Complete Shortcut keyboard shortcuts reference — 38 shortcuts across 6 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows & Mac.
Shortcut (formerly Clubhouse) is a fast, lightweight project management platform built for software teams — Stories, Epics, Iterations, and roadmaps with first-class keyboard support. Learning its keyboard shortcuts can dramatically speed up your workflow — studies show shortcut users save an average of 8 days per year compared to mouse-only users.
This page covers all 38 Shortcut shortcuts across 6 categories: General (5), Create (2), Navigation (9), Stories Page (9), Story Dialog (11), Epic View (2). Each shortcut includes a description to help you understand when and how to use it effectively.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + K | Command Palette |
| ? | Show keyboard shortcuts |
| O + A | Open Activity Feed |
| F | Toggle fullscreen mode |
| M | Toggle sidebar |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| N | New Story |
| Shift + N | New Story from template |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| G + D | Go to Home |
| G + S | Go to Stories |
| G + E | Go to Epics |
| G + I | Go to Iterations |
| G + B | Go to Backlog |
| G + L | Go to Labels |
| G + O | Go to Objectives |
| G + R | Go to Reports |
| G + Space | Advanced Story search |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Shift + S | Save Space changes |
| Shift + U | Discard Space changes |
| T | Story Template menu |
| Ctrl + Shift + Up | Move Story to top |
| Ctrl + Shift + Down | Move Story to bottom |
| D + 1 | Title-only density |
| D + 2 | Minimal density |
| D + 3 | Standard density |
| D + 4 | Jumbo density |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| I | Toggle yourself as owner |
| F | Follow / unfollow Story |
| Shift + S | Change state |
| Shift + I | Change iteration |
| Shift + E | Change estimate |
| Ctrl + Shift + , | Copy branch name |
| Ctrl + Shift + . | Copy branch & start |
| Ctrl + Enter | Save description / comment |
| Ctrl + Alt + C | Copy Story as Markdown |
| Shift + A | Archive Story |
| Shift + D | Delete archived Story |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| N | New Story in Epic |
| Ctrl + Enter | Save changes |
Shortcut's 38 shortcuts on this page are organized into 6 categories: General (5), Create (2), Navigation (9), Stories Page (9), Story Dialog (11), Epic View (2). Story Dialog is the largest group with 11 shortcuts — a good place to focus first if you're building muscle memory from scratch.
A few of these aren't Shortcut-specific — they're shared across tools: Ctrl + K (Command Palette, also in Mac); Shift + N (New Story from template, also in YouTube); G + D (Go to Home, also in Gmail). Learning them here pays off well beyond Shortcut itself.
New to Shortcut? Start with General above — it's usually where the shortcuts you'll reach for constantly live. Once those feel automatic, work through Epic View to round out your workflow.
Want this on paper? The printable cheat sheet turns these 38 shortcuts into a one-page PDF you can pin above your desk. Prefer to learn by doing? Shortcut Speedrun turns memorization into a timed typing challenge with a global leaderboard, so you find out which Shortcut shortcuts you actually remember under pressure.
The most essential Shortcut shortcuts are: Ctrl + K (Command Palette), ? (Show keyboard shortcuts), O + A (Open Activity Feed). These cover the most frequent actions and can significantly speed up your workflow.
Shortcut has 38 keyboard shortcuts across 6 categories on shortcut-tools.com.
Simply press the key combination while Shortcut is focused. Sequences like G + D mean press G, then D. On Mac, replace Ctrl with Cmd and Alt with Option. Press ? anytime to see the built-in shortcut list.
The Shortcut shortcut for the Command Palette is Ctrl + K (Cmd + K on Mac).
Shortcut includes 11 Story Dialog shortcuts, including I (Toggle yourself as owner) and F (Follow / unfollow Story). See the full list in the Story Dialog section above.
Print the Shortcut cheat sheet and keep it next to your keyboard for the first week, then switch to active recall: open Shortcut Speedrun and practice Shortcut shortcuts against the clock until they're automatic.
Yes — use My Stack to combine Shortcut shortcuts with any other platform on this site into one printable reference, which is useful if your daily workflow spans several tools.
No — this page covers Shortcut (shortcut.com), the project management platform formerly known as Clubhouse. Apple's automation app is covered separately. Both are different products that happen to share a name.
Start with the essentials: Learn Ctrl + K (Command Palette) and ? (Show keyboard shortcuts) first — these are the most commonly used.
Practice daily: Pick 2–3 new shortcuts each day and consciously use them instead of the mouse. Within a week, they become muscle memory.
Print this cheat sheet: Keep a reference nearby until shortcuts become automatic. Focus on the Story Dialog category first.
Power-user tip: Ctrl/Cmd + K opens the Command Palette — if you only learn one Shortcut shortcut, make it this one; every other action is searchable from there.
Open your assistant with this page preloaded as the source — great for follow-up questions like "which of these work in other apps?"