AppleScript Script Command fails with Exec format error when emoji metadata is copy-pasted into a new file (including Raycast emojis)

[gakz]

When creating an AppleScript Script Command by copy-pasting the official Raycast template into a newly created file, the command fails to execute with:

NSPOSIXErrorDomain 8 – Exec format error

This occurs when the script metadata contains an emoji (for example in @raycast.icon), including emojis inserted via Raycast’s own emoji picker.

The same script works correctly when: • the template file is downloaded directly • the emoji metadata line is removed

This suggests a Unicode encoding or normalization issue triggered by emoji metadata in combination with copy-paste file creation. The error happens before the script runs and shows up as a low-level execution error, not a metadata error. I’ve seen the same behavior with newly created scripts as well, not only when starting from the template.