How to run a script from outside Blender? [Script Live-Link Addon]

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Here’s a working example.
Adds a filepath to bpy.context.scene.live_text. Just point it to a py-file.

import bpy
import os

bl_info = {
    "name" : "live text",
    "author" : "kaio",
    "description" : "yep",
    "blender" : (2, 81, 0),
    "location" : "Text Editor",
    "warning" : "",
    "category" : "Text Editor"
}

def execute_text(context):
    st = getattr(context, 'space_data', None)
    if not execute_text.ok or not st:
        return
    execute_text.ok = False
    try:
        bpy.ops.text.run_script()
    except Exception as err:
        print(err)

def call_redraw():
    wm = bpy.data.window_managers[0]
    texeds = [a for w in wm.windows
             for a in w.screen.areas
             if a.type == 'TEXT_EDITOR' and
             a.spaces.active.text]

    if texeds:
        path = bpy.data.scenes[0].live_text
        name = os.path.split(path)[-1]
        for ed in texeds:
            if name == ed.spaces.active.text.name:
                execute_text.ok = True
                ed.tag_redraw()
                return
        else:
            text = bpy.data.texts.get(name)
            if not text:
                text = bpy.data.texts.new(name)
            texeds[0].spaces.active.text = text

def modify_internal_text():
    path = bpy.data.scenes[0].live_text
    name = os.path.split(path)[-1]
    text = bpy.data.texts.get(name)
    if not text:
        text = bpy.data.texts.new(name)
    with open(path) as file:
        text.from_string(file.read())

def poll_text():
    live_text = bpy.data.scenes[0].live_text
    if os.path.exists(live_text):
        mtime = os.path.getmtime(live_text)
        if mtime != poll_text.mtime_prev:
            modify_internal_text()
            poll_text.mtime_prev = mtime
            call_redraw()
    return 1

def register():
    poll_text.mtime_prev = -1
    execute_text.ok = False
    add = bpy.types.SpaceTextEditor.draw_handler_add
    bpy.types.Scene.live_text = bpy.props.StringProperty(
        name="Live Text", subtype='FILE_PATH', default="<U+202A>")
    bpy.app.timers.register(lambda: setattr(register, 'execute_text', add(execute_text, (getattr(bpy, 'context'),), 'WINDOW', 'POST_PIXEL')), first_interval=0.1)
    
    bpy.app.timers.register(poll_text)

def unregister():
    bpy.app.timers.unregister(poll_text)
    bpy.types.SpaceTextEditor.draw_handler_remove(
        register.execute_text, 'WINDOW')
    del bpy.types.Scene.live_text

live_text

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