Python Reading KM Variable in PyCharm Encounters Error

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As @ccstone put it:

"You cannot access Keyboard Maestro shell variables outside of its Execute a Shell Script actions, because the variables are exported to the action at runtime."

in this thread:

How Python script is invoked determines value of $KMVAR_ Why?

Hey @sims, Either JXA or AppleScript is the way to go. You cannot access Keyboard Maestro shell variables outside of its Execute a Shell Script actions, because the variables are exported to the action at runtime. You could use a script file – edit that file from VSC – and run it from Keyboard Maestro, but that's not the same as what you're requesting. -Chris