I use Siri on my phone and watch to create reminders on the go. When I'm in the office I don't want to disturb the quiet by using Siri, so I usually use an Alfred workflow that is integrated with the Reminders app, or use the Reminders app directly.
However, both have a rather clunky interface, and it would be much easier if I could just type at the command line:
$ siri "remind me to check stack overflow for responses to my question in 15 minutes"
macOS Sierra has introduced Siri to the desktop, but so far I have been unable to find a way to interact with Siri in any way other than literally talking out loud, and Spotlight does not match Siri with natural language comprehension.
Apple has announced the Siri SDK, but it seems primarily related to adding functionality to Siri, not for exposing the Siri API.
Does Apple expose any kind of API to Siri on macOS such that one could make Siri requests via the command line, system call, or other executable?
Note: I understand that this question could conceivably find a better home at Ask Different, Super User, or Unix & Linux. In the end, I decided that some programmatic integration with an API or SDK was the most probable solution, and thus Stack Overflow seemed the most appropriate place to post. If mods disagree, please do migrate to whichever community is best.
This isnt from the command line, but closer... and I haven't tested it, but in High Sierra there's a way to use Accessibility settings to enable you to use your keyboard to ask Siri questions.
Enable Type to Siri so that a tick appears.Snagged from here: https://www.macworld.co.uk/news/mac-software/how-use-siri-on-mac-3536158/