Raycast applescript takes argument but doesn't trigger BTT Named Trigger

Configuration Help & General Discussion
1

Hi Andreas and BTT Community,

I am trying to trigger a BTT Named Trigger with an argument from a Raycast AppleScript on macOS Sequoia 15.4.1 (Macbook Air M4, BTT 5.294). The desired flow is:

  1. Raycast runs an applescript that takes in a text argument (inputted by the user, for example a sentence). Here's the current version of it:

AI _ accent fix2 (BTT named trigger) copy.zip (587 Bytes)

  1. The applescript should trigger a Named Trigger in BetterTouchTool trigger takes the user input and joins it to a ChatGPT prompt.

namedtrigger-aiaccent2.bttpreset (2.8 KB)

However, the applescript isn't triggering the BTT Named Trigger.
Help much appreciated!
Thank you!

2

have you tried logging the triggerString variable in your raycastr script?
Is it equivalent to your named trigger name in BTT? ("AI / Accents2")

3

Yes, I have tried to log that triggerString variable just before it was sent to BTT, named trigger name also the same but to no avail…

4

Maybe some empty space or something?

It is working fine when running

tell application "BetterTouchTool"
	trigger_named "AI / Accents2"
end tell

Or maybe there is some misunderstanding? Your named trigger can only be triggered when you trigger its exact name "AI / Accents2" - as soon as you append anything (e.g. your user input) it can not work anymore.
If you want to provide user input to the BTT action you could set it as a string variable:

set userInput to item 1 of argv
	
	tell application "BetterTouchTool"
        set_string_variable "trigger_argument" to userInput
		trigger_named "AI / Accents2"
	end tell
	
	return "Sent to ChatGPT: " & userInput

as you are already using {trigger_argument} in your chatgpt setup, this should work

5

BTT needed a restart! :sweat_smile: Thank you Andreas