Shrieking Chimes — Set Timers and Alarms

[vitor]

Usage

Set a timer via the timer keyword followed by a number. Minutes are the default but you can specify hours or seconds.

Set an alarm via the alarm keyword followed by a time.

Pressing ⌘↩ allows setting a name for the alarm.

Edit alarms and timers in the macOS Clock app.

⤓ Install on the Alfred Gallery | Source

 

Edited March 25, 2023 by vitor

[vitor]

When reporting issues, please include your exact installed versions of:

• The Workflow.
• Alfred.
• macOS.
  

In addition to:

• The debugger output. Perform the failing action, click “Copy” on the top right and paste it here.
• Details on what you did, what happened, and what you expected to happen. A short video of the steps with the debugger open may help to find the problem faster.
  

Thank you. Accurate and thorough information is crucial for a proper diagnosis which allows me to help you better.

[sepulchra]

ok this is cool!!!

[vitor]

Updated to 2023.3.

 

Show ring time for timers.

 

Edited March 25, 2023 by vitor

[rob213]

Hello,

 Monterey 12.6.5

alarms don't ring. No sound, nothing is displayed, no label.  Nothing happens. How would I troubleshoot this ?

I gave Alfred access to Shortcuts.

thanks in advance for your time and help

Edited May 3, 2023 by rob213

[Stephen_C]

1 minute ago, rob213 said:

How would I troubleshoot this ?

The best way to do that is to open the debugger panel, set a short timer and then copy and paste the output of the debugger in a post here.

 

Stephen

[rob213]

Here is the output of the debugger (thank you very much  @Stephen_C)

 

 Monterey 12.6.5

 

[07:59:30.263] Logging Started...
[07:59:47.998] Shrieking Chimes[Keyword] Processing complete
[07:59:47.999] Shrieking Chimes[Keyword] Passing output '08:00' to Arg and Vars
[07:59:48.000] Shrieking Chimes[Arg and Vars] Processing complete
[07:59:48.001] Shrieking Chimes[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Keyword
[07:59:53.984] Shrieking Chimes[Keyword] Processing complete
[07:59:53.985] Shrieking Chimes[Keyword] Passing output 'testing alarm' to Arg and Vars
[07:59:53.986] Shrieking Chimes[Arg and Vars] Processing complete
[07:59:53.989] Shrieking Chimes[Arg and Vars] Passing output 'alarm
08:00
testing alarm' to Run Shortcut
[07:59:53.990] Shrieking Chimes[Run Shortcut] Processing complete
[07:59:53.990] Shrieking Chimes[Run Shortcut] Passing output 'alarm
08:00
testing alarm' to Run Script
[07:59:54.127] Shrieking Chimes[Run Script] Processing complete
[07:59:54.133] Shrieking Chimes[Run Script] Passing output '' to Conditional
[07:59:54.847] ERROR: Shrieking Chimes[Run Shortcut] ~/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred/Workflow Scripts/SOSA/sosa.4f952b3d1189ae31462ab6e740cc4a4bec47898c54bc34f5ecf08d7dad2dfbf4:53:100: execution error: Shortcuts Events got an error: The action 

[Stephen_C]

As I'm not the developer of the workflow I'm unsure of the meaning of the final error. So long as you followed all the appropriate setup in the workflow configuration (if there is any setup to follow: I don't have that workflow) I'd wait for some input from @vitor (who provided the workflow) later in the day. Sorry not to be more help at this stage.

 

Stephen

[rob213]

4 minutes ago, Stephen_C said:

Sorry not to be more help at this stage.

I am extremely grateful for your help, and giving me the tools (debugger) to ask for intelligent questions. Have a nice day.

[vitor]

The Workflow needs macOS 13, because that’s when the Clock app was introduced. This requirement is listed at the top of its Gallery page.

[rob213]

6 minutes ago, vitor said:

This requirement is listed at the top of its Gallery page.

 

sorry for having missed that. No wonder I could not find the clock app. thanks very much @vitor

[Textdriven]

Great workflow. Sadly it doesn't pass the label it seems. I definitely set one. I'm on macOS 14.4.1

This is the debug panel output

 

[5:44:13.167 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Keyword] Passing output '5:46pm' to Arg and Vars
[5:44:13.169 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Arg and Vars] Processing complete
[5:44:13.170 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Keyword
[5:44:24.788 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Keyword] Processing complete
[5:44:24.810 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Keyword] Passing output 'TEST LABEL' to Arg and Vars
[5:44:24.811 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Arg and Vars] Processing complete
[5:44:24.812 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Arg and Vars] Passing output 'alarm
5:46pm
TEST LABEL' to Run Shortcut
[5:44:24.813 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Run Shortcut] Processing complete
[5:44:24.814 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Run Shortcut] Passing output 'alarm
5:46pm
TEST LABEL' to Run Script
[5:44:24.983 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Run Script] Processing complete
[5:44:24.990 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Run Script] Passing output '' to Conditional

 

Edited April 15 by Textdriven

[Textdriven]

Just to add to my above message

Alfred: 5.5 [2257]
Workflow: 2023.5
MacOS:  14.4.1

Seems like you can set a label for timers too in the clock app. That would be a great feature to have.

Edited April 16 by Textdriven

[vitor]

2 hours ago, Textdriven said:

Seems like you can set a label for timers too in the clock app.

In the app, yes, but not via shortcuts which is what matters for automation. That’s a feature request you have to make to Apple. You can use the Feedback Assistant app on macOS to do so.