# Does Scrivener no longer support AppleScript **URL:** \ **Category:** Scrivener for macOS\ **Tags:** support, automation\ **Created:** [November 16, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/does-scrivener-no-longer-support-applescript/43338 "2018-11-16T15:58:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jrooftop](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4491bb/32.png) [@jrooftop](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/jrooftop)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/does-scrivener-no-longer-support-applescript/43338/1 "2018-11-16T15:58:24Z")
There’s a lot of little things that might solve some of user concerns. Similarly Evernote has many features, but the few scripts really allow me to be more efficient like the script to batch append/prepend titles. I would love to have this in Scrivener adding things to distinguish versions/alternative scenes \_V2, \_V3 or \_A2. They could be easily searchable by text and it provides crucial info when using in Scrivenings or when I want to compile/export to editors/producers who don’t use Scrivener. Of course there could be script to remove this custom text too. Im’ currently working out a flow to handle these with Sriveners robust features (labels, keywords, custom checks/lists that should suffice if I could put it on the printed page, but even then the title “annotation” is solid searchable and visual. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![kewms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/kewms/32/15720_2.png) [@kewms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/kewms)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/does-scrivener-no-longer-support-applescript/43338/2 "2018-11-16T16:52:13Z")
Scrivener has never supported AppleScript, sorry. – Katherine ---
**Author:** ![jrooftop](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4491bb/32.png) [@jrooftop](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/jrooftop)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/does-scrivener-no-longer-support-applescript/43338/3 "2018-11-16T22:31:56Z")
That’s not true, or at least there were many attempts. There’s a whole section on this site dating from 2007-2013 about supporting it. Perhaps it was just speculation or wish list. ---
**Author:** ![kewms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/kewms/32/15720_2.png) [@kewms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/kewms)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/does-scrivener-no-longer-support-applescript/43338/4 "2018-11-16T22:45:09Z")
> [@jrooftop](#): > > That’s not true, or at least there were many attempts. There’s a whole section on this site dating from 2007-2013 about supporting it. Perhaps it was just speculation or wish list. That was “what should an AppleScript library include?” It was never implemented. Katherine ---
**Author:** ![jrooftop](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4491bb/32.png) [@jrooftop](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/jrooftop)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/does-scrivener-no-longer-support-applescript/43338/5 "2018-11-17T16:39:22Z")
Okay. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/eliamartin65/32/38876_2.png) [@eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/eliamartin65)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/does-scrivener-no-longer-support-applescript/43338/6 "2026-06-05T10:42:51Z")
It’s a shame Scrivener doesn’t support AppleScript or Shortcuts. As someone who likes to automate things, support for both those things would be very helpful to automate template creation. ---
**Author:** ![AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/amberv/32/13021_2.png) [@AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AmberV)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/does-scrivener-no-longer-support-applescript/43338/7 "2026-06-05T13:25:13Z")
It’s such a massive undertaking, that if we did ever go that route, it would be a huge shame to lock all of that behind Apple’s ecosystem. Something cross-platform compatible, such as with Lua (an easy to learn language designed for just this purpose), would make a lot more sense. Most of that older thread predates the Windows version by years. ---
**Author:** ![eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/eliamartin65/32/38876_2.png) [@eliamartin65](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/eliamartin65)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/does-scrivener-no-longer-support-applescript/43338/8 "2026-06-05T14:19:12Z")
I see. I’d love to see Scrivener become scriptable.