Terminal Command

Terminal commands can be used to execute applications or call X-Callback-URL's on your Mac or through SSH (on a remote machine or your own Mac to circumvent the security sandbox).

An example Terminal Command

The example above calls the open command, with some Action Variables. For more information on how actions work in general, check the Actions page.

Security Sandbox

Most terminal commands will work without a problem, but if you want to write or read information from a file, you will need to allow Inbox AI access to the directory (or the directory above it). To do this, go to "Advanced", and select the sandbox folder.

Set the Terminal Command Sandbox

You have access to some useful Templating options like {{ run.id }} and {{ dir.tmp }} for advanced use cases.

Note a powerful use case for terminal commands is running AppleScript.

Circumventing the Sandbox

Porting your terminal commands through SSH will circumvent the sandbox. Enable the SSH option, fill in your machine's username/password and hostname (localhost for your own machine). Make sure you have enabled "remote login" under system settings on your mac.

In System Settings, under Sharing, Enable Remote Login.

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