So in H15.x I set it up so I had a couple of shortcuts for SOPs I use all the time, N for creating a null, W for an attribute wrangle, T for a transform, etc, and I'd like to find a way to do this without using a custom shelf, setting hotkeys that way…

Worst case scenario I'll have to dig into the HOM and figure it out myself, but trying to avoid that.

… as it's friggin annoying with the duplicates you get in the tab menu doing it that way… So anyone know the easiest way for me to set this up?

Alternatively, is there a way where I can create a shortcut shelf as I have before, set up the hotkeys for the items in it, but somehow exclude them from popping up in the tab menu?
^ solved this one, I just didn't use any labels for the shelf items thus they won't register in the tab menu.