Can I vibe code Alfred?
Mac launcher with snippets, clipboard history, and workflows.
You won't rebuild Alfred's launcher binary, and you don't need to. What the Powerpack actually sells is workflows — and an AI agent is a workflow factory. Describe any automation ('resize whatever image is on my clipboard', 'open this project and start the dev server') and it writes the shell script, Apple Shortcut, or Raycast script command in minutes. Pair the free Alfred (or Spotlight, or Raycast) with a folder of agent-written scripts and you've replaced the paid tier.
Set up a script-based replacement for Alfred Powerpack workflows on my Mac. Create a ~/palette folder of small executable scripts, each with a comment header (name, description, hotkey). Start with five I'll describe — e.g. resize clipboard image to 1200px, slugify selected text, open current Finder folder in VS Code, toggle dark mode, log a timestamped note to a Markdown inbox. Wire each to a global hotkey via Apple Shortcuts (or Raycast script commands if I have Raycast), and write a README explaining how to ask an agent for a new script and register it in two minutes.
A personal command palette — a folder of agent-written scripts and Shortcuts wired to hotkeys, covering the workflows you'd actually have bought the Powerpack for.
- The polished workflow editor — your automations live in scripts, not a canvas
- Clipboard history and snippet expansion unless you script or buy those separately
- A decade of community workflows you can install in one click
- Alfred's speed and reliability maintained for you through macOS updates
A one-time license for a tool that has survived every macOS update since 2010 is an easy trade against maintaining your own scripts forever.
A prompt is the first move, not the whole game. Course 01 teaches you to take a prompt like this one to a shipped, working app — reviewing, correcting, and steering the agent the whole way.
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