Pythonista script with iPhone's native Clock app

[Sharkman157]

I am using the New Shortcut app with ios12. I want a Shortcut that starts a timer, but the native Clock app appears to be very limited in its exposure of options in the Shortcut app. In my search for a work around I had an idea to create a script using Pythonista ... But if I have read correctly Apple has not allowed an API to be used with the native Clock app. I appreciate your thoughts on this question.