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Script Kit Showcase for Optimizing Your Everyday Workflows

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Script Kit Showcase for Optimizing Your Everyday Workflows – by John Lindquist

Get Up and Running with Script Kit →
9 lessons24m

What is Script Kit?

How often do you avoid scripting something because it takes too much effort?

Script Kit makes it easy to create and run scripts that solve your daily problems. Create a new script from the prompt then your script opens in the editor of your choice. Write a few lines of JavaScript. Then run the script from the prompt.

Simply put, Script Kit helps you script away the friction of your day.

Key Features

  • ▪︎Launch the prompt from anywhere as part of your flow
  • ▪︎Add keyboard shortcuts with comments://Shortcut: opt a
  • ▪︎Prompt for input with:await arg("First name")
  • ▪︎Prompt for environment vars:await env("GITHUB_TOKEN")
  • ▪︎Load npm libraries:await npm("sharp")
  • ▪︎Share scripts directly from the prompt
  • ▪︎Launch scripts from a Stream Deck button
  • ▪︎Scripts behave the same in your terminal

Learn more

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What the community is saying

Kent C. Dodds
Kent C. Dodds@kentcdodds
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I forgot that a lot of people don't know what @scriptkitapp is. You're missing out! I use it to easily open projects in VSCode, start a zoom meeting and put the link in my clipboard, download Twitter images, upload images to cloudinary, and so much more!

Matt Pocock
Matt Pocock@mattpocockuk
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So, @scriptkitapp is AMAZING.

Just spent a very happy morning figuring out a script where it takes my latest recording from OBS and trims the silence from the start and end with ffmpeg.

Now, it's just a command palette action away.

Erik Rasmussen
Erik Rasmussen@erikras
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I just learned about ScriptKit, and my mind is racing with all the stuff I could do with it.

Tom Slutsky
Tom Slutsky@SlutskyTom
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@scriptkitapp is dope!

Took me less then a minute to create a command palette script for killing a port 🤩

Featured Scripts

Add to Kit.app
// Menu: App Launcher
// Description: Search for an app then launch it
// Author: John Lindquist
// Twitter: @johnlindquist
let createChoices = async () => {
let apps = await fileSearch("", {
onlyin: "/",
kind: "application",
})
let prefs = await fileSearch("", {
onlyin: "/",
kind: "preferences",
})
let group = path => apps =>
apps
.filter(app => app.match(path))
.sort((a, b) => {
let aName = a.replace(/.*\//, "")
let bName = b.replace(/.*\//, "")
return aName > bName ? 1 : aName < bName ? -1 : 0
})
return [
...group(/^\/Applications\/(?!Utilities)/)(apps),
...group(/\.prefPane$/)(prefs),
...group(/^\/Applications\/Utilities/)(apps),
...group(/System/)(apps),
...group(/Users/)(apps),
].map(value => {
return {
name: value.split("/").pop().replace(".app", ""),
value,
description: value,
}
})
}
let appsDb = await db("apps", async () => ({
choices: await createChoices(),
}))
let app = await arg("Select app:", appsDb.choices)
let command = `open -a "${app}"`
if (app.endsWith(".prefPane")) {
command = `open ${app}`
}
exec(command)
Add to Kit.app
// Menu: Book Search
// Description: Use Open Library API to search for books
// Author: John Lindquist
// Twitter: @johnlindquist
let query = await arg('Search for a book title:')
//This API can be a little slow. Wait a couple seconds
let response = await get(`http://openlibrary.org/search.json?q=${query}`)
let transform = ({title, author_name}) =>
`* "${title}" - ${author_name?.length && author_name[0]}`
let markdown = response.data.docs.map(transform).join('\n')
inspect(markdown, 'md')
Add to Kit.app
// Menu: Giphy
// Description: Search giphy. Paste link.
// Author: John Lindquist
// Twitter: @johnlindquist
let download = await npm("image-downloader")
let queryString = await npm("query-string")
let GIPHY_API_KEY = await env("GIPHY_API_KEY", {
hint: md(
`Get a [Giphy API Key](https://developers.giphy.com/dashboard/)`
),
ignoreBlur: true,
secret: true,
})
let search = q =>
`https://api.giphy.com/v1/gifs/search?api_key=${GIPHY_API_KEY}&q=${q}&limit=10&offset=0&rating=g&lang=en`
let { input, url } = await arg(
"Search giphy:",
async input => {
if (!input) return []
let query = search(input)
let { data } = await get(query)
return data.data.map(gif => {
return {
name: gif.title.trim() || gif.slug,
value: {
input,
url: gif.images.original.url,
},
preview: `<img src="${gif.images.downsized.url}" alt="">`,
}
})
}
)
let formattedLink = await arg("Format to paste", [
{
name: "URL Only",
value: url,
},
{
name: "Markdown Image Link",
value: `![${input}](${url})`,
},
{
name: "HTML <img>",
value: `<img src="${url}" alt="${input}">`,
},
])
setSelectedText(formattedLink)
Add to Kit.app
// Menu: Resize an Image
// Description: Select an image in Finder. Type option + i to resize it.
// Author: John Lindquist
// Twitter: @johnlindquist
// Shortcut: opt i
let sharp = await npm("sharp")
let imagePath = await getSelectedFile()
let width = Number(await arg("Enter width:"))
let metadata = await sharp(imagePath).metadata()
let newHeight = Math.floor(
metadata.height * (width / metadata.width)
)
let lastDot = /.(?!.*\.)/
let resizedImageName = imagePath.replace(
lastDot,
`-${width}.`
)
await sharp(imagePath)
.resize(width, newHeight)
.toFile(resizedImageName)
Add to Kit.app
// Menu: Reddit
// Description: Browse Reddit from Script Kit
// Author: John Lindquist
// Twitter: @johnlindquist
let Reddit = await npm("reddit")
let envOptions = {
ignoreBlur: true,
hint: md(
`[Create a reddit app](https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps)`
),
secret: true,
}
let reddit = new Reddit({
username: await env("REDDIT_USERNAME"),
password: await env("REDDIT_PASSWORD"),
appId: await env("REDDIT_APP_ID", envOptions),
appSecret: await env("REDDIT_APP_SECRET", envOptions),
userAgent: `ScriptKit/1.0.0 (https://scriptkit.com)`,
})
let subreddits = [
"funny",
"aww",
"dataisbeautiful",
"mildlyinteresting",
"RocketLeague",
]
subreddits.forEach(sub => {
onTab(sub, async () => {
let url = await arg(
"Select post to open:",
async () => {
let best = await reddit.get(`/r/${sub}/hot`)
return best.data.children.map(({ data }) => {
let {
title,
thumbnail,
url,
subreddit_name_prefixed,
preview,
} = data
let resolutions =
preview?.images?.[0]?.resolutions
let previewImage =
resolutions?.[resolutions?.length - 1]?.url
return {
name: title,
description: subreddit_name_prefixed,
value: url,
img: thumbnail,
...(previewImage && {
preview: md(`
![${title}](${previewImage})
### ${title}
`),
}),
}
})
}
)
exec(`open "${url}"`)
})
})