Google Chrome provides shortcuts to help you quickly search the web. You may go to the address bar, type in a custom shortcut (such as @yt for YouTube) followed by your search phrase, and it will quickly search the specific website for your query.
A. Chat with AI from the Address Bar.
You may use the same method to prompt your preferred AI chatbots swiftly. For example, typing @plex. How do you create pasta? The URL bar will immediately open the Perplexity website with your prompt pre-filled, saving you the steps of:
1. Open a new tab.
2. Go to the Perplexity AI website.
3. Waiting for it to load.
4. Type your question.
A few minutes of setup can save you hours and improve your browsing experience.
B. Create AI Shortcuts in Google Chrome
Type chrome://settings/searchEngines into the address bar and press Enter. Click the Add button and input the shortcut’s name (for example, @claude), followed by the AI chatbot’s URL. Simply click the Add button, and you’re done.
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C. Ready-to-use AI shortcuts
Here are some of the most popular AI chatbots and their site search URLs, which you can use to build shortcuts within Google Chrome:
| AI Chatbot | URL |
|---|---|
| Perplexity AI | https://www.perplexity.ai/search/new?q=%s |
| Claude AI | https://claude.ai/new?q=%s |
| ChatGPT | https://chatgpt.com/?model=auto&q=%s |
| Hugging Face | https://huggingface.co/chat/?q=%s |
| You.com | https://you.com/search?fromSearchBar=true&tbm=youchat&q=%s |
| Microsoft Copilot | https://copilot.microsoft.com/?q=%s |
| Mistral AI | https://chat.mistral.ai/chat?q=%s |
If you like Google Gemini, you’re in luck: Google Chrome already supports it. To talk with Google Gemini, simply put @gemini in the address bar.
Note: Some AI chatbots, such as DeepSeek and Meta AI, do not yet allow URL-based searching; therefore, shortcuts will not work for them.
Search shortcuts are suitable for any website that supports site search. Consider creating shortcuts for your favorite search engines, Wikipedia, Google Maps, Amazon, Google Translate, and even Gmail to help you search more quickly.
D. Raycast AI shortcuts
Some Mac users prefer to use Raycast as their preferred launcher. The good news is that these AI shortcuts also work with Raycast; however, the approach is a bit different.
Open Raycast and run the Create Quicklink command. Enter the shortcut’s name (for example, @claude), followed by the AI chatbot’s URL.
Remember to replace the %s at the end of the URL with the dynamic placeholder displayed in the screenshot below. Simply click the Add button, and you’re done.
