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===== Hard truths (and useful ones) =====

Deep links are not the best automation surface on macOS. They’re brittle, inconsistently documented, and often abandoned. In your setup, the real power stack looks like this:

Deep links → Keyboard Maestro → Raycast → app-internal automation

That’s why apps like Obsidian, Drafts, and Things feel magical while others feel inert. They respect URLs as programmable entry points instead of marketing checkboxes.

The most reliable pattern for non-deep-link apps in your list is:
* Use Keyboard Maestro UUID triggers
* Launch via Raycast scripts
* Chain with x-callback-url where available (Drafts, Things, Obsidian)

This is also why your instinct to ask about UUIDs and triggers was exactly right. URLs are the doorbell; Keyboard Maestro is the skeleton key.

I’ll treat this table as living context when you ask for solutions. When you say “open,” “jump,” “send,” or “capture,” I’ll default to the most deterministic entry point, not the most fashionable one.