4.0  Advanced Agents

In the SettingsAgents ▸ Advanced tab of a Bookmarkshelf, you can create customized Agents.  Agents are a feature provided by Mac OS X which dispatch a BookMacster Worker process to do some work on your Bookmarkshelf whenever certain triggers occur.

The conditions which trigger Agents to spring into action are called, well, Triggers, and the work that they do is defined by a sequence of Commands.

In the Advanced view, note that the Triggers and Commands shown in the two lower tables are those of the Agent which is selected in the upper table.  To add an item, click the nearby button.

The order of Triggers does not make any difference, but of course the order of Command execution is significant.  To reorder commands, either drag and drop, or select a command and type ⌘↑ or ⌘↓.

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4.0.1  Finding Agents which are currently active on your account

Because BookMacster Agents may be active in different Bookmarkshelf documents, it may at times be helpful to find the documents which have active agents.  BookMacster provides that capability with the File ▸ Open Active Agents menu item:

4.0.2  Deactivating or Removing Agents

If you would like to temporarily deactivate an Agent, un-check the box in its Active column.  To remove an Agent permanently, select it and click the button next in the top table in the Settings ▸ Agents tab.

4.0.3  More Information

The Reference Info chapter contains more about Agents, for advanced users.