This is where I am keeping my Alfred 2 workflows. It is best to download the whole repository as a zip and then double-click on the workflow you want to install into your Alfred. I currently have the following workflows:
This workflow allows you to create templates with Handlebar syntax inside of the Quiver program. To use the workflow, you have to have Node.js installed first. I recommend using Homebrew to install it.
Once Node.js is installed, go to your Quiver Library file in Alfred Browser and select the “Set Quiver Library” file action. This tells the workflow where your templates (or snippets) are to be kept. Create a workbook called “Snippets” with one note called Defaults. The Defaults note has to have one code block set to JSON and the defaults for the Handlebar expansions set. The rest of the notes will be templates.
When you run “qt:expand” or “qt:exptext”, it will list all of your template files in the Snippets notebook. When you select one, it will be expanded with any json cell the note and the Defaults json note data. The “qt:expand” will put the result into your clipboard and the topmost application. The “qt:exptext” will give it to TextExpander to expand and place in the topmost application. With the “qt:exptext” command, TextExpander will also expand any of it’s macros in the template file. I mostly use it for placing the cursor after expansion. These two commands also have an associated Alfred Browser File action.
There are four special helper function for Handlebars defined. They are:
{{save }} This command creates a helper named “” with the expanding text of “”. It also places the given “” at the point of definition. This allows you to create text snippets on the fly inside the template. Very handy.
{{clpboard}} This helper command places the current clipboard contents at the point in the template.
{{date }} This will format the current date and time as per the format string given. See the help document that is loaded upon initialization.
{{date <date/time> }} This takes the date/time string and formats it according to the format given. See the help document that is loaded upon initialization.
The following data expansions are defined as well:
{{cDateMDY}} gives the current date in Month Day, 4-digit year format
{{cDateDMY}} gives the current date in Day Month 4-digit Year format
{{cDateDOWDMY}} gives the current date in Day of Week, Day Month 4-digit year format
{{cDateDOWMDY}} gives the current date in Day of Week Month Day, 4-digit year format
{{cDay}} gives the current date in Day format
{{cMonth}} gives the current date in Month format
{{cYear}} gives the current date in 4-digit year format
{{cMonthShort}} gives the current date in Short Month name format
{{cYearShort}} gives the current date in 2-digit year format
{{cDOW}} gives the current date in Day of Week format
{{cMDthYShort}} gives the current date in Month day 2-digit year format
{{cMDthY}} gives the current date in Month Day 4-digit year format
{{cHMSampm}} gives the current date in h:mm:ss a format
{{cHMampm}} gives the current date in h:mm a format
{{cHMS24}} gives the current date in H:mm:ss 24 hour format
{{cHM24}} gives the current date in H:mm 24 hour format
There is more to come!
This workflow is for automating the DockShelf program. The following items are defined:
###Commands:
“ds:space” This command will show a list of workspaces currently defined. You can narrow the list by typing part of a name. Selecting one causes DockShelf to switch to that workspace.
###External Triggers:
Focus Named Workspace This external trigger will switch to the workspace given.
This workflow allows you to create templates with Handlebar syntax. To use the workflow, you have to have Node.js installed first. I recommend using Homebrew to install it.
Once Node.js is installed, go to your snippets directory in Alfred Browser and select the Set Template Directory file action. This tells the workflow where your templates (or snippets) are to be kept.
You then run the tp:install to install the example templates and a default global.json file. This file should be edited to match your needs. Any data item added to this file is then passed to the Handlebar render as data. All templates have to have the “.txt” extension. If you want data to be associated with a template, then place a JSON file with the same name as the template in the t
When you run tp:expand or tp:exptext, it will list all of your template files in the template directory. When you select one, it will be expanded with any json file with the same name and the global json file data. The tp:expand will put the result into your clipboard and the topmost application. The tp:exptext will give it to TextExpander to expand and place in the topmost application. With the tp:exptext command, TextExpander will also expand any of it’s macros in the template file. I mostly use it for placing the cursor after expansion. These two commands also have an associated Alfred Browser File action.
The tp:open command opens the template/snippet directory in Alfred Browser. If you press the Command key, it will open it in the Finder.
The tp:editglobal will open the global.json file in your template directory with the default editor for JSON files.
The tp:create command requires a name. A file with that name and a “txt” extension is created in the template directory and opened in the default editor for files with a “txt” extension.
The tp:createclip command is the same as the tp:create, but this command takes the current clipboard contents as the text for the file. It is then opened in the default editor for “txt” files.
The tp:edittemplate command will give a list of templates. When you choose one, it is opened in the default editor for a file with the “txt” extension.
The tp:edittemplatedata command will give a list of templates. When you choose one, it’s corresponding JSON file is opened in the default editor for a JSON file.
There are two special helper function for Handlebars defined. They are:
{{save }} This command creates a helper named “” with the expanding text of “”. It also places the given “” at the point of definition. This allows you to create text snippets on the fly inside the template. Very handy.
{{clipboard}} This helper command places the current clipboard contents at the point in the template.
The following data expansions are defined as well:
{{cDateMDY}} gives the current date in Month Day, 4-digit year format
{{cDateDMY}} gives the current date in Day Month 4-digit Year format
{{cDateDOWDMY}} gives the current date in Day of Week, Day Month 4-digit year format
{{cDateDOWMDY}} gives the current date in Day of Week Month Day, 4-digit year format
{{cDay}} gives the current date in Day format
{{cMonth}} gives the current date in Month format
{{cYear}} gives the current date in 4-digit year format
{{cMonthShort}} gives the current date in Short Month name format
{{cYearShort}} gives the current date in 2-digit year format
{{cDOW}} gives the current date in Day of Week format
{{cMDthYShort}} gives the current date in Month day 2-digit year format
{{cMDthY}} gives the current date in Month Day 4-digit year format
{{cHMSampm}} gives the current date in h:mm:ss a format
{{cHMampm}} gives the current date in h:mm a format
{{cHMS24}} gives the current date in H:mm:ss 24 hour format
{{cHM24}} gives the current date in H:mm 24 hour format
{{filename}} gives the name of the template file. If the clipboard was expanded, then it gives nothing.
