Automation Tasks List

Automation Tasks are always evolving: new tasks are added over time, and some may change. If a workflow containing Automation Tasks does not appear to work, check if they are up to date. Current Automation Tasks include:

• Core Automation Tasks (Alfred's main collection of Automation Tasks)
  • Appearance
    • Set Dark Mode (Enable, disable, or toggle Dark Mode)
    • Is Dark Mode On? (Check if Dark Mode is enabled)
    • Current Wallpaper (Get path to current wallpaper)
    • Change Wallpaper (Set the Desktop wallpaper)
    • Change Wallpaper at Random (Set wallpaper at random from current wallpaper folder)
  • Arguments Processing (Modify the Stream Arguments)
    • Append to Arguments (Append text to every argument)
    • Count Arguments (Get number of arguments)
    • First Argument (Get first argument)
    • Leading Arguments (Get number of arguments from start)
    • Matching Arguments (Get arguments matching a pattern)
    • Non-matching Arguments (Get arguments not matching a pattern)
    • Prepend to Arguments (Prepend text to every argument)
    • Randomise Arguments (Get arguments in random order)
    • Random Argument (Get one random argument)
    • Reverse Argument Order (Get arguments in inverse order)
    • Sort Arguments (Sort arguments alphabetically)
    • Strip First Argument (Get all arguments but the first)
    • Strip Leading Arguments (Get all arguments but a number of them from start)
    • Strip Last Argument (Get all arguments but the last)
    • Strip Trailing Arguments (Get all arguments but a number of them from end)
    • Last Argument (Get last argument)
    • Trailing Arguments (Get number of arguments from end)
  • Date Manipulation
    • Convert Time Format (Convert time to a different format)
    • Current Time (Get the current time in a specific format)
    • Convert Timezone (Convert time to a different timezone)
  • Files and Folders (Interact with your files, folders, and the Finder)
    • Folder Contents (Get contents of folders)
    • Most Recently Added Path (Get path most recently added to folder)
    • Is Folder? (Check if paths are folders)
    • New Folder (Make new folders, including intermediary paths)
    • Sync Folder Contents (Replace the contents of a folder to match another)
    • File Checksum (Get cryptographic hash functions of files)
    • Binary Decode File (Make files from binary-encoded representations)
    • Binary Encode File (Get binary encodings of files)
    • Is File Executable? (Check if files are executable)
    • Make File Executable (Enable, disable, or toggle executable permission of files)
    • Is File? (Check if paths are files)
    • File MIME Type (Get MIME type of files)
    • Matching File MIME Type (Get files matching MIME type)
    • Non-matching File MIME Type (Get files not matching MIME type)
    • New Empty File (Make new empty files, including intermediary folders)
    • Open in Quick Look (Preview paths in Quick Look)
    • File Contents (Get contents of files)
    • File UTI (Get Uniform Type Identifier of files)
    • Matching File UTI (Get files matching Uniform Type Identifier)
    • Non-matching File UTI (Get files not matching Uniform Type Identifier)
    • Copy With the Finder (Copy paths leveraging the Finder’s behaviour)
    • Move With the Finder (Move paths leveraging the Finder’s behaviour)
    • Selection in Finder (Get paths selected in the Finder)
    • Paths to Finder Windows (Get paths to valid Finder windows and tabs)
    • Path to Front Finder Window (Get path to frontmost valid Finder window)
    • New Finder Window (Open Finder windows)
    • Abbreviate with Tilde in Path (Replace home folder path with “~”)
    • New Finder Alias (Make alias shortcuts to paths)
    • Path Basename (Get path names without folder portion)
    • Path Basename Without Extension (Get path names without extension and folder portion)
    • Path Dirname (Get folder paths without name portion)
    • Duplicate Path (Make duplicates of paths next to the originals)
    • Does Path Exist? (Check if paths exist)
    • Expand Tilde in Path (Replace leading “~” with home folder path)
    • File Extension (Get path extensions)
    • Filter Paths for Folders (Exclude files from path list)
    • Filter Paths for Files (Exclude folders from path list)
