Automatically Expand URLs to Well-Titled Links

With this #recipe you can convert a link to a fully-formed Markdown link, using the page’s title as a display name. Useful for citations and creating link collections.

Required Extensions

• Markdown Link Expander (not included in template)

Markdown Link Expander will scrape your URL’s <title> tag to create a nice Markdown-style link.

Instructions

1. Highlight desired URL
2. Cmd + Shift + P
3. Expand URL to Markdown
4. Profit

Tip: If you paste a lot of links, give the action a custom key binding

Feedback and issues

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