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Maybe an iOS shortcut could do it? Could even add inputs for address or current location…

Looks like Maps lets you “request ride”, so possibly even the native maps method could work here.

From what I can tell, the "Request Ride" intent for Uber is broken (throws error on any request) and has been like this for at least 2 years.

The Ride Request API [1] seems closed off to developers now, too.

[1] https://developer.uber.com/docs/riders/introduction

Shortcuts was massively downgraded within one or two Apple-first releases (the original app was amazing, let me do local automations on the watch that included texting and API calls)

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