What is ActionCut?

ActionCut is a browser extension that lets you capture any value from any webpage — a stock price, a bill amount, a sales total — and sync it to your Apple Watch via iCloud.

How it works

Select — Open a webpage and double-click any number you want to track. ActionCut captures the element.
Configure — Give your action a name, set a refresh interval, and choose where it runs.
Sync — ActionCut refreshes the page on your schedule and pushes metrics to your Apple Watch via iCloud.

What can you track?

Anything that appears as a number on a webpage:

Stock prices
Bank or account balances
Total sales or revenue
Monthly bills
Portfolio values
Any percentage or currency value

Supported browsers

Google Chrome
Firefox (Coming Soon)
Safari (Coming Soon)

Privacy

ActionCut is designed to keep your personal data private.

Your metric values — the actual numbers captured from webpages — are stored only in your personal iCloud container and never leave your account.

Action configurations (the xpath selectors, refresh intervals, and other settings that define how a value is captured) are stored in ActionCut servers. Private actions are only accessible to you. Public actions are stored in iCloud’s public database and are visible to other Actionary users.

ActionCut does not collect or store the values it captures on any external server.

Enabling Actions

Actions are pre-configured metrics available for specific websites. When you visit a supported page, ActionCut shows available actions you enable with one click.

How to enable an action

Navigate to a webpage that has available actions (e.g. a supported finance or e-commerce site).
Open the ActionCut extension.
You’ll see a list of available actions for the current page.
Enable to start syncing it to your Apple Watch.

Viewing action details

Click an action to view its details:

Title — The name of the metric
Description — What the action does
Category — Currency, Number, or Percentage
Refresh Interval — How often the action updates
Runs on — Exact page, URL pattern, or any page on the domain

Managing your actions

Enabled actions sync automatically to your Apple Watch via iCloud.
You can view all your active actions from the ActionCut extension when on a relevant page.
To stop syncing an action, open ActionCut extension on the webpage and turn off the switch.

No actions available?

If the popup shows “No actions are available for this website,” it means no actions have been created for the website yet. You can create your own actions on your favorite websites — see Creating an Action.

Creating an Action

An action lets you capture values from a webpage and specify how often it updates. Here’s how to create one.

Prerequisites

ActionCut browser extension installed
Sign in with your Apple ID that you use on your Apple Watch

Steps

1. Navigate to the page

Open the webpage that contains the value you want to track. For example, a stock page, your bank dashboard, or a sales report.

2. Open ActionCut

Click the ActionCut icon in your browser toolbar to open the extension.

3. Tap the + button

Click the + button in the top right of the extension. ActionCut shows a form to select metric, where it should run and access for this action.

4. Choose metric and scope

Metric — What type of value is this?

Currency (e.g. $1,234)
Number (e.g. 42)
Percentage (e.g. 3.5%)

Where should this action run?

Exact page — Only on this specific URL
Pattern — On URLs matching a wildcard, e.g. example.com/profile/*
Any page — On every page of this domain

5. Set access

Private — Saved only to your iCloud (for private information ex: account balances, sales, bills etc.)
Public — Visible to other ActionCut users on the same page (ex: stock prices, followers etc.)

6. Click the Start button

After selecting the values in the form click Start. ActionCut now enters into selection mode.

7. Double-click the value

Double-click the number on the page you want to track. ActionCut will highlight and capture it, then reopens the extension showing the selected value.

8. (Optional) Select a Name element

If you want to label this metric with a context — like a profile name, account name, or page title — check “Select a Name element” and double-click the relevant text on the page. Examples: AAPL (stock name), John Appleseed (profile name), Crazy Page (page title), ABC Restaurant (account name) etc.

9. Continue to the form

Tap Continue. Fill in the following:

Field	Description
Title	A short name for this action, e.g. “Sales Today”
Description	Enter a short description to convey what this action represents.
Refresh	How often ActionCut refreshes the page (1–60 minutes)

10. Submit

Tap Submit. Your action will be submitted for verification and will be available for all ActionCut users after verification. Once verified, comeback to enable it.

Tips

Use Pattern scope when the value appears across multiple similar URLs (e.g. different product pages).
Use the Name element to differentiate between multiple actions on the same site (e.g. different account names).
Set a longer refresh interval for values that don’t change often to save battery.

Troubleshooting

Data isn’t updating on my Apple Watch

ActionCut refreshes the webpage in the background to capture the latest value. If your data isn’t updating:

Check the refresh interval — Click the action name in the extension to view details. If the interval is set to 60 minutes for example, data will only update only once an hour.
Make sure the browser is running — ActionCut needs the browser to be open and running in the background to refresh pages.
Keep your computer active — Make sure your Mac or PC is not in deep sleep. For better results, keep the browser as the active window before the device sleeps.
Check Apple ID on Apple Watch — Check if you are logged in on your Apple Watch by going to the Settings app.

The value shows “Updating soon”

This label appears when:

An action was just modified and hasn’t updated yet.
The page hasn’t been refreshed since the action was modified.

I see an error after signing in

If you see an authentication error after signing in with Apple ID:

Close the sign-in window and try again from the ActionCut extension.
Check that cookies are enabled in your browser.

The extension is blank or stuck on loading

Close and reopen the extension.
If the issue persists, try reloading the extension:
- Chrome: Go to chrome://extensions, find ActionCut, and click the reload icon.

How to view the refresh logs

If you’re experiencing issues and want more detail:

Open the ActionCut extension.
Click the person icon (top right) to open the menu.
Tap Logs to view recent activity and any errors.

Sign out and sign back in

If nothing else works, try signing out and back in:

Open the ActionCut extension.
Click the person icon → Sign Out.
Sign back in with your Apple ID.

Your actions are stored in iCloud and will reappear after signing in.