AppleScript to open URLs in browser tabs

open-tab.scpt

-- open-tab.scpt
-- AppleScript to always open a URL in a new tab in a browser
-- Usage: osascript open-tab.scpt <url> [browser]

on run argv
	if (count of argv) < 1 then
		error "Usage: osascript open-tab.scpt <url> [browser]"
	end if

	set targetURL to item 1 of argv
	set browserName to "Google Chrome" -- Default browser

	if (count of argv) > 1 then
		set browserName to item 2 of argv
	end if

	-- Make sure the URL has a scheme
	if targetURL does not start with "http://" and targetURL does not start with "https://" then
		-- Prepend https:// as a default scheme
		set targetURL to "https://" & targetURL
	end if

	try
		tell application browserName
			activate
			open location targetURL
		end tell

		-- Ensure the browser is frontmost after opening
		delay 0.2 -- Small delay to allow activation
		tell application "System Events"
			tell process browserName
				set frontmost to true
			end tell
		end tell

		return "Opened URL in " & browserName & ": " & targetURL

	on error errMsg number errNum
		return "Error opening URL in " & browserName & ": " & errMsg & " (Error " & errNum & ")"
	end try
end run