I would like to ask Siri to open a blank Pages document for me

Siri can understand the words, "Open Pages with a blank template" and here is the response:

However, if you were to configure Pages Preferences to default to a blank template, then you could ask Siri to "Open Pages" and Pages would launch and open a new blank document.

"Thanks, sounds like you are not necessarily a Siri fan."

Not being a 'Siri fan' isn't a necessary qualification for realizing there some things that require less effort when done without calling on Siri.

Regards,

Barry

That's it, post a video.

Creating the shortcut is not the issue, but getting Siri to recognize that you want to run a shortcut, and Siri actually correctly interpreting what you say are polar opposites. Yesterday, on macOS 12.1, I asked Siri to run a two-word shortcut. It clearly repeated the exact words that I spoke, and then Siri simply gave up without running the shortcut.

I am a native English speaker and spoke very clearly without background noise — the name of that shortcut, and after ten attempts where what I spoke was accurately acknowledged, and failed, I gave up on Siri. That shortcut works without Siri, and Siri ran a different shortcut later, but it is very unreliable.

The workaround is to create a Siri shortcut.

▷ Shortcuts user guide.

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The workaround is not to use Siri. Just launch Pages from your Dock and open a new blank template. Life it too short to have Siri consistently get things wrong.

You are welcome.