Hey Ivan,
Welcome to the forum! 
Keyboard Maestro gives you a number of ways to accomplish this task, as you have seen.
You can also use a simple text-expansion macro.
I have a set in Typinator rather than KM, because I have many thousands of text-expansions and need a dedicated utility.
;cmd == ⌘
;ctrl == ⌃
;opt == ⌥
;sft == ⇧
But it's easy enough to create these in Keyboard Maestro.
How To Create a Simple Text Expansion Macro
-Chris