    • Filter for Paths Newer Than (Exclude paths which were modified before a time frame from path list)
    • Filter for Paths Older Than (Exclude paths which were modified after a time frame from path list)
    • Finder Comment (Get Finder comment of paths)
    • Delete Finder Comment (Unset Finder comment of paths)
    • Write Finder Comment (Set Finder comment of paths)
    • Is Path Newer? (Check if paths were modified before a time frame)
    • Is Path Older? (Check if paths were modified after a time frame)
    • Pick Path (Pass through the configured file or folder)
    • Rename Path (Change names of paths)
    • List Tags (Get tags from paths)
    • Add Tags (Add tags to paths)
    • Clear Tags (Delete all tags from paths)
    • Remove Tags (Delete select tags from paths)
    • Set Tags (Replace all tags in paths)
    • Path Access Time (Get when paths were last accessed, in Epoch time)
    • Path Creation Time (Get the birth time of the inode of paths, in Epoch time)
    • Path Modification Time (Get when paths were last modified, in Epoch time)
    • Send to Trash (Trash paths)
  • Image Manipulation (Modify and get information from images)
    • Crop Image from Centre (Crop images from centre origin)
    • Crop Image from Corner (Crop images from top-left corner origin)
    • Image Dimensions (Get images pixel width, height, or both)
    • Flip Image (Mirror images horizontally or vertically)
    • Image Format (Get format of images)
    • Convert Image Format (Convert images to other formats)
    • Optimise Image Colour (Optimise image colours for sharing)
    • Resize Image Exactly (Alter image proportions, ignoring aspect ratio)
    • Resize Image by Height (Alter image proportions from height, maitaining aspect ratio)
    • Resize Image by Longest Side (Alter image proportions, constrained to longest side)
    • Resize Image by Percentage (Alter image proportions from percentage, maitaining aspect ratio)
    • Resize Image by Width (Alter image proportions from width, maitaining aspect ratio)
    • Rotate Image (Rotate images by degrees)
  • iWork
    • Current Keynote Document (Get name or path of current Keynote document)
    • Export Current Keynote Document (Export current Keynote document to another format)
    • Identify Open Keynote Documents (Get name or path of documents open in Keynote)
    • Export Open Keynote Documents (Export documents open in Keynote to another format)
    • Current Numbers Document (Get name or path of current Numbers document)
    • Export Current Numbers Document (Export current Numbers document to another format)
    • Identify Open Numbers Documents (Get name or path of documents open in Numbers)
    • Export Open Numbers Documents (Export documents open in Numbers to another format)
    • Current Pages Document (Get name or path of current Pages document)
    • Current Pages Document Text (Get body text of current Pages document)
    • Export Current Pages Document (Export current Pages document to another format)
    • Identify Open Pages Documents (Get name or path of documents open in Pages)
    • Export Open Pages Documents (Export documents open in Pages to another format)
  • JSON Processing
    • JSON from Arguments (Translate arguments to a JSON array)
    • JSON to Arguments (Translate JSON array to arguments)
    • Format JSON (Pretty print JSON text)
    • JSON Value (Get value from a JSON key path)
    • JSON Keys (Get keys from JSON object)
  • macOS
    • Identify Running Apps (Get names, bundle identifiers, or paths of running applications)
    • Identify Front App (Get name, bundle identifier, or path of frontmost application)
    • Identify Front Browser (Get name, bundle identifier, or path of frontmost browser)
    • Click Menubar Item in Front App (Click menubar items in frontmost application)
    • Open Apps (Open passed-in and configured apps)
    • Quit Apps (Quit passed-in and configured apps)
    • Quit All Apps, with Exceptions (Quit every app except ones passed-in and configured)
    • Relaunch Apps (Quit and reopen passed-in and configured apps)
    • Is App Running? (Check if apps are running)
    • Clear Clipboard (Remove clipboard contents)
    • Save Clipboard (Export clipboard representations to a binary blob)
    • Restore Clipboard (Import clipboard representations from a binary blob)
