Apple have updated Logic Pro, Pages, Keynote, and Numbers with new AI Assistants that can perform tasks within the app.
In Logic Pro, I've noticed that the AI has access to functions that have never previously been possible without a mouse (e.g. changing region colours).
This suggests that Apple must have 'exposed' functions to the AI - and therefore potentially automation - in some way. I assume it would be true of the other apps too.
Are there any plans to investigate whether KM could hook into this stuff?
It’s a shame that Logic Pro has never had its own Applescript library (beyond the standard one). I suspect that the AI chatbot stuff will be locked down securely at OS level and that there won’t be another way to hook into Logic Pro. (The AI feature is only for Logic Pro subscribers, too.)
It’s a matter of record (see various previous posts in the forum) that Keyboard Maestro will only use Apple APIs that are public, so even if private APIs (which could be changed without warning by Apple) or hacky workarounds were discovered, Keyboard Maestro would not make use of them.
I think we should keep an eye on BetterTouchTool to see if any workarounds appear for that application, which is developed according to a more adventurous philosophy, it seems. BTT actions can be called easily from KM macros, and vice versa, so we can always get the best of both worlds.
My guess is that we shall have to carry on using keyboard commands and hacky macros for now. I won’t abandon Logic Pro but I am curious about trying Reaper again. It supports scripting (not with Applescript).