Let me know if you would like other macros!
This workflow demonstrates the Haskell Alfred Library. The workflow allows text to be converted to different formats. The following commands are:
ht:conv
This command takes a string in the Alfred Prompt. You then pick the type of conversion you want. The result is pushed on to the clipboard.
ht:start
This command starts a dedicated web server for performing the text conversion.
ht:stop
This command closes the dedicated web server.
There is a hotkey for numbering the lines of text in the clipboard.
There is also an external trigger for taking text from the clipboard and allowing the user to select a converter. There is a hotkey for triggering that external trigger also that takes the current selection and puts it into the clipboard.
This workflow is for programing using the Picat language. The following commands are available:
pic:install This will download and install Picat in to the ~/Documents directory. It then sets up the variables to use in all the other commands.
pic:showdir This shows the directory of the install Picat program to the user.
pic:setscript This sets the Picat script to execute in the other commands.
pic:editscript This opens the Picat script in to the code editor that is setup with pic:seteditor.
pic:seteditor This allows for setting the code editor to use to edit Picate scripts.
pic:run This runs the currently selected Picat script.
pic:suser This opens the Picat User Manual.
pic:stutorial This opens the Picat Tutorial.
pic:sstarted This opens the Picat Getting Started Manual.
There are also three File commands to use in the Alfred Browser:
Edit Picat File Allows you to edit the selected Picat file in the Alfred Browser using the editor setup in the pic:seteditor.
Run Picat File This runs the current Picat file in the Alfred Browser.
Run Files through Picat Program This will pipe the current file to the currently setup Picat script.
This workflow requires the anybar application to be install. The easiest way to install is by home-brew cask:
brew cask install anybar
If you do not have home-brew cask installed, follow the instructions here: HomeBrew Cask. If you do not have HomeBrew installed, follow the instructions here: HomeBrew. Then execute the above line.
Once installed, you can use the features of this workflow:
anybar:launch Launches anybar with optional port number.
anybar:setgraphic Set the graphic for the anybar application. It will give a list of usable graphics. Start typing and the list will be narrowed down to the ones that match. Select the one and the last launched Anybar will be changed to that graphic.
anybar:setport This allows you to set the port number of the AnyBar app.
anybar:setup This copies the graphics I created to the ~/.AnyBar directory.
There is a file action, Copy to Anybar, that will copy a png graphic to the ~/.AnyBar directory so that it can be used with the program.
There are two External Triggers: SetGraphic and Launch. The SetGraphic external trigger expects a string with the name of the graphic, a '|', and a port number. The Launch external trigger expects a UDP port number to launch the AnyBar program on.
This workflow is a demonstration on how to make a custom time stamp expander.
ts:stamp This causes the current time to be made into a time stamp in the format given. It then copies to clipboard.
This command is also trailerable with a hotkey.
This workflow is for sequentially going through the contents of a directory. You can get entries for file and directory separately. The are counted independently.
Set Processing Directory This file action only appears on directories in the Alfred browser. It will set the directory that is being processed. Both file and directory counters get reset with this action.
dp:nextfile This command will put the next file in the processing directory to the clipboard and to notifications.
dp:showdir This command shows the directory currently being processed.
dp:reset This resets the counts for the current file and directory.
dp:nextdir This command will put the next directory in the processing directory to the clipboard and to notifications.
This workflow is for processing a text list of items separated by a single character. You set the character and the direction of the search, and the workflow will give you one at a time.
lp:save This sets the list of items. This is tied to a hotkey that takes the current selection. If there is nothing on the input, the command will grab the clipboard to use. Or, the user can type in what they want.
lp:next This gives the next item. This is tied to a hotkey as well.
lp:forwardbackward This sets the direction of the lookup. If backwards, the last item will be given in lp:next. If forwards, the first item in the list will be given.
lp:setseparator This sets the separator that will be used to process the list.
lp:reset This sets the list processing back to the original list. Therefore, lp:next starts fresh.
lp:show This will show the list on the screen for the user to see.
lp:length This will show the number of items in the list separated by the given separator.
lp:left This will show the number of items left to be shown.
lp:shown This will show how many items have been shown.
This workflow assumes that the kramdown ruby package is installed on the system already. To install, simply type in a command line:
gem install kramdown
Some system might require a sudo for this command. If you get an error message, try:
sudo gem install kramdown
This has a single file action that takes the given markdown file and converts it to a slide show in HTML and CSS.
The command mds:theme is used to set the theme. It will let the user pick from a list of themes.
The command mds:showtheme shows the user the currently set theme.
This workflow is developed in my tutorial How to Create a Slideshow Presentation From Markdown Notes.
More coming soon...
This workflow is for working with the Textwell program for the Mac. It currently give a command for opening it quickly, tw:front. It also has:
tw:edit This copies the selected text and pastes it into TextWell. It also saves the name of the application that the text was copied from.
tw:paste This copies what is in TextWell and pastes it back into the application that the text was copied from.
There are hotkeys setup for the last two commands as well: tw:edit and tw:paste. You have to assign the hotkeys yourself. This gives similar feature as QuickCursor, though I have never used that application.
I am exploring more ways to extend this workflow. Keep an eye on it!
This is a direct port of my Mjolnir Workflow.
This workflow is for running scripts using Hammerspoon to control your windows. This is just a sample of the things that can be done. Follow this layout and you can do many neat things with Hammerspoon.