    • Copy Image to Clipboard (Save images to clipboard as data)
    • macOS Version (Get current running version of macOS)
  • PDF Manipulation (Modify and get information from PDFs)
    • Merge to PDF (Combine Images and PDFs into a single PDF)
    • Extract PDF Pages as Images (Save PDF pages to individual images)
    • Extract PDF Pages as PDFs (Save PDF pages to individual PDFs)
    • Extract PDF Text (Get all text from PDF)
  • Safari
    • Safari Tab List (Get name and URL of tabs open in Safari)
    • Current Safari Tab (Get URL or title of Safari's current tab)
    • Close Current Safari Tab (Close Safari's current tab)
    • Run JavaScript in Safari Tab (Execute JavaScript in Safari's current tab)
    • Change Current Safari Tab URL (Replace URL of Safari's current tab)
    • Safari Tabs Matching URL (Get Safari tabs with specified text in URL)
    • Switch to Safari Tab Matching URL (Switch to Safari tab with specified text in URL)
    • Close Safari Tabs Matching URL (Close Safari tabs with specified text in URL)
    • Safari Tabs Not Matching URL (Get Safari tabs without specified text in URL)
    • Close Safari Tabs Not Matching URL (Close Safari tabs without specified text in URL)
    • Open New Safari Window (Make new Safari window with URL)
  • Screen Capture (Take screenshots of your screen)
    • Custom Area Screenshot (Save image of custom screen area)
    • Full Screen Screenshot (Save image of the entire screen)
    • Interactive Screenshot (Interactively save image of custom screen area)
  • Shortcuts (Get information from the Shortcuts app)
    • Shortcut Folders (Get names of created shortcut folders)
    • Is Shortcut Installed? (Check if shortcuts are installed)
    • Shortcut Names (Get names of installed shortcuts)
    • View Shortcut (Open shortcuts for editing)
  • Text Processing
    • Text Checksum (Get cryptographic hash functions of text)
    • Binary Decode Text (Make files from binary-encoded representations)
    • URL Decode Text (Get percent-decoded text)
    • Binary Encode Text (Get binary encodings of text)
    • URL Encode Text (Get percent-encoded text)
    • Shell Escape Text (Get escaped text to use in a Terminal Command)
    • Append to Lines (Append text to every line)
    • Delete Empty Lines (Get text with empty lines removed)
    • Get First Line (Get first line from text)
    • Leading Lines (Get number of lines from start of text)
    • Matching Lines (Get lines matching a pattern)
    • Non-matching Lines (Get lines not matching a pattern)
    • Number Lines (Preppend the line number to every line)
    • Prepend to Lines (Prepend text to every line)
    • Randomise Line Order (Get text lines in random order)
    • Random Line (Get one random line from text)
    • Reverse Line Order (Get text lines in inverse order)
    • Sort Lines (Sort lines alphabetically)
    • Column from Text (Split lines on a delimiter and get a column)
    • Strip First Line (Get all lines from text but the first)
    • Strip Leading Lines (Get all lines but a number of them from start of text)
    • Strip Last Line (Get all lines from text but the last)
    • Strip Trailing Lines (Get all lines but a number of them from end of text)
    • Last Line (Get last line from text without trailing newline)
    • Trailing Lines (Get number of lines from end of text)
    • Trim Line Whitespace (Remove surrounding whitespace from every line)
    • Text Metrics (Get word, line, or character count from text)
    • Shell Unescape Text (Get unescaped text from previous shell escaping)
  • URL Processing
    • Expand Short URL (Get the final destination of URLs)
    • URL Hostname (Get hostname from URLs)
    • URL Response Code (Get the numeric status code of HTTP requests)
    • Shorten URL (Use is.gd to shorten URLs)
    • New Web Shortcut (Make .webloc files from URLs)
  • Window Management (Resize and reposition the topmost window)
    • Screen Bounds (Get screen bounds)
    • Window Bounds (Get the topmost window's bounds)
    • Set Custom Window Bounds (Set custom bounds for topmost window)
    • Move Window (Set custom position for topmost window)
    • Custom Resize Window (Set custom size for topmost window, anchored to its centre)
    • Resize Window from Preset (Set topmost window's bounds relative to screen dimensions)
    • Send Window to Different Screen (Centre topmost window on specified screen)
