’s other shortcuts. Those shortcuts keep their settings in a separate file on disk rather than baking them into the shortcut itself, and this editor is the tool meant for touching those files by hand. When it detects a mythofechelon config, it pretty-prints the JSON so the structure is actually readable instead of a single dense line.
Getting it set up
- Tap Add Shortcut on this page to open MoE Text File Editor in the Shortcuts app.
- Scroll the preview to the bottom and tap Add Shortcut to confirm the import.
- Run it once so iOS grants it the file-access permission it needs.
- Optionally pin it to your Home Screen or the Share Sheet if you edit text files often.
Running the shortcut
Launch it and tell it which job you want: a brand-new file, or an edit to one that already exists. For an edit, you pick the file; its current contents load into an editable field where you make your changes and save them back. Creating a new file works the other way around: you write the text first, then choose where it lands. There’s no app to learn here, just an input box and a save step.
The config workflow is where it earns its keep. If you run another MoE shortcut and need to change a setting that isn’t exposed through that shortcut’s own prompts, open the config in this editor instead of guessing at the raw text. Formatting happens on the way in, so you can find the value you want, edit it, and save without breaking the structure. Keep the keys and brackets intact and the next run of the parent shortcut reads your new values straight from the file.
FAQ
Do I need any other apps for this?
Nothing extra. There are no listed dependencies, so a stock Shortcuts install handles everything. It reads and writes text files locally on your device.
What does “mythofechelon shortcut configs” actually mean?
The author’s shortcuts store their settings in a separate file rather than inside the shortcut, which keeps your preferences from being wiped when you install an update. This editor is the companion tool for opening and tweaking those files directly.
Why bother editing the config by hand instead of using the shortcut’s settings?
Most of the time you won’t need to. It’s there for the cases where a setting isn’t surfaced in a shortcut’s own prompts, or when you’d rather change several values at once. Pretty-printing the JSON makes that hand-editing far less error-prone than working with a flat blob of text.
Version history
| Version | Date | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Jul 2026 | • Updates names of Spotify shortcuts following technical renames. • Reworded options related to MoE shortcut options. |
| 14 | Jul 2026 | • Added final option to open file. • Completed iPad support. • Expanded verification to newly created files too. • Adjusted branches so all result in a shortcut update check, rather than some stopping. |
| 12 | Jun 2026 | Added Split Charges to list of mythofechelon shortcuts. |
