Instant Choices with Triggers

Open up Script Kit, and create a new script called "Bookmarks".

First, let's create a string with our bookmarks:

Next, we'll create a choices variable by splitting the bookmarks string on new lines, and filtering out the empty ones.

Then, we'll map over each bookmark, and return an object with a name and value property by splitting the bookmark on the dash. The value will be the url of the bookmark:

Now we can use Script Kit's arg function to create a selection menu. We'll give the menu a title of "Open Bookmark", and pass in the choices array we just created. Then we can call open with the url that's returned from arg to open it in the browser:

After saving the script, we can open Script Kit and run the Bookmarks script.

We'll see a list of our bookmarks, and we can select one to open it.

The script works, but we can make it faster by adding some triggers.

Adding Triggers

First, we'll add a Trigger at the top of the script above the import, and set it to bm:

Next, we'll add a new trigger to each of the boomarks by adding a dash and the trigger to the end of each line.

We'll use sk, eg, gh, and kd for each bookmark respectively:

Now we need to update the map function in choices to parse the triggers in addition to the bookmark url and name. We'll also add a tag property to the object we're returning, which will be the trigger:

After saving the script and opening Script Kit again, we can type the bm trigger to quickly open the bookmarks menu.

Once the menu is open, Script Kit will display each option's trigger next to the name of the bookmark:

Typing in a trigger will open the bookmark in the browser faster than typing the full name.

After a while, you'll build the muscle memory of typing bm gh to quickly open GitHub.

Adding a Shortcut

Adding a shortcut to the top of the script will let you open it without opening the main menu.

With the shortcut added, hitting Option + B and then a shortcut like eg will open the bookmark.

Focus the Tab Instead of Opening a New One

On Mac, Script Kit has a focusTab function that will focus an already open tab instead of opening a new one:

One caveat is that you will need to have the full URL in the bookmarks string in order to work properly. Otherwise, a new tab will open each time you run the script:

Load Bookmark from a File

You can manage your bookmarks more efficiently by moving them into a separate file.

For this example, we'll create a bookmarks.txt file in the .kenv folder, which is where Script Kit stores all of its files.

To quickly create the file, open Script Kit and hit / to browse to your home directory. Type in .kenv/, then continue to type bookmarks.txt and select the "Create File" option from the menu:

Script Kit will then give you the option to open the file in your editor.

If you want to use a custom editor like Cursor Nightly, add a KIT_OPEN_IN environment variable in your .env file:

Inside of bookmarks.txt, paste in the bookmarks from the script:

Now we need to update the script to read the file.

Replace the bookmarks string with the readFile function, where we'll point to bookmarks.txt using the kenvPath helper function. The file should be read as utf8:

Save the script, and everything should function as before.

With this Bookmarks script, you can easily manage and quickly access your favorite bookmarks.

As an exercise, try writing a script to add and remove items from the bookmarks list. This will help you improve your bookmark management even further. This functionality could be added either a new feature in the existing Bookmarks script, or in a new Manage Bookmarks script.