automating-numbers

What problem does it solve?

Automates repetitive work in Apple Numbers spreadsheets—like creating sheets, reading tables, and performing batch updates—without manual clicking and tedious copy/paste.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Numbers automation with JXA-first guidance: Leverages JavaScript for Automation patterns and AppleScript dictionary discovery to drive stable object access for documents, sheets, tables, rows, and cells.
• Batch data workflows: Focuses on high-throughput table reads/writes, including range/table operations and strategies like clipboard shims for bulk insertion.
• Safety and correctness checks: Includes guardrails for empty documents, validated indices, robust error handling, logging context by Numbers object paths, and restoring the clipboard after bulk writes.
• Recipes for common operations: Covers formulas, sorting patterns, and UI scripting only when dictionary access is missing.

Quick Start

Tell your agent: "Use automating-numbers to create a new Numbers spreadsheet named 'Q2 Sales' and populate the first table with columns Product and Revenue, then export the table contents for verification."