---
title: "alfred-workflow"
type: "tool"
slug: "deanishe-alfred-workflow"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/deanishe-alfred-workflow"
github_url: "https://github.com/deanishe/alfred-workflow"
homepage_url: "https://www.deanishe.net/alfred-workflow/"
stars: 2972
forks: 236
primary_language: "Python"
license: "Other"
archived: false
categories: ["llm-frameworks"]
tags: ["alfred", "alfred-3", "alfred-workflow", "alfred3", "alfred4", "alfred4-workflow", "caching", "fuzzy-search"]
updated_at: "2026-07-15T10:48:17.725726+00:00"
---
# alfred-workflow
> Full-featured library for writing Alfred 3 & 4 workflows
Full-featured library for writing Alfred 3 & 4 workflows
## Facts
- Repository: https://github.com/deanishe/alfred-workflow
- Homepage: https://www.deanishe.net/alfred-workflow/
- Stars: 2,972 · Forks: 236 · Open issues: 21 · Watchers: 57
- Primary language: Python
- License: Other
- Last pushed: 2023-01-10T14:43:04+00:00
## Trust & health
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## Categories
- [LLM Frameworks](/categories/llm-frameworks.md)
## Tags
alfred, alfred-3, alfred-workflow, alfred3, alfred4, alfred4-workflow, caching, fuzzy-search
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## README (excerpt)
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````text
Alfred-Workflow
===============
A helper library in Python for authors of workflows for [Alfred 3 and 4][alfred].
[![Build Status][shield-github]][action-github]
[![Coverage Status][shield-coveralls]][coveralls]
[![Development Status][shield-status]][pypi]
[![Latest Version][shield-version]][pypi]
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Supports Alfred 3 and Alfred 4 on macOS 10.7+ (Python 2.7).
Alfred-Workflow takes the grunt work out of writing a workflow by giving you the tools to create a fast and featureful Alfred workflow from an API, application or library in minutes.
Always supports all current Alfred features.
Features
--------
- Auto-saved settings API for your workflow
- Super-simple data caching with expiry
- Fuzzy filtering (with smart diacritic folding)
- Keychain support for secure storage of passwords, API keys etc.
- Lightweight web API with [Requests][requests]-like interface
- Background tasks to keep your workflow responsive
- Simple generation of Alfred JSON feedback
- Full support of Alfred's AppleScript/JXA API
- Catches and logs workflow errors for easier development and support
- "Magic" arguments to help development/debugging
- Unicode support
- Pre-configured logging
- Automatically check for workflow updates via GitHub releases
- Post notifications via Notification Center
### Alfred 4+ features ###
- Advanced modifiers
- Alfred 4-only updates (won't break older Alfred installs)
Contents
--------
- [Installation](#installation)
- [With pip](#with-pip)
- [From source](#from-source)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Workflow script skeleton](#workflow-script-skeleton)
- [Examples](#examples)
- [Web](#web)
- [Keychain access](#keychain-access)
- [Documentation](#documentation)
- [Dash docset](#dash-docset)
- [Licensing, thanks](#licensing-thanks)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Adding a workflow to the list](#adding-a-workflow-to-the-list)
- [Bug reports, pull requests](#bug-reports-pull-requests)
- [Contributors](#contributors)
- [Workflows using Alfred-Workflow](#workflows-using-alfred-workflow)
Installation
------------
**Note**: If you're new to Alfred workflows, check out
[the tutorial][docs-tutorial] in the docs.
### With pip ###
You can install Alfred-Workflow directly into your workflow with:
```bash
# from your workflow directory
pip install --target=. Alfred-Workflow
```
You can install any other library available on the [Cheese Shop][cheeseshop] the same way. See the [pip documentation][pip-docs] for more information.
It is highly advisable to bundle all your workflow's dependencies with your workflow in this way. That way, it will "just work".
### From source ###
1. Download the `alfred-workflow-X.X.X.zip` from the [GitHub releases page][releases].
2. Extract the ZIP archive and place the `workflow` directory in the root folder of your workflow (where `info.plist` is).
Your workflow should look something like this:
Your Workflow/
info.plist
icon.png
workflow/
__init__.py
background.py
notify.py
Notify.tgz
update.py
version
web.py
workflow.py
yourscript.py
etc.
Alternatively, you can clone/download the Alfred-Workflow [repository][repo] and copy the `workflow` subdirectory to your workflow's root directory.
Usage
-----
A few examples of how to use Alfred-Workflow.
### Workflow script skeleton ###
Set up your workflow scripts as follows (if you wish to use the built-in error handling or `sys.path` modification):
```python
#!/usr/bin/python
# encoding: utf-8
import sys
# Workflow3 supports Alfred 3's new features. The `Workflow` class
# is also compatibl
````
---
**Machine-readable endpoints**
- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/deanishe-alfred-workflow`](/api/graphcanon/tools/deanishe-alfred-workflow)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)
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