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Elgato Stream Deck - button action examples

For a software developer

Here are some of the buttons I use on my Stream deck.

You can directly download them here, import them into your own Stream Deck, and use them as examples for all kinds of similar button actions! I grouped them per category. Some work out-of-the-box, others use a plugin from the Elgato store and others use also other extra programs or scripts to work.

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Claude ai agent Claude ai agent Browser Browser Chat Chat Days countdown Days countdown GitHub GitHub GitLab GitLab Google Mail Google Mail Calendar Calendar Google Meet Google Meet Home Assistant Home Assistant IntelliJ Idea IntelliJ Idea macOS macOS Spotify Spotify
Claude ai agent logo

Claude ai agent

With the Stream Deck + Claude you can start Claude, paste predefined prompts, and run different skills, all with a single click. With the Jetstream plugin you can see for which project you run an active session and which one need attention.

Built-in Stream Deck action, no plugin required


The above actions are examples how to configure them. Check here for all possible Claude code commands.

Stream Deck Market Plugin: Jetstream

Price: Free | OS: Mac

  • User input needed, visualisation per project
  • Still running visualisation per project

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Browser logo

Browser

Opening favorite links in a browser can easily be managed with bookmarks, you don't need a Stream Deck for it. The extra power comes when you want to combine it with selected text or use clipboard data in your search query.

Built-in Stream Deck action, no plugin required

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Chat

You can create a Stream Deck profile linked to your chat apps, containing your frequently used text and icons for apps like WhatsApp, Instagram, Slack, etc.

Built-in Stream Deck action, no plugin required

Stream Deck Market Plugin: Emoji Keys

Price: Free | OS: Mac

  • Select any emoji from a big list and use that for a button.
    Emoji Keys: Emoji
    😂
    Text
    😂


Download these and fill your own profile/page with your own text and emojis!

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Days countdown

Display the days countdown until a special day. It's fully customizable in colors and fonts.

Stream Deck Local Plugin: Final Countdown

Price: Free | OS: Mac
Manual install: Double-click 'io.github.vdbrink.finalcountdown.streamDeckPlugin' in Finder to install the plugin in your Stream Deck app.

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GitHub logo

GitHub

Stream Deck + GitHub opens your open-source repositories directly.

Built-in Stream Deck action, no plugin required


Which pages on GitHub do you often use yourself?

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GitLab

Use the Stream Deck to quickly navigate to different sections of your GitLab projects.

Stream Deck Market Plugin: GitLab Dashboard

Price: Free | OS: Mac, Windows

  • Open merge requests count
  • My merge request count
  • Open TODO count

Built-in Stream Deck action, no plugin required

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Google Mail logo

Google Mail

The Stream Deck can be used with Google Mail to quickly filter on specific labels.

Built-in Stream Deck action, no plugin required

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Calendar

A Stream Deck button can be used as a small display, it quickly showing the minutes until your next meeting or the minutes left in the current one. The extra power of this plugin is that pressing the button directly opens the meeting link! See Google Meet for its specific controls.

Stream Deck Market Plugin: Next Meeting Countdown

Price: Free | OS: Mac

  • Time left in current meeting
    Next Meeting Countdown: Current Meeting
    Time left in current meeting icon

    Color change to amber and red closer to the end

  • Time to next meeting
    Next Meeting Countdown: Next Meeting
    Time to next meeting icon

    Color change to amber and red closer to the start

    Requires/Remarks: click here to expand and see more details about these buttons.
    • Grant calendar access (macOS): Allow Stream Deck access to your calendars in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Calendars
      Grant calendar access
    • Both buttons together : "Now" and "Next" side by side in the Stream Deck app matching the macOS calendar events.
      Both buttons together
    • Button settings
      Button settings
    • No upcoming meeting : How the button looks when there is no next meeting.
      No upcoming meeting
    • On the Stream Deck
      On the Stream Deck

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Google Meet logo

Google Meet

Stream Deck Market Plugin: Meeting Controls for Stream Deck

Price: Free | OS: Mac, Windows

  • (Un)Mute
  • Hang up
  • Raise hand
  • Leave meeting
  • Icon

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Home Assistant

Stream Deck Market Plugin: Home Assistant

Price: Free | OS: Mac, Windows

  • Control lights
  • Control smart plugs

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IntelliJ Idea

Here are just a few example keyboard shortcuts for IntelliJ on macOS.
You can define any keyboard shortcut combination as key on your Stream Deck, for your own preferred IDE (VS Code, Eclipse, NetBeans, VIM, etc...)

Built-in Stream Deck action, no plugin required


Check here for all IntelliJ IDEA’s keyboard shortcuts.

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macOS logo

macOS

The button actions here trigger basic macOS features.

Built-in Stream Deck action, no plugin required


Check here for all Mac keyboard shortcuts to create other button actions.

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Spotify logo

Spotify

With Spotify and Stream Deck you can recreate the regular audio controls on your Deck, an image of the cover of the currently played song, and extra shortcuts to predefined playlists.

Stream Deck Market Plugin: Spotify

Price: Free | OS: Mac, Windows

  • Play/Stop/Next
  • Volume control
  • Show currently played number
  • Show cover
  • Play specific playlist

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My wishlist

I always look for more useful additions, especially these listed ones.

  • Chat - Button press to open an emoji keyboard where you can directly type to search for the icon you're looking for
  • GitLab - Count based on specific branch names
  • GitLab - Failed personal pipelines count
  • Google Mail - Show the number of new inbox mails
  • Google Mail - Show the number of mails for a specific label
  • Calendar - Time since last meeting, so you can see how much time has passed since it ended
  • Google Meet - Toggle blurred background
  • macOS - RSS reader


If you know how I can add these button actions to my Stream Deck, please let me know!

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