Carlo Zottmann czottmann

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I create productivity tools for macOS & iOS that add Shortcuts features to apps that need them. My aim is to make what you already use work even better for you.

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czottmann / beans.md

Created March 13, 2026 13:48

rules/beans.md

Beans

When showing beans titles in a TodoWrite for your human's benefit, prefix them with their IDs.

When you start work on a bean, mark it as in-progress. This applies to epics, too.

Working on standalone (task/bug) beans

Use your work-on-bean skill.

czottmann / Terminology analysis.md

Last active October 20, 2025 17:55

"Compression" vs "Distillation" - Does Terminology Matter?

The Hypothesis

Would renaming the task from "compression" to "distillation" change LLM behavior, particularly around accuracy vs. brevity trade-offs?

Semantic Analysis

czottmann / elgato-key-light-air.fish

Last active October 18, 2024 14:01

	#!/opt/homebrew/bin/fish --login

	# Prerequisites: `jq` must be installed
	# Adjust the URL below with the address of your Key Light. Ask your router.

	argparse \
	"temperature=" "brightness=" help read \
	-- $argv
	or return

czottmann / lsremovearchives.sh

Created April 28, 2024 13:02 — forked from insidegui/lsremovearchives.sh

Remove Xcode app archives from macOS LaunchServices database

	#!/bin/bash

	# Recursivelly removes all apps from your Xcode archives from the LaunchServices database, preventing them from being used for widgets, launch at login, etc.

	/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -R -f -u $HOME/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives

czottmann / caps_lock.json

Created January 4, 2024 12:30

Karabiner Elements hyper key modifications

	{
	"description": "caps_lock: hold for ⌃⌥⇧, tap for ⌘T",
	"manipulators": [
	{
	"from": {
	"key_code": "caps_lock",
	"modifiers": {
	"optional": [
	"any"
	]

czottmann / Bundle+TestFlight.swift

Created October 11, 2023 18:29 — forked from lukaskubanek/Bundle+TestFlight.swift

A code snippet for detecting the TestFlight environment for a macOS app at runtime

	import Foundation
	import Security

	extension Bundle {

	/// Returns whether the bundle was signed for TestFlight beta distribution by checking
	/// the existence of a specific extension (marker OID) on the code signing certificate.
	///
	/// This routine is inspired by the source code from ProcInfo, the underlying library
	/// of the WhatsYourSign code signature checking tool developed by Objective-See. Initially,

czottmann / fix-xcode.sh

Created September 28, 2023 15:40 — forked from finestructure/fix-xcode.sh

	#!/bin/sh

	set -euo pipefail

	# Set the paths to your Old/New Xcodes
	OLD_XCODE="/Applications/Xcode-14.3.1.app"
	NEW_XCODE="/Applications/Xcode-15.0.0.app" # To get build number

	# Get New Xcode build number
	OLD_XCODE_BUILD=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print CFBundleVersion" ${OLD_XCODE}/Contents/Info.plist)

czottmann / TransientAppEntity Weirdness Showcase.md

Last active August 9, 2023 09:06

A macOS 13+ `AppIntent` showcasing weird behaviour for list properties containing only a single `TransientAppEntity`

Test setup

Shortcuts app, add new workflow.

First action: "TransientAppEntity Weirdness Showcase"
Second action: "Get Items from List" with setting "First Item"

Test 1

czottmann / Format current file with swiftformat.scpt

Last active December 30, 2022 19:04

Xcode helper: SwiftFormat the currently focussed doc w/o losing undo history

	use AppleScript version "2.4" -- Yosemite (10.10) or later
	use scripting additions

	-- # This script formats the currently open and focussed Swift file
	-- # using SwiftFormat. It does so without resetting the editor's
	-- # undo history.
	-- #
	-- # Version 2022-12-30.01
	-- #
	-- # Author: Carlo Zottmann

czottmann / fake-scan-automator.sh

Created September 14, 2022 21:07 — forked from Pezmc/fake-scan-automator.sh

Make a pdf look scanned with macOS automator as a quick action

	#!/bin/bash
	# This script takes a PDF or list of PDFs and outputs a file(s)
	# named <file>_scanned.pdf that looks like it has been scanned
	#
	# Requires imagemagic and popper to be installed (brew install imagemagick poppler)
	#
	# Accepts: a list of files
	# Usage: ./<scriptfilename> pdf1.pdf pdf2.pdf
	#
	# To use as a macOS automator quick action you need to:

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