Your Search Box Is a Command Line

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Most people use the search box to find bookmarks. That's useful. But there's a second mode that most people never discover: type an alias and hit Enter, and you go directly to that site — no click,...

Add a query after the alias, and it gets even more interesting.

Alias navigation: two letters, anywhere

Every bookmark can have a short alias — a keyword you assign yourself. Type it in the search box and press Enter, and LinkaGoGo takes you straight to that URL.

Some examples worth setting up:

  • gh → github.com
  • mdn → developer.mozilla.org
  • tw → your Twitter/X profile
  • cal → Google Calendar
  • notion → your Notion workspace

Type an alias and jump directly to any site

Alias + query: instant smart search

Set a Smart URL on a bookmark — a URL with %s as a placeholder — and now alias query opens that URL with your query substituted in.

This is most powerful for starting AI chats. Instead of opening a new tab, navigating to Claude or ChatGPT, and typing your question, you just type it directly in the search box:

> claude explain async/await in JavaScript

> gpt write a one-paragraph bio for my portfolio

The AI opens with your question already filled in.

Alias + query opens AI chats with your prompt pre-filled

How to set it up

Open the bookmark form for any bookmark (or create a new one). Expand More Options to see the Alias and Smart URL fields:

  • Alias: a short keyword, like claude or stock
  • Smart URL: the full URL with %s where the query goes

That's it. Save the bookmark and the alias is immediately active.

Bookmark form showing alias and smart URL fields

Aliases worth setting up today

Here are six to get you started:

| Alias | Smart URL | What it does | |---|---|---| | claude | https://claude.ai/new?q=%s | Start a Claude chat | | gpt | https://chatgpt.com/?q=%s | Start a ChatGPT chat | | stock | https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%s | Look up a stock: stock AAPL | | weather | https://wttr.in/%s | Forecast by zip: weather 90210 | | maps | https://maps.google.com/?q=%s | Navigate anywhere: maps coffee near me | | g | https://google.com/search?q=%s | Google search as a fallback |

Six aliases worth setting up today

The goal is to make the search box the one place you go for everything — your own bookmarks, any site you visit regularly, and any AI assistant you use. Set these up once and you'll use them every day.