Serve

Bundle any script as a macOS service^*.

* Services are contextual, and can be assigned a keyboard shortcut under System Preferences:

CLI

serve script.* [--app] [--icon icon.*]

Option	Description	Default
-[-h]elp	Print brief usage information.
-[-v]ersion	Print running version info.
-[-n]ame	Specify the name of the service as it should appear in menus.	Script Name
-[-i]nput	Type of input the service should accept. See below for --inputs.	auto (text)
-[-o]utput	Replace selected text?	false
-[-a]pp	Service should only be available for the given application[,s].	any
--icon	Apply icon from any image, SVG, icns, app or folder.	icon.*
-[-t]humbnail	Specify the workflow Finder thumbnail. See Image drop menu inside Automator.app for icons.	Action
-[c]olor	Specify a workflow colour
--install	Compile service into ~/Library/Services.	false

--input	UTI	Description
text	public.utf8-plain-text
rtf	public.rtf	Rich Text Format documents.
url[s]	public.utf8-plain-text
address[es]	public.utf8-plain-text
phone/tel	public.utf8-plain-text
date[s]	public.utf8-plain-text
email/mailto	public.utf8-plain-text
item[s]	public.item	Files or folders.
folder[s]	public.folder
document[s]	public.content
pdf[s]	com.adobe.pdf
image[s]	public.image
movie[s]	public.movie
audio[s]	public.audio
web	com.apple.webarchive
no[ne]		Workflow receives no input.

Examples

serve ace.* --input text --icon src/deuce.svg
# ~/Library/Services/Ace.workflow/Contents/QuickLook/Thumbnail.png
# Services > Ace
serve us-open.sh --name "US Open" --app finder --install
# Finder > Services > US Open
serve double-fault.rb -i folders -a com.apple.finder
# Double Fault.workflow

Install

with Homebrew:

brew tap danielbayley/services
brew install serve

Development

git clone https://github.com/danielbayley/serve
cd serve
brew bundle install

License

MIT © Daniel Bayley