First off, download Hammerspoon from https://github.com/Hammerspoon/hammerspoon/releases/latest. Once installed, reload Hammerspoon and run the "hs:install" to set the configuration file this workflow expects. After that, everything should just work.
hs:install
Configure Hammerspoon with the configuration file that this workflow needs. The original is backed up into the users home directory as hs.orig.
hs:upgrade
This just installs the alfred.lua file to the Hammerspoon directory. This effectively upgrades all functionality without messing with user created functionality.
hs:reload
This tells Hammerspoon to reload the configuration file.
hs:open
This opens the Hammerspoon console to the foreground.
hs:nup
This nudges the current window up.
hs:ndown
This nudges the current window down.
hs:nleft
This nudges the current window to the left.
hs:nright
This nudges the current window to the right.
hs:tcaff
This toggles system caffenate. If the AnyBar workflow is installed in Alfred and the AnyBar program installed, a menu bar indicator for caffienate will appear. Gray "zzz" means that caffienate is not active, while red means active.
hs:leftthirds
This moves the current window to the left 1/3 of the screen.
hs:rightthirds
This moves the current window to the right 2/3 of the screen.
hs:lefthalf
This moves the current window to the left half of the screen.
hs:righthalf
This moves the current window to the right half of the screen.
hs:tophalf This moves the current window to the top half of the screen.
hs:bottomhalf This moves the current window to the bottom half of the screen.
hs:fullScreen This moves the window to the maximum size on the screen.
hs:minimize This minimizes the current window.
hs:tzoom This toggles the system fullscreen on and off for the current window. This moves the window to it's own space taking up the entire screen.
hs:running This will list all the running apps. You can then just select one to bring it to the front, select with alt key to hide it, select with ctrl key to unhide it, and select with the fn key to close the application.
hs:snap
This snaps the current window to the closes grid box area.
hs:setgrid
This requires you to put the x, y for a starting position in a 3x3 matrix for the current window. Then you give the width and height. Therefore, to move the current window to the upper left most block in a 3x3 matric, you would do "hs:setgrid 0, 0, 1, 1". There is also a hotkey set to this value as an example.
hs:command
Type in a command string and it will be sent to Hammerspoon directly!
There is also an external trigger HammerspoonCommand that will pass whatever is sent in the trigger to Hammerspoon using the command processor as in "hs:command". This gives other workflows or scripts the ability to interact with Hammerspoon through Alfred.
hs:expose
This will list all applications. When an application is selected, it will show all of it's windows in a matrix on the screen and ask the user for the coordinates of the one to show. It will then put all the windows back to their original position and bring the one selected to the foreground. If the application has only one window, it will simply bring it to the front.
I also created a hotkey for doing Expose on FoldingText. The user can create more in the same manner. Just be careful to get the name of the application correct!
hs:last
This command undoes the very last window move. This assumes all window movements were done with Hammerspoon and this workflow functions.
This workflow is also set up with a Remote page as well. Have fun controlling your windows from your iPad or iPhone.
This is a simple editor that makes use of Node Webkit Toolbox to run. Therefore, you need to install that workflow first. After installing this workflow, you need to execute ae:install to install the data files and the help files into their proper location. You will have a command line program called ae you can use to open files from the command line.
The following commands are then useable:
ae:openeditor This simply opens Alfred Editor without a file.
ae:edit The currently selected file in Path Finder or Finder is opened in Alfred Editor. You also have an Alfred Browser command for opening files as well. An external command for opening files is available as well.
ae:open This script filter gives several important directory locations that can be opened in the Alfred browser or Finder.
ae:theme This script filter lists all the available themes. If you select one, that will be the new theme for windows opened in Alfred Editor. If you hold the command key while selecting, that theme will be opened in Alfred Editor to edit.
ae:createtheme This allows you to create a new theme to use in Alfred Editor. It will request a new name, create the new theme from lesser-dark them, and open in Alfred Editor to edit. You will still have to select the theme for it to be used.
ae:windowlist This will list each available Alfred Editor window name. The one selected will be brought to the front using the Mjolnir Workflow. The Mjolnir workflow has to be installed for this command to work.
ae:keyboard This command allows you to choose either the Sublime keyboard layout or the Vim keyboard layout to use in Alfred Editor. If the Sublime layout is chosen, then the status line will always show it to be in insert mode.
This workflow is a work in progress. I am currently working on a command prompt similar to Sublime with expandability using plugins. I also currently have only three themes. If you want to help me create themes, just send me the json file for your theme and I will include it.
Node Webkit is an application for developing applications using web technologies. You can create an application with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript using any Node library.
Once you have your application developed, you can zip it up with a config.json file.
The workflow provides the following commands:
- nw:website
This opens the Node Webkit website on GitHub.
- nw:open
When the user starts typing, a file ending in the ".nw" extension is looked for according to the work typed. Therefore, if there is a file called "new.nw", as soon as "n" is typed , that file will be displayed.
- nw:opendir
Opens the current directory in Finder or Path Finder using Node Webkit. The config.json file should be in that directory.
- nw:help
Opens this help program.
There are also two File Actions defined: Open Directory that is available on directories, and Open Package that is available on Node Webkit packages.
There are also two External Triggers: RunNodeWKDirectory and RunNodeWKPackage which work the same as the file actions. These allow external programs or other Alfred workflows to call a Node Webkit application by passing the full path of the application bundle or directory. The help option for this workflow shows an example of using these External Triggers.
The following code will open the help application that is located in the same directory as the code:
thisDir=`pwd`;
/usr/bin/osascript -e "tell application \"Alfred 2\" to run trigger \"RunNodeWKDirectory\" in workflow \"com.customct.NodeWebkit\" with argument \"$thisDir/help\""
The directory path given in the argument tells Node Webkit where to load the program from. It is set with the pwd command.
There will be more tutorials and hacks using this workflow on my website Custom Computer Tools.
This workflow is for using the Peppermint code editor. You can learn more about Peppermint at http://osxpeppermint.com/.
The commands are:
"pp:edit" Gets the file in Finder or Pathfinder and opens it in Peppermint editor.
