To add to this:

cdf: aliased to cd "$(pfd)"

Doesn't really open a new Terminal, but usually, that's not what I want to happen anyway.

pfd is not standard and is doing all the work---what is it?

Coincidentally I made a shell script (https://github.com/pgodschalk/dotfiles/blob/main/bin/ai) around the same time, though it doesn't put the command in the buffer. I might borrow that idea. One thing I did add though, and would recommend, is an --explain flag. Usually if I don't know e.g. ffmpeg, I tend to want a short overview of what I'm actually about to run.