tokens, utilisation of content from within a file). It has a user interface designed around that, which makes simple folder actions easier to create than Automator, but also has built in functionality to make more advanced operations possible (e.g. Hazel is a specialist automation tool that only takes action on things within a folder. One of the things it can do it be tied to a folder to take action on content added to that folder. Automator is a general purpose, action based tool for automation.