HotKey is setup to take the current OS X selection and open it in slap. There are also Alfred browser commands and an external trigger defined for it.
MacVim Toolbox This workflow adds commands for working with MacVim. They are:
"vim:editterminal" Edit the selected file in a MacVim terminal editor in Terminal.
"vim:edititerm" Edit the selected file in MacVim terminal editor in iTerm2.
"vim:editgui" Edit the selected file in a MacVim gui applicaiton.
Also, I added edit with MacVim in the Alfred Browser. There are hotkeys you can define as well.
These commands are for working with the slap terminal editor easier. You can learn more about slap at https://github.com/slap-editor/slap
slap:edititerm Gets the file in Finder or Pathfinder and opens it in iTerm using slap.
slap:editterminal Gets the file in Finder or PathFinder and opens it in Terminal using slap.
slap:install Runs the npm install for slap. It is assumed that node and npm are already installed. The best way to install node is with HomeBrew (http://brew.io).
There is also an edit with Slap in the Alfred Browser. A HotKey is setup to take the current OS X selection and open it in slap.
This workflow starts with a "Add Directory to Copy/Move locations..." File Action to create a list of directories to use as targets for a copy/move operation. If actioned on a file, the directory of the file is saved.
Once you have a list, you can use "copy to..." or "move to..." file actions to move or copy files to a previously saved directory.
The keyword "cm:fav" is used to view saved directories, remove one, go to one in Alfred Browser, open in Finder, or open in the terminal applcation of choice.
ff
It is a way to lookup a folding in the Alfred browser or in Finder. Very handy.
ab:newfile
Creates a new file in the directory of the topmost Finder or Path Finder window.
ab:newdir
Creates a new directory in the directory of the topmost Finder or Path Finder window.
ab:open
Opens the URL, URI, or file given using the Mac OS X open terminal command. This has a hot key as well to open the current selection with "open".
ab:pdf
This is a file filter for PDF files. I have many and this really makes finding them easy.
ab:cparent
This command will get the currently selected file in Finder, Path Finder, or Commander One and copy it to the parent directory. Works on files or directories.
ab:mparent
This command will get the currently selected file in Finder, Path Finder, or Commander One and move it to the parent directory. Works on files or directories.
ab:cfile
This command will copy the contents of the file to the clipboard. You need to be sure it is a text file.
Get File Name
This gets the name of the file selected in Alfred Browser and puts it into the clipboard.
Get File Size
This gets the file size of the file selected in the Alfred Browser and puts it into the clipboard.
Create a File
Simply creates a file in the directory this file action is ran on. It will ask you for the name and then create it.
Create a Directory
Same as "Create a File", but creates a directory instead.
Copy Relative Home Path
This file action calculates the relative path from the user’s home directory and copies it to the clipboard.
Paste Relative Home Path
This file action calculates the relative path from the user’s home directory and copies it to the clipboard. It will then paste the relative path to the topmost application.
Copy Absolute Path
This action copies the absolute path to the file item to the clipboard.
Paste Absolute Path
This action copies the absolute path to the file item to the clipboard. It will then paste it in to the topmost application.
Copy/Move to Parent Directory
These two actions will copy/move the selected file to the parent directory.
Copy File Contents to Pasteboard
This action will copy the contents of the file to the pasteboard.
This workflow is for easily getting to the Dropzone 3 actions directory in Alfred. Use the keyword dz:browse to open the directory in Alfred Browser or hold the CMD key to show in Finder.
###Note: This workflow is no longer supported. Use as is. I use Hammerspoon workflow instead, which is much easier to support and use.
This workflow is for running scripts using Mjolnir to control your windows. This is just a sample of the things that can be done. Follow this layout and you can do many neat things with Mjolnir.
First off, download Mjolnir from https://github.com/mjolnir-io/mjolnir.git. That site also tells how to get started. To install the needed modules and configuration file, you will need to run the "mj:install" command. This will also install the cli program called "mjolnir".
Once mjolnir and it's cli program is installed, use the "mj:find mjolnir" command to set the path to the executable. After this step is done, all the following commands are available to use.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| mj:install | This will install some modules that is used in the configuration file for this workflow. It will also install a default configuration file for mjolnir. If you already have one, move it to a temporary location, run this command, and then copy your function to the configuration file. This should be the second command you run to get this workflow running. Since it does download from the web, it will take a while to complete. |
| mj:updateinit | This command just updates the init.lua file to the new one for the workflow. It does not try to update the modules. |
| mj:reload | This tells mjolnir to reload the configuration file. |
| mj:open | This will bring the Mjolnir console to the front. |
| mj:nup | This nudges the current window up. |
| mj:ndown | This nudges the current window down. |
| mj:nleft | This nudges the current window to the left. |
| mj:nright | This nudges the current window to the right. |
| mj:tcaff | This toggles system caffenate. |
| mj:leftthirds | This moves the current window to the left 1/3 of the screen. |
| mj:rightthirds | This moves the current window to the right 2/3 of the screen. |
| mj:lefthalf | This moves the current window to the left half of the screen. |
| mj:righthalf | This moves the current window to the right half of the screen. |
| mj:lefthalf | This moves the current window to the left half of the screen. |
| mj:righthalf | This moves the current window to the right half of the screen. |
| mj:tophalf | This moves the current window to the top half of the screen. |
| mj:bottomhalf | This moves the current window to the bottom half of the screen. |
| mj:fullScreen | This moves the window to the maximum size on the screen. |
| mj:minimize | This minimizes the current window. |
| mj:tzoom | This toggles the system fullscreen on and off for the current window. This moves the window to it's own space taking up the entire screen. |
| mj:running | This will list all the running apps. You can then just select one to bring it to the front, select with alt key to hide it, select with ctrl key to unhide it, and select with the fn key to close the application. |
| mj:snap | This snaps the current window to the closes grid box area. |
| mj:setgrid | This requires you to put the x, y for a starting position in a 3x3 matrix for the current window. Then you give the width and height. Therefore, to move the current window to the upper left most block in a 3x3 matric, you would do "mj:setgrid 0, 0, 1, 1". There is also a hotkey set to this value as an example. |
| mj:command | Type in a command string and it will be sent to Mjolnir directly! |
| mj:ftmove | This puts every window for FoldingText to the left half of the screen. |
| mj:fttoday | This focuses the window with the title "today.txt". That is my todo list for the day. |
| mj:expose | This will list all applications. The list can be shortened by typing the name of the application. When an application is selected, it will show all of it's windows in a matrix on the screen and ask the user for the coordinates of the one to show. It will then put all the windows back to their original position and bring the one selected to the foreground. If the application has only one window, it will simply bring it to the front. I also created a hotkey for doing Expose on FoldingText. The user can create more in the same manner. Just be careful to get the name of the application correct! |
| mj:last | This will move the last window moved around to it's position and size before the movement. This is a single level return. |
This workflow is also set up with a Remote page as well. Have fun controlling your windows from your iPad or iPhone.
