Unlocking the Power of Your Keyboard: Custom Rules for Making the Hyper Key Super Effective

Imagine effortlessly executing 40 shortcuts per app with just a simple key combination!

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I can create custom rules for keyboard shortcuts and reduce overhead on my memory to remember all the various combinations.

Using caps_lock + {single letter} gives me ability to do ~40 shortcuts per app. That is plenty :)

Example config:

{
    "description": "Caps Lock + A to Command+Shift+Option+Control+A in Spark",
    "manipulators": [
        {
            "conditions": [
                {
                    "bundle_identifiers": [
                        "^com.readdle.smartemail-Mac"
                    ],
                    "type": "frontmost_application_if"
                }
            ],
            "from": {
                "key_code": "a",
                "modifiers": {
                    "mandatory": ["caps_lock"], 
                    "optional": ["any"]
                }
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "a",
                    "modifiers": [
	                    "left_command", 
	                    "left_shift", 
	                    "left_option", 
	                    "left_control"
	                ]
                }
            ],
            "type": "basic"
        }
    ]
}

Chatgpt produces perfect json configs for karabiner. I wonder if I can create a small utility to give english description and generate this config using AI. It took

  1. Connecting logs from karabiner-eventviewer
  2. Finding example karabiner json to validate output
  3. Adding my custom in the right place Reduce 3 steps to 1.