Shortcuts

Your network, in Shortcuts.

Kilobat’s actions work in the Shortcuts app, in automations and from Siri. Build these six in a minute each, or get them from RoutineHub.

Kilobat’s actions

Search for Kilobat in the Shortcuts app’s action list. The first six run without opening the app and hand their result to the next action. Automations need macOS 26 or later.

Check internet. Whether the internet, or one site such as zoom.us, works right now. Returns true or false, with the reason.
Run speed test. Download, upload, latency under load and video calls, as text. Automatic size runs the 10 MB light test on metered networks.
Keep Mac awake. For a number of hours, until downloads finish, or until you turn it off.
Let Mac sleep. Turns keep awake off.
Make provider report. The report for your internet provider or IT desk, as text, for the last 24 hours or 7 days, with an optional check of a site.
Switch profile. Travel, Work or Unrestricted. Needs Pro.
Check network. Opens Health and checks Wi-Fi, router, internet and DNS.
Test network speed. Opens Speed and starts a full test.

Ready-made shortcuts

Speed test on new Wi-Fi

Tests every network you join, so you know what a café or hotel gives you before you start a call.

When: Automation › Wi-Fi › Any network, Run Immediately

Kilobat › Run speed test, Size: Automatic
Show Notification with the speed test’s result

Automatic keeps a hotspot to the 10 MB light test. Each result is saved to Kilobat’s speed history too.

Awake until downloads finish

Keeps the Mac awake while a big download runs, then lets it sleep.

When: Run from the menu bar or a keyboard shortcut, or Automation › App › your download app › Is Opened

Kilobat › Keep Mac awake, Length: until downloads finish

It ends once traffic stays under 16 KB/s for 3 minutes. Add Let Mac sleep at the end of a shortcut that downloads something itself.

Ready for a call?

Checks the connection before a call, so you can switch to a hotspot in time.

When: Run before a call, or Automation › App › Zoom › Is Opened

Kilobat › Check internet, Site: zoom.us (or meet.google.com, teams.microsoft.com)
If Check Internet is false: Show Alert “The call may not connect”, then Stop This Shortcut
Kilobat › Run speed test, Size: Light
Show Notification with the speed test’s result

The light test uses at most 10 MB and still tells you whether video will hold up.

Copy a provider report

Copies proof for your internet provider or IT desk, ready to paste into a support chat.

When: Run from the menu bar or a keyboard shortcut

Ask for Input: “A site that fails? Leave empty to skip”, Allow empty
Kilobat › Make provider report, Period: last 24 hours, Site to check: Provided Input
Copy to Clipboard the report
Show Notification: “Report copied. Paste it into the support chat.”

The report leaves out your network’s name and every local address.

Travel on my hotspot

Switches to Travel on your phone’s hotspot and back to Unrestricted at home.

When: Automation › Wi-Fi › your hotspot’s name, Run Immediately; a second one for your home Wi-Fi

Kilobat › Switch profile, Profile: Travel
In the home automation: Kilobat › Switch profile, Profile: Unrestricted

Kilobat already switches to Travel on networks macOS marks as metered, such as an iPhone hotspot. This covers Android hotspots and tethering macOS doesn’t mark. Needs Pro.

Morning network log

Writes one line a day to a note, for a record of what your provider actually delivers.

When: Automation › Time of Day › 9:00, Run Immediately

Kilobat › Check internet
Kilobat › Run speed test, Size: Automatic
Text: Current Date, then the two results
Append to Note: Text, in a note called Network log

Pair it with a provider report when you ask for a discount or a technician.

Questions

Do I need Kilobat Pro?

Only for Switch profile. Every other action is free.

Why doesn’t Kilobat show up in Shortcuts?

Open Kilobat once after installing or updating it, so macOS reads its actions.

Does an automation use my hotspot’s data?

Run speed test with Size: Automatic uses at most 10 MB on a metered network and up to 80 MB elsewhere.

Get your network out of the dark.

Download for Mac ↓

$ brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat