solved Open workflow in Alfred given the path to workflow folder

[jjaybe]

I have a workflow with a script filter action that queries all my Alfred workflows and passes the path to the selected workflow folder (e.g. `.../Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.0D987BB0-9A2B-4162-9A68-A9905DFEF52F`) to the next action such that

 

• ↵ opens the workflow folder in VSCode
• ⌘+↵ opens the folder in Finder.

 

My goal is to open the workflow in Alfred to edit it with ⌥ + ↵. Is this possible based on the file path to the workflow folder?
 

[vitor]

Yes, see the AppleScript dictionary. You can use the basename of the folder with reveal workflow.

 

tell application id "com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred" to reveal workflow "user.workflow.0D987BB0-9A2B-4162-9A68-A9905DFEF52F"

[jjaybe]

Thanks @vitor, that worked perfectly!

For completeness, I post the new version below. Since the output of the script filter is the full path and the AppleScript only requires the folder name, I included a Search and Replace Utility with the search regex

.*(user\.workflow\..*)

 

and `$1` as the replacement to strip everything before the folder name.

 

The Run Script action then looks as follows:
 

on run
  tell application id "com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred" to reveal workflow "{query}"
end run

 

[vitor]

That regex won’t work if you rename the folder. Use instead the Automation Task to get the basename.

 

Also, prefer with input as argv

[xilopaint]

 

@jjaybe this workflow would be even more useful if it could reveal the data and cache folders of the workflows in Finder. I often find myself navigating to these folders to clear their contents. If you do this, please release the workflow.

[giovanni]

@xilopaint WeWorkflow also does that

[xilopaint]

2 hours ago, giovanni said:

@xilopaint WeWorkflow also does that

 

Just installed. Thanks!