Alfred Workflows

Date: July 23, 2022  
Author: Parth Desai  
Source: https://kbase.vercel.app/alfred_workflows  
Summary: My favourite Alfred workflows and commands to trigger them  
Tags: Productivity, List, Mac

1. Alfred Github : GitHub Workflow for Alfred

   • Commands

     # Github repository commands
     gh user/repo
     gh user/repo #123
     gh user/repo @branch
     gh user/repo *commit
     gh user/repo /path/to/file
     gh user/repo admin
     gh user/repo clone
     gh user/repo graphs
     gh user/repo issues
     gh user/repo milestones
     gh user/repo network
     gh user/repo new issue
     gh user/repo new pull
     gh user/repo projects
     gh user/repo pulls
     gh user/repo pulse
     gh user/repo releases
     gh user/repo wiki
     gh user/repo projects
     gh user/repo actions
     
     # User commands
     gh @user
     gh @user overview
     gh @user repositories
     gh @user stars
     gh @user gists
     
     # Search commands
     gh s repo
     gh s @user
     
     # My commands
     gh my dashboard
     gh my notifications
     gh my profile
     gh my issues
     gh my issues created
     gh my issues assigned
     gh my issues mentioned
     gh my pulls
     gh my pulls created
     gh my pulls assigned
     gh my pulls mentioned
     gh my pulls review requested
     gh my repos
     gh my settings
     gh my stars
     gh my gists
     
     # Workflow commands
     gh > login
     gh > logout
     gh > delete cache
     gh > delete database
     gh > update
     gh > activate autoupdate
     gh > deactivate autoupdate
     gh > help
     gh > changelog

2. Night Shift : Quickly turn on/off Night Shift

   • Commands

     # Turn Night Shift on
     night on
     
     # Turn Night Shift off
     night off
     
     # Set color temperature
     night 85

3. Alfred Emoji : Search for emoji and copy them to the clipboard

   • Commands

     # Search for emoji
     emoji [query]

4. VSCode : Alfred 5 workflow for opening files or folders in Visual Studio Code

   • Commands

     # Open folder in VS Code
     vscode
     
     # Open path in VS Code
     vscode ~/Desktop
     
     # Search for a file or folder (Press Enter after this command)
     vscodef

5. NewPath : Create new file

   • Commands

     # Create new file
     nf filename.txt
     
     # Create and open new file
     nfo filename.txt
     
     # Create new folder
     nd foldername
     
     # Create and open new folder
     nfo foldername

6. Alfred Words : Find synonyms and antonyms

   • Commands

     # Find synonyms
     syn word
     
     # Find antonyms
     ant word

7. Notion Search : An Alfred workflow to search Notion with instant results

   • Commands

     # Search Notion
     ns filename

8. Timer Alfred Workflow : A very simple timer workflow

   • Commands

     # Create a timer with a message
     timer 3m Start the work
     timer 5d 3h 2m 15s
     timer <time> [label](optional)
     
     # View timers
     timers
     
     # Time formats can be one of the followings:
     # 3s
     # 3sec
     # 3secs
     # 3second
     # 3seconds
     # 3m
     # 3min
     # 3mins
     # 3minute
     # 3minutes
     # 3h
     # 3hour
     # 3hours

9. Edge Bookmarks : Microsoft Edge bookmarks search workflow for Alfred

   • Commands

     # Open bookmark
     ms bookmark_name

10. Alfred Terminal Finder : Alfred workflow to open current Finder window in Terminal or iTerm and vice versa

    • Commands

      # Open current Finder directory in Terminal
      ft
      
      # Open current Terminal directory in Finder
      tf
      
      # Open current Finder directory in iTerm
      fi
      
      # Open current iTerm directory in Finder
      if

11. Recent Downloads : View Downloads folder from Alfred and action on contents of it

    • Commands

      # Browse Downloads folder
      downloads
      
      # Reveal File in folder
      downloads + ⇧
      
      # Trash files in Downloads folder
      downloads + ⌘
      
      # Open file in VS Code
      downloads + Fn

12. Google Apps : A simple workflow for accessing Google Apps

    • Commands

      # Easy access
      `books` to open your Google Play Books
      `books store` to the Google Play Store
      `calendar` to open Google Calendar
      `contacts` to open Google Contacts
      `docs` to open Google Docs
      `drive` to open Google Drive
      `forms` to open Google Forms
      `gmail` to open Gmail
      `inbox` to open Google Inbox
      `music` to open Google Play Music
      `keep` to open Google Keep
      `passwords` to open Google Passwords
      `photos` to open Google Photos
      `slides` to open Google Slides
      `sheets` to open Google Sheets
      
      # New document
      `new doc` to create a new Google Doc
      `new sheet` to create a new Google Sheet
      `new slide` to create a new Google Slide
      `new form to` create a new Google Form
      
      # Search
      `music` to search Google Play Music
      `contacts` to search Google Contacts

13. File Actions : Search folders from Alfred and open them in Finder/iTerm/Editor

    • Commands

      # Simply find the file/folder and press right arrow key 

14. Search Folders : Search folders from Alfred and open them in Finder/iTerm/Editor

    • Commands

      # Search folders
      fo

15. Learn Anything : Alfred workflow to search Learn Anything

    • Commands

      # Search
      learn

Frequently Used Commands

# Open Alfred Preferences
preferences

# Follow keyword with a search term to open a file
open

# Follow a space with a search term to open a file
`spacebar`

# Follow keyword with a search term to reveal a file in the Finder
find

# Follow keyword by a word and get a definition
define

# Type a calculation into main window to get the result
13*567

# Empty Trash
emptytrash

# Restart your Mac
restart

# Enter command in Terminal
> sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Alfred\ 5.app