This workflow has one command "au:install". Once you run it, a URI handler for Alfred will be installed. This is used to trigger external triggers in any workflow. The format is:
alfreduri://com.apple.AppleScript.AlfredURIhandler?wf=&arg=&ext=
The arguments should be URI encoded (ie: no spaces, but %20 instead). If you update the workflow, you have to re-apply the handler. Also, do not delete the workflow or the functionality will be removed.
You can also launch a search in Alfred with:
alfreduri://com.apple.AppleScript.AlfredURIhandler?search=
The search query needs to be URI encoded as well.
A time tracking extension that allows for any number of projects and tracking the time between them. Still early stage, but very useable. It also has a basic graphical viewing of work hours with a calendar for lookup. I have started recreating some of the PHP scripts as full go language programs. Please let me know if you have any problems. The following keywords are used:
| atk:addproject | This allows you to create a new project |
| atk:project | This allows you to set the current project |
| atk:state | This allows you to set the current state of a project. |
| atk:help | Gives a list of commands for Alfred Time Keeper |
| atk:current | This will show the current project, time, and state. |
| atk:week | This shows the time for the current project this week. |
| atk:month | This shows the time for the current project this month. |
| atk:worktime | This displays the time worked on all project for a particular day. |
This workflow allows you to sequence through some file names. You set the base name and extension. It will increment the count and place it in the clipboard and Growl it. If there is a file name in the clipboard, you can also just increment the count for the file name.
| setname | This will set the base name for creating filenames. |
| setext | This will set the extension for the filenames created. |
| clearcount | This will set the counter back to zero. |
| inccount | This will increment the counter by one. |
| deccount | This will decrement the counter by one. |
This workflow is used to find the duration of a video. You can use the 'getvideotime' keyword to search for a particular video to get the duration. The 'getvideodir' keyword is used to scan a full directory. Both are also file actions in the Alfred browser.
This workflow is for compressing png images to a smaller size with scaling. You have to edit the script to your image size you want to scale. Type "ci" and then a name of the image file. A list of images will be shown for you to select the one you want to compress. When using Alfred to browse files, if you view a directory, the compress image command will show in the right arrow menu listing. You can then compress all the files in that directory. You have to have the Image Magick library and utilities already installed to use this workflow. You can now use the 'ci.ext' command to set the extension of the final image, which will cause conversion if set to a different type. I also added the 'png-jpg' and 'jpg-png' commands to simply convert the specifed images to the other format. The ImageMagick library is included now due to many people having problems installing it.
This little workflow allows you to sequentially step through items in multiple list files. You use the "Next Item: Set File" file action on the file containing a list of items: One item per line. For example, a list of urls; one per line. Then the hot key (you will have to set yourself since mine being n will be erased) will take the next item from the specified first list and copy it to the clipboard and to a notification. If you view all lists before the first list, you will see each corresponding item for each list. The counter is only incremented after passing the item from the first list.
| "ni:move #" | This will move the last set file to the # list. If you do not move the file items to a list number, then it will not get sent to you. |
| "ni:item" | This will give the next item from the first list and increment the counter. |
| ni:l #" | This will give the next item from the # list, but the count will not be incremented unless it is list 1. |
| "ni:inc" and "ni:dec" | These will increment or decrement the counter. |
| "ni:set" | allows you to set the counter to any number. |
| "ni:clear" | will clear the counter and erase the temporary files. |
| "ni:current" | will display the current count number. |
Setting a new list will clear the count. The file specified is copied to a work area that all the other scripts will use to access it. Therefore, you do not need to worry about the original file being changed.
