Add script to open Claude and submit prompt

[nimobeeren]

Description

This script opens Claude in Chrome browser and submits the prompt provided as argument.

Type of change

New script command

Screenshot

claude-alt-space.mp4

Dependencies / Requirements

This script requires the following software to be installed:

• node https://nodejs.org
• chrome-cli https://github.com/prasmussen/chrome-cli

Install via homebrew: brew install node chrome-cli

This script needs to run JavaScript in your browser, which requires your permission. To do so, open Chrome and find the menu bar item: View > Developer > Allow JavaScript from Apple Events

Checklist

• I have read Contribution Guidelines

[unnamedd]

Hi @nimobeeren, thanks for you first contribution to our repository,

I've made some small comments on your PR, give a check and re-request a review when you finish to address them.

[unnamedd]

Would be better if you note here that node is another requirement, since node isn't something pre-installed on macOS.

[nimobeeren]

done

[unnamedd]

This means your Script Command will only work on Chrome, maybe you should open the usage of your Script Command to users of other browsers, even though, many of them uses Chromium as engine, sounds to me that chrome-cli will work only for Chrome.

Is something that important to be able to search for an open Claude tab in the browser to reuse it with a new prompt?

[nimobeeren]

chrome-cli indeed works with other Chromium-based browsers through aliases such as brave-cli (see the chrome-cli readme). However, I'm not sure how to detect which browser the user would prefer. The most straight-forward approach I see is letting the user modify this script if they want to use another browser.

I could add a variable at the top of the script to make it easier to change the chrome-cli executable. What do you think is best?

[nimobeeren]

Also if you're asking whether the chrome-cli dependency is necessary at all, the main reason I need it is to be able to run my JavaScript in the browser. Though I just found out that it might be possible to do this with AppleScript too, so that could eliminate the need for this dependency. I'm not able to rewrite the script in AppleScript at the moment though.

[unnamedd]

I could add a variable at the top of the script to make it easier to change the chrome-cli executable. What do you think is best?

Maybe in this case, you could make the extension a template (just adding .template in the file name and tell the user to uncomment the line related to its browser: brave, chrome and so on. What do you think?

[nimobeeren]

@unnamedd thanks for your review! I've implemented or replied to your comments.

I've also changed behavior to open in a new tab instead of new window, and added a note to tell the user to enable JavaScript from Apple Events. Could you give it another look?

[unnamedd]

Hey @nimobeeren,

thanks for you contribution! Even though there are something we could improve here, it looks good to me!

If you prefer to make improvements later, will be a pleasure to review them later!

[unnamedd]

@nimobeeren I found this link earlier today (Claude’s API now supports CORS requests, enabling client-side applications). Perhaps it might be interesting to you.

[nimobeeren]

@nimobeeren I found this link earlier today (Claude’s API now supports CORS requests, enabling client-side applications). Perhaps it might be interesting to you.

Thanks, that's good to know! I think this only applies to the API though, rather than the user-facing Claude product. I think there is a place for API-based interactions with LMMs (like Raycast AI), but this script is meant to work with the (free or paid) web interface.