Possible to list and trigger macOS Shortcuts from Alfred

[Lino]

hi!

 

probably wrong thread: question about shortcuts in macos monterey

 

how is it possible to search for apple shortcuts from alfred and trigger them? f.e. type "Rename Files" in alfred and the shortcut "Rename Files" pops up. it's already possible with spotlight search (see screenshot below)

 

at the moment, i write an apple script for every shortcut like the one below:

tell application "Shortcuts"

    run the shortcut named "Rename Files"

end tell

 

... which sucks.

 

thanks in advance

lino

[vitor]

Welcome @Lino,

 

Moved your post to a more appropriate forum and as a new topic so it can get the proper visibility.

 

I’m not on Monterey yet so I can’t test, but you should be able to list your shortcuts via /usr/bin/shortcuts list, then parsing that output to an Alfred Script Filter.

[Skone]

There is a native way in macOS shortcuts to run from a keyboard shortcut, but being able to run them as standard outputs within alfred workflows would be 👌👌

[vitor]

@bazerman That’s what I described.

[Skone]

11 hours ago, vitor said:

@bazerman That’s what I described.

Yes, although I mean as an object in the visual workflow builder for luddites like me to use

[pontus]

Are there any plans for this to be integrated as a feature in Alfred itself?

[Vero]

@pontus Shortcuts integration is definitely on Alfred's roadmap  More to come in the near future!

[vitor]

Two Workflows that allow listing and running your Shortcuts:

• https://github.com/lukdiekm/alfred-shortcuts
• https://www.alfredforum.com/topic/17521-shortcuts-runner

 

[Lino]

thanks, so nice of you!

[brian_seidman]

Here's one more by Stephen Millard that uses Shortcuts' command line utility to list and trigger shortcuts: 

 

https://www.thoughtasylum.com/2021/11/12/alfred-workflow-bypass-for-shortcuts/