I am often changing text around to different formats in large quantities. So, I made a workflow for keeping all of them. I call it text massagers because you are "massaging" the text with the script. You can use this as your template for your own massagers. All of these scripts takes the item from the clipboard, massages it, and places back into the clipboard while showing you the results.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| m | Expects a markdown anchor line in the clipboard and converts it to a HTML anchor within a list item. |
| t | Fixes a time into HH:MM:SS format no matter what it was before. |
| ” | Takes the current selection and passes it to the “tm:select” command for selecting the text massager from a list. The list will show the resulting string. It will then perform the selected “massage” to the text and copy it to the clipboard and back into the document it was grabbed from if possible. |
| tm:select | Takes the string on the Alfred Prompt and runs it through the different massagers and shows the output in the list. When the user selects one of the massagers, it will copy the resulting string to the clipboard and to the document that is open. |
| " | Takes the current selection and passes it to the “tm:selectn” command for selecting the text massager from a list. It will then perform the selected “massage” to the text and copy it to the clipboard and back into the document it was grabbed from if possible. |
| tm:selectn | Same as "tm:select" except for not displaying the results in the list. This is for slower computers. |
This workflow interfaces with TextSoap, a great text processing program. I now use it more than awk! The following are the keywords defined:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| tc:clean | This keyword will present a list of all previously used cleaners to pick from. Start typing to narrow down the list. When you hit enter on an entry, it will perform that cleaner on the clipboard. If you hold down the fn key, it will delete that cleaner from the list of preferred cleaners. You can set a hotkey to repeat the last ran cleaner on the clipboard. |
| tc:full | This keyword will show all available cleaners obtained from the tc:getcleaners. The cleaner you select will be performed on the clipboard and the cleaner will be saved into your list of preferred cleaners. |
| tc:fulla | This keyword is the same as tc:full, but will append the results to the topmost application. You can set a hotkey to perform this on the current selection as well. |
| tc:seteditor | Allows you to set the text editor for editing the list of preferred cleaners. |
| tc:editlist | Allows you to edit the list of preferred cleaners using the editor already setup. |
| tc:getcleaners | This will query TextSoap for the list of cleaners it has. You should do this each time you create new cleaners you want to use with this workflow. |
| tc:addcleaner | This will set the string given into the list of preferred cleaners. |
| tc:count | This will count the number of lines, words, and characters in the clipboard. If a string is passed with it, it will count that string. You can set a hotkey to count the current selection. |
| tc:loadpopclipext | This will load the popclip extension for executing the last cleaner on the highlighted text. |
There are also three places to set your hotkeys: one for doing a character/word/line count of your selection, one for evoking the last cleaner on selected text, and one for choosing from the full list of cleaner to apply on the currently selected text.
This workflow gives some added features for ExpanDrive. You can use the hotkey "e" to change the current selection in Finder or Path Finder that is in a subdirectory for a ExpanDrive drive to a web facing reference to that file. You set up the ExpanDrive name using the "ed:edir" keyword. You then can set the web facing directory prefix with "ed:wdir". The scripts currently do not check for accuracy, that is up to the user.
This workflow gives the ability to upload files to Amazon S3 using the s3cmd commandline function. You can download the s3cmd utility at http://s3tools.org/s3cmd. The workflow currently contains a copy of the s3cmd tool. You will need to open a terminal to the directory that contains the workflow to set your s3 credentials. Please see the directions at http://s3tools.org/s3cmd to know how to set it up. Here are the currently supported keywords and file actions:
| "s3c:copydir" | This keywork allows you to pick a directory that contains videos (mp4|mov). The videos will be copied to the corresponding directory on s3. Make sure to set the base directory using "s3c:base". |
| "s3c:base" | You use this keyword to set the base directory for s3. It should be the format of "s3://{bucket}/directory/..". It has to be set to "s3://{bucket name}" as the minimum. |
| "s3c:target" | This keyword is used to set a target directory under the base directory to copy individual files to s3 using the file action. |
| "s3c:webheader" | This keyword is used to set a web header for getting a web friendly url to an item in your s3. |
| "s3c:sbase" | This will show the base directory in a notification. |
| "s3c:starget" | This will show the target directory in a notification. |
| "s3c:swebheader" | This will show the header to make a web friendly address in a notification. |
| "s3c:copy file" | This file action will copy the file in the Alfred browser to the base and target directory on s3. |
| "s3c:list" | This keyword action allows you to browse your S3 directory. If you hit "cmd-enter" on an item, it will download it to your Download directory. If you hit "alt-enter" on an item, it will set that directory as your target directory for uploading files. If you hit "ctl-enter" on an item, it will push a web facing friendly url for that item in to the clipboard. If you hit "shift-enter" on an item, it will set the items directory as the base directory for future browsing. If you hit "function-enter" on an item, you can move the item to a new name or location. It will prompt for the new location with a copy of the original item twice. You change the second one. If you start typing after the keyword, your selection will be reduced to selections that match what you type. |
| "s3c:configure" | This keyword will open a terminal and start the configuration process for the s3cmd command line tool. This has to be done before using the other commands. |
This workflow is for keeping track of budgets Calca.app. You can set a budget template ("b:budget" keyword and selecting "Edit Template"), and then create budgets each month ("b:budget" keyword and selecting "Make from Template"). The "b:budget" keyword will also show all of the available budget files that you can view and/or edit.
This workflow if for taking notes. It was designed for Calca, but can be used with any editor. So far, I have the following keywords:
| “n:setnotes" | This allows for the setting for the location of your notes directory. It is a directory select. Therefore, the directory has to already exist. |
| “n:notes" | This will list every file in the notes directory that ends in ".txt". You can create a new notes file or open an existing notes file. If you select one of the files while holding the key, you can append the contents of the clipboard to the specified notes file. If that is a new file, it will be started with the clipboard contents. You can move the selected file to the trash by holding the key. This requires the trash command to be in the "/usr/local/bin" directory. You can convert the markdown file to html using the key when you press on a file name. This requires the pandoc program to be loaded onto your system. The key will open the file with Marked.app. |
| “n:setEditor” | This allows you to set the editor that you want to use for editing your notes. It defaults to Calca, but you can set it to any application you want. It will bring up a file selector with applications from your main application folder and your personal applications folder. |
This workflow is for working with todo lists using TaskPaper or FoldingText. But, you can set any other editor you want as well. Since TaskPaper and FoldingText uses plain text files for everything, it is easy to write scripts to add functionality that the program does not have. So far, I have the following keywords defined:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| t:settodo | This command allows you to set the directory for your todos. It will setup the supporting files and sub-directories as well. This is the first action to perform with this workflow. |
