This is a workflow for Alfred 2 that performs free text searches on OmniFocus data.

Well, I want it because I can't quickly search for, say, a task within OmniFocus using OmniFocus' search field. OmniFocus restricts search results to the current perspective or selection. Other people have noticed this too.

Download the .workflow file from the Releases page.

• Search for all tasks within OmniFocus (irrespective of status) with .s:

• Search the OmniFocus inbox with .i:

• Search for projects with .p:

• Search for a specific context with .c:

or just list all contexts with .lc:

• Search for a specific perspective with .v:

or just list all perspectives with .lv:

• Search for a specific folder with .f:

or just list all folders with .lf:

• Search just for active tasks with .sa:

or just for active projects with .pa:

• Search all flagged tasks with .g:

or for flagged and active tasks with .ga:

• Dean Jackson: the Python library for Alfred workflows does most of the heavy lifting. Excellent stuff, thank you.
• Marko Kaestner: I used the in-depth workflow to provide some insight into how to search Omnifocus.
• Danny Smith: for providing a new, and quite frankly, much improved workflow icon.