Focus Mode

Silences notifications, dims the screen, sets a 25-minute timer, then restores everything.

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shellswaync-client
shellbrightnessctl
notify🎯 Focus engaged
waitwait 1500s
shellswaync-client
shellbrightnessctl
notify✅ Focus session complete

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Why this exists

Pomodoros work, but the friction of starting a focus session — silence Slack, set a timer, dim the lights — kills the habit. This workflow collapses the whole ritual into one chord.

The wait is set to 25 minutes (the Pomodoro default). Tweak it. The shells assume swaync-client for notifications and brightnessctl for screen brightness — adapt to your stack.

Variants

Deep work mode: bump the wait to 50 minutes, add a shell to close Slack entirely.
Reading mode: drop the brightness change, keep the silence, longer wait.
Meeting prep: shorten to 5 minutes, end with a chime instead of a notify.

KDL source

// Focus mode — by @cush
workflow "Focus Mode" {
    subtitle "Silences everything, dims the screen, sets a 25-minute timer."

    trigger {
        chord "super+alt+f"
    }

    shell "swaync-client -d on"
    shell "brightnessctl set 30%"
    notify "🎯 Focus engaged"
    wait 1500.0
    shell "swaync-client -d off"
    shell "brightnessctl set 80%"
    notify "✅ Focus session complete"
}