Besides static URL's you can also use placeholders for URL's. These placeholders are useful to query variables when you list a URL. This may ound complicated at first sight, but it is actually quite simple. In the following, the supported placeholders are explained in more detail.

Important: Placeholders are case sensitive!

UserInput

Syntax: %%userInput:Question%%

If ...

Individual entries of the system settings can be reached directly via URLs. Some of them are listed below as examples.

x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.sidecar

Shows the Sidecar-Settings

x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preferences.sharing

Shows the Sharing-Settings

Tweetbot is a client for Twitter from Tapbots, LLC. You can call various functions via URL entries from start.

Examples:

tweetbot://innovative-bytes/post

Open the Tweetbot post window for account “innovative-bytes”.

tweetbot://apple/search?query=mac

Search for mentions ...

Things is a personal task manager from Cultured Code GmbH & Co. KG. With URL entries numerous functions of Things can be reached directly.

Example:

things:///add?show-quick-entry=true

Opens Things and displays the Quick Input window.

Further information: https://support.culturedcode.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2803573

Ulysses is a markdown editor from Ulysses GmbH & Co. KG. Ulysses can also be controlled via URL entries. In the following we have a quick example:

ulysses://x-callback-url/open?id=Python

Opens the sheet "Python" in Ulysses

Further information: https://ulysses.app/kb/x-callback-url

Drafts is a quick-capture note taking app and Markdown editor from Agile Tortoise, Inc.

Example

drafts5://x-callback-url/workspace?name=Blogging

Open Drafts to a workspace called “Blogging”.

Example

drafts5://x-callback-url/create?tag=post%20idea

Create ...

Example:

vnc://myothermac.local:5901

Open the default VNC app to connect to a local computer called “myothermac” on port 5901.

Example:

ssh://mac.remoteacess.com:8822

Connect a secure shell session to a remote computer called hosted at “mac.remoteacess.com” ...

Example:

mailto:support@innovative-bytes.com?subject=Support%20Question

Create an e-mail in the default mail client with a recipient and subject line.

Example:

mailto:someone@mail.com?subject=Download%20the%20Start%
20app&cc=someone_else@mail.com&body=I%20recommend%20the
%20Start%20app

Create ...

Example:

https://start.innovative-bytes.net

With http or https URLs, these are probably the most popular URLs that everyone has probably already seen. With http or https URLs you can open web pages in your standard web browser from start.

Note: HTTPS URLs can also be added to Start ...