How to programmatically create and manage nodes?

I'm trying to use my config file to drive actions that Aerospace should run on-startup. I have 3 monitors and I want to move a workspace to each monitor. Then I want Workspace 1 (on an ultrawide) to have 2 nodes, 1 horizontally tiled and 1 vertically tiled.

Workspaces 2 and 3 have 1 node.

I want the config to use exec-and-forget to launch specific apps and place them in the workspaces. This is where I'm having my problem.

I'm trying to use after-startup-command:

after-startup-command = [
    "move-workspace-to-monitor --workspace 3 --wrap-around next",
    "move-workspace-to-monitor --workspace 2 --wrap-around prev",

    "workspace 1",
    "layout horizontal",
    "exec-and-forget open -a '<browser app>'",  
    "exec-and-forget open -a '<browser app>' --args --new-window", 
    "exec-and-forget open -a '<browser app>' --args --new-window",  
    "exec-and-forget open -a '<some app>'", 
    "split vertical",  
    "exec-and-forget open -a '<some app>'",  
    "exec-and-forget open -a '<some app>'",  

    "workspace 2",
    "layout vertical",
    "exec-and-forget open -a '<some app>'",
    "exec-and-forget open -a '<some app>'",

    "workspace 3",
    "layout horizontal",
    "exec-and-forget open -a '<some app>'"
]

But this isn't working. I looked at using exec-on-workspace-change but that would require Aerospace exposing an api for node management so a foreign bash script could leverage it. I don't believe that exists.

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[x] I've read the guide https://nikitabobko.github.io/AeroSpace/guide
[x] I've searched in the documentation (https://nikitabobko.github.io/AeroSpace/guide & https://nikitabobko.github.io/AeroSpace/commands). My search queries were:
- programmatically manage nodes
- assign window to node
- node api
```
$ aerospace --version
aerospace CLI client version: 0.15.2-Beta b6cf82771f245ab7349a93baf8709e171537ff58
AeroSpace.app server version: 0.15.2-Beta b6cf82771f245ab7349a93baf8709e171537ff58
```

nikitabobko / AeroSpace

How to programmatically create and manage nodes? #609

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