martinholovsky/claude-skills-generator/applescript

osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to activate'
osascript script.scpt
osascript -l JavaScript -e 'Application("Finder").activate()'

import subprocess
result = subprocess.run(['osascript', '-e', script], capture_output=True)

import subprocess, re, logging
class SecureAppleScriptRunner:
    BLOCKED_PATTERNS = [
        r'do shell script.*with administrator',
        r'do shell script.*sudo',
        r'do shell script.*(rm -rf|rm -r)',
        r'do shell script.*curl.*\|.*sh',
        r'keystroke.*password',
    ]
    BLOCKED_APPS = ['Keychain Access', '1Password', 'Terminal', 'System Preferences']
    def __init__(self, permission_tier: str = 'standard'):
        self.permission_tier = permission_tier
        self.logger = logging.getLogger('applescript.security')
    def execute(self, script: str, timeout: int = 30) -> tuple[str, str]:
        self._check_blocked_patterns(script)
        self._check_blocked_apps(script)
        self.logger.info(f'applescript.execute', extra={'script': script[:100]})
        try:
            result = subprocess.run(['osascript', '-e', script],
                capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeout)
            return result.stdout.strip(), result.stderr.strip()
        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
            raise TimeoutError(f"Script timed out after {timeout}s")
    def _check_blocked_patterns(self, script: str):
        for pattern in self.BLOCKED_PATTERNS:
            if re.search(pattern, script, re.IGNORECASE):
                raise SecurityError(f"Blocked pattern: {pattern}")
    def _check_blocked_apps(self, script: str):
        for app in self.BLOCKED_APPS:
            if app.lower() in script.lower():
                raise SecurityError(f"Access to {app} blocked")

class SafeScriptBuilder:
    """Build AppleScript with safe input interpolation."""
    @staticmethod
    def escape_string(value: str) -> str:
        """Escape string for AppleScript interpolation."""
        # Escape backslashes and quotes
        escaped = value.replace('\\', '\\\\').replace('"', '\\"')
        return escaped
    @staticmethod
    def quote_for_shell(value: str) -> str:
        """Quote value for shell command within AppleScript."""
        # Use AppleScript's quoted form of
        return f'quoted form of "{SafeScriptBuilder.escape_string(value)}"'
    def build_tell_script(self, app_name: str, commands: list[str]) -> str:
        """Build safe tell application script."""
        # Validate app name
        if not re.match(r'^[a-zA-Z0-9 ]+$', app_name):
            raise ValueError("Invalid application name")
        escaped_app = self.escape_string(app_name)
        escaped_commands = [self.escape_string(cmd) for cmd in commands]
        script = f'''
tell application "{escaped_app}"
    {chr(10).join(escaped_commands)}
end tell
'''
        return script.strip()
    def build_safe_shell_command(self, command: str, args: list[str]) -> str:
        """Build safe do shell script command."""
        # Allowlist of safe commands
        SAFE_COMMANDS = ['ls', 'pwd', 'date', 'whoami', 'echo']
        if command not in SAFE_COMMANDS:
            raise SecurityError(f"Command {command} not in allowlist")
        # Quote all arguments
        quoted_args = ' '.join(f'"{self.escape_string(arg)}"' for arg in args)
        return f'do shell script "{command} {quoted_args}"'

class SecureJXARunner {
    constructor() {
        this.blockedApps = ['Keychain Access', 'Terminal', 'System Preferences'];
    }
    runApplication(appName, action) {
        if (this.blockedApps.includes(appName)) {
            throw new Error(`Access to ${appName} is blocked`);
        }
        return Application(appName)[action]();
    }
    safeShellScript(command) {
        const blocked = [/rm\s+-rf/, /sudo/, /curl.*\|.*sh/];
        for (const p of blocked) {
            if (p.test(command)) throw new Error('Blocked command');
        }
        const app = Application.currentApplication();
        app.includeStandardAdditions = true;
        return app.doShellScript(command);
    }
}

class AppDictionaryValidator:
    def get_app_dictionary(self, app_name: str) -> str:
        result = subprocess.run(['sdef', f'/Applications/{app_name}.app'],
            capture_output=True, text=True)
        return result.stdout
    def is_scriptable(self, app_name: str) -> bool:
        try:
            return bool(self.get_app_dictionary(app_name).strip())
        except Exception:
            return False

import pytest
class TestSecureAppleScriptRunner:
    def test_simple_script_execution(self):
        runner = SecureAppleScriptRunner()
        stdout, stderr = runner.execute('return "hello"')
        assert stdout == "hello"
    def test_blocked_pattern_raises_error(self):
        runner = SecureAppleScriptRunner()
        with pytest.raises(SecurityError):
            runner.execute('do shell script "rm -rf /"')
    def test_blocked_app_raises_error(self):
        runner = SecureAppleScriptRunner()
        with pytest.raises(SecurityError):
            runner.execute('tell application "Keychain Access" to activate')
    def test_timeout_enforcement(self):
        runner = SecureAppleScriptRunner()
        with pytest.raises(TimeoutError):
            runner.execute('delay 10', timeout=1)

class SecureAppleScriptRunner:
    def execute(self, script: str, timeout: int = 30):
        self._check_blocked_patterns(script)
        self._check_blocked_apps(script)
        result = subprocess.run(['osascript', '-e', script],
            capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeout)
        return result.stdout.strip(), result.stderr.strip()

pytest tests/test_applescript.py -v
pytest tests/test_applescript.py -k "blocked or security" -v

# BAD: Recompile script every execution
result = subprocess.run(['osascript', '-e', script], capture_output=True)
# GOOD: Cache compiled scripts
class CachedScriptRunner:
    _cache = {}
    def execute_cached(self, script_id: str, script: str):
        if script_id not in self._cache:
            import tempfile
            _, path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix='.scpt')
            subprocess.run(['osacompile', '-o', path, '-e', script])
            self._cache[script_id] = path
        return subprocess.run(['osascript', self._cache[script_id]], capture_output=True)

# BAD: Multiple separate script calls
subprocess.run(['osascript', '-e', f'tell app "{app}" to set bounds...'])
subprocess.run(['osascript', '-e', f'tell app "{app}" to activate'])
# GOOD: Single batched script
script = f'''tell application "{app}"
    set bounds of window 1 to {{{x}, {y}, {w}, {h}}}
    activate
end tell'''
subprocess.run(['osascript', '-e', script], capture_output=True)

# BAD: Blocking execution
result = subprocess.run(['osascript', '-e', script], capture_output=True)
# GOOD: Async execution
async def run_script_async(script: str, timeout: int = 30):
    proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec('osascript', '-e', script,
        stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE, stderr=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE)
    stdout, stderr = await asyncio.wait_for(proc.communicate(), timeout)
    return stdout.decode().strip(), stderr.decode().strip()

# BAD: Return full unfiltered output
script = 'tell app "System Events" to get properties of every window of every process'
# GOOD: Filter in AppleScript
script = '''tell application "System Events"
    set windowList to {}
    repeat with proc in (processes whose visible is true)
        set end of windowList to name of window 1 of proc
    end repeat
    return windowList
end tell'''

# BAD: Activate app for every operation
subprocess.run(['osascript', '-e', f'tell app "{app}" to activate'])
# GOOD: Use background operations via System Events
script = f'''tell application "System Events"
    tell process "{app}"
        click button "{button}" of window 1
    end tell
end tell'''