Keynote Automation

Apple Keynote is driven through its AppleScript dictionary via osascript: each script call opens the decks it needs, works, and closes them again. There is no bridge or listener; macOS Automation consent is the only gate. Verified against Keynote Creator Studio 15.4 (bundle id com.apple.Keynote) on macOS 27.

Everything goes through the scripts below. They encode workarounds for dictionary features that look usable but are broken or localized (see Pitfalls), so reach for raw AppleScript only for what they don't cover (references/recipes.md).