If you are someone that needs to be able to execute scripts on the fly, then perhaps FastScripts is something that you need to be looking into. Designed to allow its user to execute AppleScript and shell scripts with no concerns about using one app from another, FastScripts will help you get the job done without the muss.

FastScripts is a utility for quickly and elegantly executing AppleScript and shell scripts from within any application. FastScripts is a super-charged replacement for the Apple “Script Menu” menu extra. In addition to the functionality provided by Apple’s Script Menu utility, FastScripts offers a number of compelling improvements, including User-definable keyboard shortcuts for any scripts in the menu; “SmartSwitching” avoids unnecessary context switches; Elegant Application-Specific scripts support;Convenient shortcuts for editing and revealing scripts, and, it’s FAST!

Version 2.1.1 improves menu-building to more reliably reflect the current frontmost application. Fixed a bug that prevented keyboard access shortcut changes from sticking. Escape with no modifiers now reverts to original hotkey. Save outline view expanded state between launches. Save and restore selected prefs pane between launches. Make “Create App-Specific Scripts Folder” items work when “Applications” or “Scripts” parent folder doesn’t already exist. Fix a rare crasher when trying to create scripts folders.