Summary
This is your foundation for controlling Mac apps through Apple Events, whether you're using AppleScript for quick discovery, JXA for data handling, or the modern PyXA Python library. The skill walks you through the full workflow from opening an app's dictionary in Script Editor to hardening production automation with error handling and permission checks. It includes warm-up scripts that surface macOS security prompts before you start automating. The honest truth is that JXA hasn't been updated since 2016, so the guide steers you toward PyXA for new work while keeping AppleScript around for prototyping and exploring what's possible in each app's dictionary.
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npx -y skills add spillwavesolutions/automating-mac-apps-plugin --skill automating-mac-apps --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
Keep your Mac awake while Claude Code and 40+ AI agents run. Sleeps when they're idle.
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Integrate web data into your AI product. One API to scrape website & brand data.
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Keep your Mac awake while Claude Code and 40+ AI agents run. Sleeps when they're idle.
One time payment $9 →Integrate web data into your AI product. One API to scrape website & brand data.
Get API Key Now →Agent, run crypto. Access onchain data & trade routes via 1inch.
Install now →On Capafy, your Skill runs online 24/7 as an agent product, and you get paid every time someone uses it.
Start earning →First SeenJun 3, 2026
