Shortcuts
Faster than typing
A keyboard shortcut that opens Lotus from anywhere, and your own slash commands for the sites, apps and folders you use every day.
Apple Shortcut
Press a key combination anywhere on your Mac and Terminal opens with Lotus.
Add the shortcut
Pick your keys
In the Shortcuts app: open “Open Lotus” → the info button (i) → Add Keyboard Shortcut → press e.g. ⌃ ⌥ L.
Allow it once
The first run asks whether Shortcuts may control Terminal. Choose Allow. If Shortcuts says scripts are turned off: Shortcuts → Settings → Advanced → Allow Running Scripts.
The shortcut has a single action: tell application "Terminal" to do script "lotus". It also shows up in Spotlight and under Services.
Build it in about a minute – the ready-made link will appear here once it is published.
New shortcut
Open the Shortcuts app and click +. Name it “Open Lotus”.
Add one action
Search for Run AppleScript and replace its text with:
tell application "Terminal" to do script "lotus"Copying gives you the full script, including
activate, so Terminal comes to the front.Pick your keys
Click the info button (i) → Add Keyboard Shortcut → press e.g. ⌃ ⌥ L.
Allow it once
The first run asks whether Shortcuts may control Terminal. Choose Allow.
Your own commands
Give anything a short name. After that, typing /name opens it.
A website
lotus shortcut add yt https://youtube.comThen: /yt
A search
lotus shortcut add yts "https://youtube.com/results?search_query={q}"{q} becomes your words: /yts lofi beats
An app
lotus shortcut add chat DiscordThen: /chat
A folder or file
lotus shortcut add work ~/Documents/WorkOpens it in Finder.
A Lotus command
lotus shortcut add home "/weather Tokyo"Then: /home
Manage them
/lotus shortcutsList, run, edit, turn off or delete.
All shortcut commands
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
lotus shortcut add <name> <target> | Add a shortcut. The type is detected: link, app, folder or file, Lotus command |
lotus shortcut edit <name> <target> | Point it somewhere else |
lotus shortcut off <name> / on | Turn it off without deleting it |
lotus shortcut rm <name> | Delete it (asks first) |
lotus shortcut list | Show all shortcuts |
Shortcuts cannot run shell commands – that keeps a typo or a copied snippet from doing something you did not mean. Names of built-in commands like /weather are reserved.