switchboard apps
Lists the Mac apps whose actions Switchboard offers as steps; rescans, searches, adds the Shortcuts bridge, runs an action.
Details #
switchboard apps prints one line per app: a dot (off when you switched the app off), the name, how many actions, events and states it offers, and the runner that would run it. [open only] means its actions cannot run yet: add the Shortcuts bridge in Settings › App Actions (or update it, if the app is new since).
switchboard apps
switchboard apps --json
switchboard apps rescan
switchboard apps search complete todo
switchboard apps bridge
switchboard apps bridge --check
switchboard apps run Day:AddToInboxIntent text="Call dentist"bridge makes, signs and opens the one shortcut "Switchboard Bridge" for every switched-on app; click Add Shortcut (or Replace) once, then --check finds it and remembers which apps it holds. run runs one action through the engine, the way a macro step would.
search prints each hit's step type, which is what a macro stores (app.com.example.App.DoThingIntent).
Parameters #
switchboard apps [--json]
switchboard apps rescan | apps search <words…>
switchboard apps bridge [--check]
switchboard apps run <App>:<Intent> [name=value…] run one app action nowThe Mac apps whose actions Switchboard offers as steps.
Look for new apps; find an action across all of them.
Add the Shortcuts bridge, one shortcut for every app (--check: look for it).
Gotchas #
Exit code 69 means the engine is not running.