| t:createtodaytodo | This command will take the everyday, weekly, monthly, and dated todos and combine them to the left over todos from the last time you created todos. It will also archive the finished todos. Todos that are repeated from the dated category are reset according to the repeat pattern. |
| t:showtoday | This command will open todays (or the most current) todo list in TaskPaper. |
| t:showyesterday | This command will open yesterdays (or the one before the most current) todo list in TaskPaper. |
| t:showfinished | This command will open the archived done tasks in TaskPaper. |
| t:addmonthlytodo | This command will ask for the day of the month and the task. It will then place that in the monthly todo directory for that day. When a new todo list is created, then it will pull in that days tasks. |
| t:addeveryday | This adds a task to the everyday task list. Every task placed in this list will be added to the current todo list everytime it is created. |
| t:addweekdaytask | This command will ask for the day of the week and the task. It will then place that it in the weekly todo directory for that day of the week. When a new todo list is created, then it will pull in that days tasks. |
| t:doing | This creates a new dated entry for the current journal. It will ask which journal to place the entry into. The standard doing.txt journal will automatically be created. |
| t:showdoing | This opens the current doing journal in TaskPaper. |
| t:showprojects | This opens the projects task file in TaskPaper. This is for ongoing projects and their tasks. |
| t:sortdone | This command takes the topmost TaskPaper list and sorts all of the done tag entries to the bottom. |
| t:seteditor | This command is for setting the text editor to use. |
| t:newjournal | This command will allow you to create new journal files. |
| t:showjournal | This command is for opening a journal in the editor. It will ask which journal and give you the current list of journals. |
| t:settz | This command is for setting the time zone. A list of time zones will be given and you select the one you are in. |
| t:showtz | This command will show the currently set time zone. |
| t:next | This finds the tag @next, marks that task done, and adds it to the next task. |
| t:adddatedtask | This allows you to add a task on a particular date that can repeat also. You can repeat by days, weeks, months, or years. It also shows all dated tasks and allows for deleting them. |
| t:managemonthly | This allows you to pick a monthly task and edit the file or delete the file. |
| t:manageweekly | This allows you to pick a weekly task to edit or delete. |
| t:editeverydaytask | This allows you to edit the everyday task file. |
This workflow will request Bible passages from the "Ephesians 4:14" website: http://www.4-14.org.uk/xml-bible-web-service-api. Access to this API is currently free. This workflow will request the given verse from Alfred edit line or from the current OS X selection, request the verse(s), and return it in the clipboard and a notification. You can then paste it where ever you want. If you use the hotkey to search for the selected verse, it will automatically replace it with the text. There is also a hotkey to paste both versions: English and Thai. It now translates the English Bible book names to Thai. I will be adding more functionality to this workflow in the future and eventually have a full Bible study app. Let me know what functions you need.
This workflow assumes you have octopuses and pow installed on your computer with each octopress site linked into the ~/.pow directory. The POW workflow (https://github.com/phallstrom/AlfredPow) is a great compliment to this workflow and is called by the preview function. First, set up your editor with "octopow:editor". Then, set you current POW project with "octopow". You can create/edit/delete posts with "octopow:post". You can generate your site and preview it in POW using "octopow:preview". You can then deploy you changes with "octopow:deploy". This workflow assumes you have already setup your Octopress site and POW programs on your system. More to come!
This workflow allows you to launch Chrome with the accessibility flag set so that you can use ShortCat.app with Chrome. It uses ctl-shift-h to launch Chrome or bring it to the front if running. ctl-shift-alt-h to quit Chrome.
This workflow aid in the creating of my sermon schedules. Use ss:setdirectory to set the directory for sermons (or whatever you want to create schedules from a template). The use ss:seteditor to set the editor you want to use (I use Sublime). You then can use ss:create to make a new schedule by the template (you might want to edit the template first with the ss:edit and selecting the template). Then use ss:edit to edit one of the schedules or the template.
The unique thing about the workflow is that new schedule’s name will always be something like: 2014-Feb02-Feb08.md. The current year, first day of the week and the last day of the week. The ss:create gives you names for the current week and the next 4 weeks.
This works great for me being a missionary. You can change it to meet your own needs.
Sometimes you just need a place to edit some text quickly. Or, simply write a short note to store in the clipboard history (it actually works better than you think). That is where this workflow comes in handy.
After you set a hotkey, you can select text and edit it on the Alfred command line. When you press enter, it will be placed into the clipboard. If you press and enter, it will place it into the clipboard and the top most application. If you press and enter, it will save the text to the specified note file.
If you invoke the keyword “sp:” or if you press the hotkey without a selection, it will offer to put the clipboard as the text to edit. Press enter on the “clipboard” option and the contents of the clipboard will be copied to the Alfred command line for editing. All the above saving options are available.
To use the note saving feature, use the Alfred Browser to go to a file, press right arrow, and select the "Set Note File" option. Now, you can save the text to a note file. It will append to the end of the file.
This workflow has commands for DwellClick from Pilotmoon. You can:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
dc:enable | Enable DwellClick dc:disable | Disable DwellClick dc:action | Performs the action selected. This is a script filter that will list all possible actions. If the command key is pressed, it delays the action for the next dwell click. If the function key is pressed, then the action is stored for use with the first hotkey action.
The first hotkey action is for performing the stored action. The second is an example of making a fixed action to an hotkey. Very useful.
This is a toolbox of functions for working with the Fish Shell. You can install fish shell with homebrew:
brew install fish
Currently, the functions are:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
f:seteditor | Set the code editor to use f:editfunction | Edit a Fish function. It will show a list of possible functions to edit. If you press FN key and select a function, that function will be deleted. f:editconfig | Edit the Fish Configuration file. f:newfunction | Create a new fish function.
with more to come.
This workflow is the translation of Brett Terpstra's LaunchBar script for Alfred. You have to have his Instant Search Service installed. For more information, go to SearchLink - BrettTerpstra.com.
This is a toolbox of functions for working with Powerline. Currently, the commands are:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| pl:loc | Gives the location of the pip installation of Powerline. It will open it in Alfred, in Finder if the ctrl key is pressed, or in Terminal if the cmd key is pressed. |
| pl:doc | Will open the documentation for Powerline. |
| pl:fonts | Will open the fonts download page for Powerline. |
| pl:github | Will open the GitHub page for Powerline. |
| pl:editor | Will allow you to set the text editor for editing Powerline configuration files. |
| pl:conf | Will allow you to browse the Powerline configuration directory and edit the files and create new files. |
| pl:goconf | This will open the configuration directory in Alfred or in Finder if the cmd key is pressed. |
This workflow allows you to open a Terminal window or iTerm windows directory in Alfred.
