Command

This set of utilities to work with Raycast commands.

API Reference

launchCommand

Launches another command. If the command does not exist, or if it's not enabled, an error will be thrown. If the command is part of another extension, the user will be presented with a permission alert. Use this method if your command needs to open another command based on user interaction, or when an immediate background refresh should be triggered, for example when a command needs to update an associated menu-bar command.

Signature

export async function launchCommand(options: LaunchOptions): Promise<void>;

Example

import { launchCommand, LaunchType } from "@raycast/api";

export default async function Command() {
  await launchCommand({ name: "list", type: LaunchType.UserInitiated, context: { foo: "bar" } });
}

Parameters

Name	Description	Type
options*	Options to launch a command within the same extension or in another extension.	LaunchOptions

Return

A Promise that resolves when the command has been launched. (Note that this does not indicate that the launched command has finished executing.)

updateCommandMetadata

Update the values of properties declared in the manifest of the current command. Note that currently only subtitle is supported. Pass null to clear the custom subtitle.

The actual manifest file is not modified, so the update applies as long as the command remains installed.

Signature

export async function updateCommandMetadata(metadata: { subtitle?: string | null }): Promise<void>;

Example

import { updateCommandMetadata } from "@raycast/api";

async function fetchUnreadNotificationCount() {
  return 10;
}

export default async function Command() {
  const count = await fetchUnreadNotificationCount();
  await updateCommandMetadata({ subtitle: `Unread Notifications: ${count}` });
}

Return

A Promise that resolves when the command's metadata have been updated.

Types

LaunchContext

Represents the passed context object of programmatic command launches.

LaunchOptions

A parameter object used to decide which command should be launched and what data (arguments, context) it should receive.

IntraExtensionLaunchOptions

The options that can be used when launching a command from the same extension.

Property	Description	Type
name*	Command name as defined in the extension's manifest	string
type*	LaunchType.UserInitiated or LaunchType.Background	LaunchType
arguments	Optional object for the argument properties and values as defined in the extension's manifest, for example: { "argument1": "value1" }	Arguments or null
context	Arbitrary object for custom data that should be passed to the command and accessible as LaunchProps; the object must be JSON serializable (Dates and Buffers supported)	LaunchContext or null
fallbackText	Optional string to send as fallback text to the command	string or null

InterExtensionLaunchOptions

The options that can be used when launching a command from a different extension.

Property	Description	Type
extensionName*	When launching command from a different extension, the extension name (as defined in the extension's manifest) is necessary	string
name*	Command name as defined in the extension's manifest	string
ownerOrAuthorName*	When launching command from a different extension, the owner or author (as defined in the extension's manifest) is necessary	string
type*	LaunchType.UserInitiated or LaunchType.Background	LaunchType
arguments	Optional object for the argument properties and values as defined in the extension's manifest, for example: { "argument1": "value1" }	Arguments or null
context	Arbitrary object for custom data that should be passed to the command and accessible as LaunchProps; the object must be JSON serializable (Dates and Buffers supported)	LaunchContext or null
fallbackText	Optional string to send as fallback text to the command	string or null