Here’s another option for searching OmniFocus from outside of the program, this time using Alfred.
http://rhydlewis.net/blog/2015/5/29/searching-omnifocus-direct-from-alfred
It looks like the author has actually made some updates to the workflows available since writing the post. Here is a listing of all of the possible searches from Alfred:
http://rhydlewis.net/blog/2015/5/29/searching-omnifocus-direct-from-alfred
- .s – “Search OmniFocus”
- .sa – “Search OmniFocus for active tasks only”
- .g – “Search OmniFocus for flagged tasks only”
- .ga – “Search OmniFocus for flagged active tasks only”
- .p – “Search OmniFocus for Projects”
- .pa – “Search OmniFocus for active Projects”
- .lc – “List all OmniFocus Contexts”
- .c – “Search OmniFocus for Contexts”
- .i – “Search OmniFocus Inbox”
- .v – “Search OmniFocus for Perspectives”
- .lv – “List all OmniFocus Perspectives”
- .f – “Search OmniFocus for Folders”
- .lf – “List all OmniFocus Folders”