You type "oa:install" to install a helper script into your /usr/local/bin directory. Make sure that directory exists, is writable by you, and in your path.
Then you can use these commands:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| oa:terminal | open the topmost terminal window in Alfred |
| oa:iterm | open the topmost iterm window in Alfred |
This workflow goes with an upcoming tutorial on using golang with Alfred on tutplus.com. It currently runs a small web app for doing title case conversions. The workflow has these commands:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| tcs:launch | This will start the title case server on port 9910 |
| tcs:stop | This will stop the title case server |
| tcs:convert | This will take a string on the Alfred prompt, send it to the title case server, and return the result in a notification and the clipboard. |
It also has a hotkey specified to take the selected text, convert it, and paste it back in place. You will have to set the hotkey yourself. The go source code is included in the workflow.
This workflow is a work in progress. As I come up with more things I want to do with Folding Text program, I will be adding to this workflow. If there is something you would like to see added, just let me know. Most of the functions I found on the FoldingText website and compiled them here for easy use. The new bookmarking feature is the coolest thing!
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| ft:autofocus | This does the autofocus workflow. Move the todo at the current cursor to the bottom most "# Autofocus.todo" list. It creates one if there is not one. |
| ft:next | Find the "@next" todo tag, makes it @done, and sets the next todo as @next. |
| ft:marked | Open the current file in Marked.app |
| ft:tagremove | Gives a list of tags in the current document and will remove all the ones selected in the list. |
| ft:safari | This gets the tabs in the current Safari Web Browser and copies their addresses to the topmost FoldingText document. |
| ft:chrome | This gets the tabs in the current Chrome Web Browser and copies their addresses to the topmost FoldingText document. |
| ft:countunfolded | This will count all the characters, words, and lines of text that is not folded. Great for geting word counts of an article with all non-essential areas folded away! |
| ft:getvisible | This copies all the unfolded text to the clipboard. |
| ft:open | This will allow you to open any FoldingText, Markdown, or plain txt files in your home directory. It looks for the ‘ft’, ‘md’, ‘txt’ extensions. |
| ft:gototag | This will list every tag in the topmost document. When you select one, all lines without that tag are folded away. Place the cursor in a line and unfold and you are there in the document. |
| ft:openfilelist | This will open every file you have in the FoldingText file list. |
| ft:AddFile | This file action allows you to place files in to your FoldingText file list. |
| ft:showfiles | This shows you every file in your file list. Selecting one will open just that one file, or bring it to the front if it is already open. Select a file with cmd and the file will be taken off the list (but not touched on the HD). |
| ft:docs | This gives a list of FoldingText documentation documents you can select and open. |
| ft:addurihandler | This adds a system script to handle "ftdoc://" URIs by loading the file specified in FoldingText. It works to launch bookmarks to files and a location in the file. |
| ft:mbkmark | This gets a URI for the current cursor location in the topmost FoldingText document and adds it to the bookmark list. You have to supply a name for the bookmark. |
| ft:bookmarks | This shows every bookmark and allows you to open it, remove it (function key), or create a markdown link to the bookmark and paste into the topmost application (command key). |
| ft:inbox | This allows you to add a message line to the end of a block with the @inbox tag. |
| ft:notetag | This one will get a list of tags in the top FoldingText document. The user can select a tag and then give a message. That message will be added to the end of that tag node. |
| Site Layout | This is a File Action that you can trigger in the Alfred browser on directories only. When you run it, it creates a file of the directory structure there down with clickable links to each file for FoldingText. You have to have the FoldingText URI handler installed. Once created, it will open the file in FoldingText. The lastest version makes use of Alfred URI Handler. |
| ft:lastsitelayout | This will show the last layout generated by the Site Layout directory action. |
| ft:hidedone | This will hide everything tagged with @done. |
| ft:viewtags | Allows for interactively showing/hiding tags using JavaScript for Automation. This script created by Robin Trew. |
| ft:setsearchtag | This is used for the create tag files directory command for the Alfred browser. |
File Actions:
Set Tag File Directory
This sets the current directory in the Alfred Browser to the directory for creating tag search files.
Create Tag File
This will take the directory in Alfred Browser and search for files with the ft extensions. Those files will be listed with the lines containing the tag set using the ft:setsearchtag command.
I am often needing to add up a series to times in a document. This workflow makes it very easy. Clear the accumulator, select a time value, and hit your hotkey combination you assigned in this workflow. The time will be accumulated. You can show the time in Hr:min:sec format or just plain minutes. Have fun!
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| ta:clear | This clears the accumulator |
| ta:showmin | Show the accumulated time in just minutes. |
| ta:showhr | Show the accumulated time |
There is a hotkey you need to set for adding the currently selected time.
This workflow has one command: zi:view. This will show you the zip files in your home directory's Documents folder. When you select one, it will open a Python window showing the contents of the zip file.
This workflow is a replication of my "tm:case" command of the Text Massager Workflow done in Swift. You have to have xCode 6 beta 6 to recompile the executable, but it should run on any system that is OS Maverick and up. Instructions for recompiling the Alfred Swift Library and the program is in the workflow directory. The one command is "tc:convert". The string given will be shown in capital case, upper case, lower case, and title case.
I have two themes in this repository: Wild-Cherry Dark and Wild-Cherry Light. These were adopted from Wild-Cherry.
Please let me know if you have any problems, suggestions, or commits. These are documented more fully on my web site http://customct.com.
goAlfred I created a library in the go language from Google to make it easier to create your Alfred workflow. You can see the library here: goAlfred
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