• Extra Automation Tasks (Alfred's secondary collection of Automation Tasks)
  • Git
    • Clean Repository (Discard repository state and go back to previously saved state)
    • Commit All in Repository (Adds and commits all files in repository)
    • Is Repository Clean? (Check if repository contains uncommited or untracked files)
    • Is Repository? (Check if folders are Git repositories)
    • Repository Root (Get path to repository root folder)
  • Keyboard Simulation (Simulate keyboard inputs)
    • Press Keyboard Brightness Keys (Simulate pressing keyboard top-row keyboard brightness keys)
    • Press Media Keys (Simulate pressing keyboard top-row media keys)
    • Press Screen Brightness Keys (Simulate pressing keyboard top-row screen brightness keys)
    • Press Volume Keys (Simulate pressing keyboard top-row volume keys)
    • Type Text (Simulate typing text)
  • Web Browsers
    • Chromium Browsers (Interact with Chromium-based browsers, such as Google Chrome and Microsfot Edge)
      • Chromium Browser Tab List (Get name and URL of tabs open in Chromium browser)
      • Current Chromium Browser Tab (Get URL or title of Chromium browser's current tab)
      • Close Current Chromium Browser Tab (Close Chromium browser's current tab)
      • Run JavaScript in Chromium Browser Tab (Execute JavaScript in Chromium browser's current tab)
      • Change Current Chromium Browser Tab URL (Replace URL of Chromium browser's current tab)
      • Chromium Browser Tabs Matching URL (Get Chromium browser tabs with specified text in URL)
      • Switch to Chromium Browser Tab Matching URL (Switch to Chromium browser tab with specified text in URL)
      • Close Chromium Browser Tabs Matching URL (Close Chromium browser tabs with specified text in URL)
      • Chromium Browser Tabs Not Matching URL (Get Chromium browser tabs without specified text in URL)
      • Close Chromium Browser Tabs Not Matching URL (Close Chromium browser tabs without specified text in URL)
      • Open New Chromium Browser Window (Make new Chromium browser window with URL)
    • Frontmost Browser (Interact with the frontmost supported browser)
      • Front Browser Tab List (Get name and URL of tabs open in frontmost browser)
      • Current Front Browser Tab (Get URL or title of frontmost browser's current tab)
      • Close Current Front Browser Tab (Close frontmost browser's current tab)
      • Run JavaScript in Front Browser Tab (Execute JavaScript in frontmost browser's current tab)
      • Change Current Front Browser Tab URL (Replace URL of frontmost browser's current tab)
      • Front Browser Tabs Matching URL (Get frontmost browser tabs with specified text in URL)
      • Switch to Front Browser Tab Matching URL (Switch to frontmost browser tab with specified text in URL)
      • Close Front Browser Tabs Matching URL (Close frontmost browser tabs with specified text in URL)
      • Front Browser Tabs Not Matching URL (Get frontmost browser tabs without specified text in URL)
      • Close Front Browser Tabs Not Matching URL (Close frontmost browser tabs without specified text in URL)
      • Open New Front Browser Window (Make new frontmost browser window with URL)
    • Webkit Browsers (Interact with Webkit-based browsers, such as Safari Technology preview)
      • Webkit Browser Tab List (Get name and URL of tabs open in Webkit browser)
      • Current Webkit Browser Tab (Get URL or title of Webkit browser's current tab)
      • Close Current Webkit Browser Tab (Close Webkit browser's current tab)
      • Run JavaScript in Webkit browser Tab (Execute JavaScript in Webkit browser's current tab)
      • Change Current Webkit Browser Tab URL (Replace URL of Webkit browser's current tab)
      • Webkit Browser Tabs Matching URL (Get Webkit browser tabs with specified text in URL)
      • Switch to Webkit Browser Tab Matching URL (Switch to Webkit browser tab with specified text in URL)
      • Close Webkit Browser Tabs Matching URL (Close Webkit browser tabs with specified text in URL)
      • Webkit Browser Tabs Not Matching URL (Get Webkit browser tabs without specified text in URL)
      • Close Webkit Browser Tabs Not Matching URL (Close Webkit browser tabs without specified text in URL)
      • Open New Webkit Browser Window (Make new Webkit browser window with URL)