In my daily workflow I have found that when using different tools and systems with each other removing friction can be key. This is not a original insight or even a leap of the imagination but I do find myself eliminating friction in workflows in new ways. One of those ways I recently Implemented is to use Alfred on the Mac to quickly jump to lists or filter in my preferred ToDo app Things3.
This is how it works
Things3 URL Scheme
You can easily create custom URL schemes using the Things3 URL Scheme Creator . Using the things///
will tell you macOS or iOS device to use the Things app to open the action. Some examples of Query’s I use on the daily:
things:///show?id=inbox
To show the Inboxthings:///show?query=WORK%20-%20JIRA
To show the listWORK - JIRA
from Thingsthings:///show?id=today&filter=WORK
To show ToDo’s that are scheduled forToday
with the tagWORK
You can add these URL’s to any place that allows links so you can even add links from .md
documents or text documents to refer to projects which can be a great workflow.
Alfred open URL Action
Opening URL’s with Alfred is easy using a custom workflow. To focus the app and make sure it’s running I include the open app action in my workflow.
I use the -
sign as a prefix to trigger the workflow. Using the list filter you can add Query’s to the workflow:
Putting it together
A simple workflow get’s a simple demo, this is how mine works. When the Keyword -
is activated it pop’s up a list of all my saved search query’s. Choosing one of these will open Things3 to that list
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