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Read the current Focus mode on macOS Monterey (12.0+) using JavaScript for Automation (JXA)
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get-focus-mode.js
const app = Application.currentApplication()
app.includeStandardAdditions = true
function getJSON(path) {
const fullPath = path.replace(/^~/, app.pathTo('home folder'))
const contents = app.read(fullPath)
return JSON.parse(contents)
}
function run() {
let focus = "No focus" // default
const assert = getJSON("~/Library/DoNotDisturb/DB/Assertions.json").data[0].storeAssertionRecords
const config = getJSON("~/Library/DoNotDisturb/DB/ModeConfigurations.json").data[0].modeConfigurations
if (assert) { // focus set manually
const modeid = assert[0].assertionDetails.assertionDetailsModeIdentifier
focus = config[modeid].mode.name
} else { // focus set by trigger
const date = new Date
const now = date.getHours() * 60 + date.getMinutes()
for (const modeid in config) {
const triggers = config[modeid].triggers.triggers[0]
if (triggers && triggers.enabledSetting == 2) {
const start = triggers.timePeriodStartTimeHour * 60 + triggers.timePeriodStartTimeMinute
const end = triggers.timePeriodEndTimeHour * 60 + triggers.timePeriodEndTimeMinute
if (start < end) {
if (now >= start && now < end) {
focus = config[modeid].mode.name
}
} else if (start > end) { // includes midnight
if (now >= start || now < end) {
focus = config[modeid].mode.name
}
}
}
}
}
return focus
}
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luckman212 commented Sep 24, 2025 •
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I just needed something dead-simple: focus mode on or off. None of the above were working without errors for me on Tahoe, so I adapted the Python example from @roman-ld above (thanks) and stripped out some parts that I don't need.

I saved this as /usr/local/bin/dnd and chmod +x'd it. “Works for me” but YMMV.

With this you can do things like if dnd -q ; then ... ; fi in shell scripts.

#!/usr/bin/env python3

"""
Check DND status - tested only on macOS 26.0 Tahoe
exits with 0 if a focus mode is enabled, 1 otherwise
prints mode unless -q/--quiet is passed as arg

based on https://gist.github.com/drewkerr/0f2b61ce34e2b9e3ce0ec6a92ab05c18

"""

import json
import os
import sys

ASSERTIONS_PATH = os.path.expanduser("~/Library/DoNotDisturb/DB/Assertions.json")
CONFIG_PATH = os.path.expanduser("~/Library/DoNotDisturb/DB/ModeConfigurations.json")
QUIET = False

def msg(m: str, q: bool) -> None:
	if not q:
		print(m)

def get_focus(q: bool) -> int:
	try:
		ASSERTION_RECS = json.load(open(ASSERTIONS_PATH))['data'][0]['storeAssertionRecords']
		FOCUS_CONFIGS = json.load(open(CONFIG_PATH))['data'][0]['modeConfigurations']
		MODE = ASSERTION_RECS[0]['assertionDetails']['assertionDetailsModeIdentifier']
		msg(FOCUS_CONFIGS[MODE]['mode']['name'], q)
		return 0
	except:
		msg("No focus", q)
		return 1

if '__main__' == __name__:
	if len(sys.argv) > 1:
		if sys.argv[1] in ['-q', '--quiet']:
			QUIET = True
	sys.exit(get_focus(QUIET))

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