Add a tag to when they fell into the Applications folder

Hello

I want to add tags to my applications for categorization when I drop them into the Applications folder. In my way of novice, I created a folder Automator action where I add Spotlight comments to the app, but that's not what I want to do, I want to label it. The only other option is aimed at Finder label but that gives you just seven color options. I want to have a promt asking me what tag I want to attribute to the request, exactly as it does for the Spotlight comment action. Is this possible with Automator or should I look elsewhere, like AppleScript?

I have two solutions to bypass, where the first is a combination of Automator and Hazel (probably consume more memory) where I use the Spotlight comment action in Automator and then let Hazel tag of the file via a dynamic tag (comment Spotlight under 'other' element of choice). But it is almost useless, because if I just replace an existing file, the workflow is not triggered, in this case only if a new file is added. How can I make the workflow work on new and existing files? The same thing happens when I use the alternative workaround, I integrate Quicksilver in an Automator workflow to send the item (file) to Quicksilver if I where he can score. Any suggestion is welcome!

Thanks in advance!

With or without Automator, AppleScript script would be the way to go.  You'll have the same problem with actions folder be it, however, they are only triggered when a component is added to a watched folder.

You can use the URL of cocoa class to add your tags - this topic of the mailing list has the script library routines (note that you can use directly in a script of El Capitan).

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