Boost Your Productivity: Creating Things Tasks with Applescript and Hook

Boost Your Productivity: Creating Things Tasks with Applescript and Hook

January 28, 2023

2 minutes read

Are you tired of manually creating to-do lists in Things, taking time out of your day to copy and paste links to the items you’re working on? Well, there’s a quick and easy solution to streamline this process and improve your workflow - creating an AppleScript to automatically create a link and to-do in Things with one set of key presses.

First, we’ll use the application Hookmark to create a link to the active window. Then, we’ll create a to-do in Things containing the new link. By using Raycast to call that code with a keyboard shortcut, we can quickly and easily create a task with a link to the item we’re working on.

Here’s the code:

tell application "Hook"
	set _action to (bookmark from active window)
	set actionName to name of _action
	set actionURL to address of _action
end tell

tell application "Things3"
	set new_todo to make new to do with properties {name:actionName, notes:actionURL}
	set todo_url to "things:///show?id=" & id of new_todo
end tell

tell application "Hook"
	set todo to make new bookmark with properties {name:actionName, address:todo_url}
	hook _action and todo
end tell

With this AppleScript, we can quickly add links to our to-do lists without the need to manually copy and paste. By using Raycast to call the script with a keyboard shortcut, we can speed up our workflow and increase productivity.

This task is particularly useful for adding emails and other items to Things3 that require additional actions. By automating the process of creating a to-do with a link, we can ensure that all necessary information is in one place and easily accessible.

In conclusion, writing an AppleScript to create a link and to-do in Things3 is a quick and easy way to improve your workflow and increase productivity. By using Raycast to call the code with a keyboard shortcut, we can save time and streamline our to-do list creation process. Give it a try and see how much time you can save!

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