This project is a set of scripts and documentation for automating my task workflow. My goal is to have a keyboard shortcut that says:

"Do what I normally do with what I'm currently seeing"

Often, "what I see" is a webpage in Safari or Firefox, and "what I normally do" is add a task to OmniFocus, which I use for personal project management. I use Apple stuff (macOS, iPhone, etc.), which includes automation tools like Shortcuts, so it should be possible to encode the rules for what I'd like to do.

I've got a "read later" workflow for Substack article:

• Open the article on substack
• Copy the URL to the clipboard
• Run "Send Article to Omnifocus" shortcut
  • "Get A URL" gets URL from Clipboard
  • URL is passed to automate-jw-process-url script, installed in virtual environment.
  • Script returns base64-encoded JSON
  • Omni Automation decodes to JSON, creates a task

• Add tests to automate-jw-process-url
• Sketch the planned workflow
• Split out Omnifocus task creation as own Shortcut
• Sketch semantic scraper ideas
• Implement semantic scraper

• Overview - Overview of the workflow
• Shortcuts
  • Get a URL - Gets a URL from Safari or the Clipboard
  • Send URL to Omnifocus - Processes a URL, creates an OmniFocus task

• Take Control of Shortcuts by Rosemary Orchard - A great introduction to the tool
• Shortcuts User Guide for Mac - Apple's documentation, not as good. I'm using features like running a shell script that only work on the Mac
• Omni-Automation: OmniFocus - Detailed guide for using OmniScript. The Big Picture is a decent starting place.