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Alfred Integration

Direct download version of Esse is bundled with a command line tool, which allows a straightforward integration in Alfred workflow.

Command line interface:

OVERVIEW: Swiss army knife of text transformation.

USAGE: esse [-t <t>] [-i <i>] <subcommand>

OPTIONS:
  -t <t>                  Transformation(s) to execute.
  -i <i>                  Text to transform.
  --version               Show the version.
  -h, --help              Show help information.

SUBCOMMANDS:
  list                    Print list of available transformations.

  See 'esse help <subcommand>' for detailed help.

To populate Alfred's auto-suggest use this special subcommand:

EsseCommandLine list --alfred

And this is how you run a function:

EsseCommandLine -i "Cool input text" -t <function_id>

or

echo "Cool input text" > EsseCommandLine -t <function_id>

Alred Workflows

Esse Workflow

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This is the official workflow by Ameba Labs, providing the following functions:

Trigger	Action
CMD+SHIFT+E	Run Esse function for a selected text and replace it with transformation result
CTRL+CMD+SHIFT+E	Run Esse function for a selected text and put transformation into clipboard
ALT+CMD+SHIFT+E	Run Esse function for a text in clipboard and put transformation back into clipboard
Universal Action (esse)	Run Esse function for a text/URL selected in Alfred and put transformation back into clipboard
esse in Alfred	Input text to transform directly into Alfred