Applescript that creates a new sticky with a colour based on a command line priority value, example usage: osascript /Users/david/Documents/open-sticky.scpt high "update monitoring for replication"

gistfile1.txt

on run argv
	set card_prior to item 1 of argv
	set card_text to item 2 of argv
	if card_prior is equal to "high" then
		set colour to "pink"
	else if card_prior is equal to "medium" then
		set colour to "blue"
	else if card_prior is equal to "low" then
		set colour to "green"
	else
		set colour to "yellow"
	end if
	
	tell application "Stickies" to activate
	tell application "System Events"
		tell process "Stickies"
			tell window 1
				delay 1
				keystroke "n" using command down
				tell scroll area 1
					set value of text area 1 to card_text
					delay 0.5
				end tell
			end tell
			click menu item colour of menu "Color" of menu bar 1
		end tell
	end tell
end run

gistfile2.txt

function new-card {
    local PRIORITY="${1}"
    shift;
    local CONTENT=$@
    osascript $HOME/Documents/open-sticky.scpt $PRIORITY "$CONTENT"

}