@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Share the chat extension’s install link with your team. In managed Chrome, an
 
 If your organization has [Sim Links](/search/sim-links), type `sim`, press **Space**, and enter part of a link name for suggestions. To open a shortcut by typing it directly, include the trailing slash, as in `sim/handbook/`. Teams that already use an internal host named `sim` should keep that hostname conflict in mind: the chat extension routes those navigations to Sim.
 
+In version 0.1.3 or later, **+ → Browser shortcuts** can recover explicit `sim/handbook` searches on Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and Yahoo. Enable your provider and approve the site access shown by Chrome. This leaves ordinary searches and your default search engine unchanged. See [shortcut setup and supported inputs](/search/sim-links#open-links-from-the-address-bar).
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 ## Page access and privacy
 
 Sim reads a page or selection when you attach it, or when you send a message with **Reference current page** enabled. For repeat use on one site, choose **+ → Site access** to grant or revoke that site’s permission. Granting access doesn't start background capture. The page text goes to the hosted composer when attached and becomes part of the conversation when you send it.
 
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ Names ignore case and punctuation, so `sim/Team-Handbook` and `sim/teamhandbook`
 
 In Sim Cloud, open **Sim Links → Browser shortcuts** to install [Sim for Chrome](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sim/oanlcahddodnjpdoopcpjlcageejjpmg) in your work profile. Type `sim` in Chrome’s address bar, press **Space**, and enter part of a link name. Chrome shows matching links, most opened first. Unlisted links can still open by name.
 
-To open links as `sim/handbook`, copy the **Setup address** from that dialog and paste it into Chrome’s address bar once. This opens your Sim Links directory and lets Chrome remember the short host in that profile. If Chrome sends a shortcut to search, enter `sim/handbook/` with a trailing slash. Use **Copy link** in Sim to share an address that also works without the extension.
+To open links as `sim/handbook`, select **Enable sim/ shortcuts** in that dialog once, using the Chrome profile where Sim is installed. This opens your Sim Links directory in a new tab and lets Chrome remember the short host in that profile. If Chrome still sends a shortcut to search, enter `http://sim/handbook` or `sim/handbook/` with a trailing slash. Use **Copy link** in Sim to share an address that also works without the extension.
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+In Sim for Chrome 0.1.3 or later, open the extension sidebar’s **+ → Browser shortcuts** and enable your search provider to recover `sim/handbook` when Chrome treats it as a search. Approve access to the exact sites shown. This is optional and supports Google (`google.com`), Bing, DuckDuckGo, and Yahoo. Sim remembers the choice in this Chrome profile. Ordinary searches still use your search engine; its default is unchanged.
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+Recovery matches a whole `sim/<name>` shortcut, including simple slash-separated values such as `sim/jira/123`. For values containing spaces, query parameters, unsupported search domains, or a managed browser that blocks site access, use `sim` + **Space** or the full `https://www.sim.ai/sim/<name>` address. Turn recovery off in **Browser shortcuts**; this keeps the site permission, which you can remove through **Site access** or Chrome’s extension settings.
 
 If `sim` + **Space** sends link names to your search engine even when the address bar shows **Sim**, a Chrome site search may already use the `sim` shortcut. Enter `http://sim/handbook` to open the link directly. To restore suggestions, temporarily turn off the Sim extension, rename the old shortcut in `chrome://settings/searchEngines`, then turn Sim back on. If your organization manages the shortcut, ask your administrator to rename it.
 
 
@@ -31,14 +31,15 @@ SIM_EXTENSION_DEV=1 SIM_EXTENSION_ORIGIN=http://localhost:3000 bun run --cwd app
 
 - Required capabilities: `activeTab`, `scripting`, `sidePanel`, `storage`, `contextMenus`, `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`, and access to the configured Sim origin and to `http(s)://sim/*`.
 - Type `sim`, press Space, enter the name, and press Enter to open an organization's [Sim link](https://docs.sim.ai/search/sim-links). Chrome can treat bare `sim/<name>` as a search before the redirect rule runs. Typing `http://sim/<name>` once lets Chrome learn the short host in that profile. A trailing slash (`sim/<name>/`) also selects navigation without relying on that history. A single static redirect rule rewrites top-level navigations to `http(s)://sim/*` to `<Sim origin>/sim/*` with the path and query unchanged. The `sim` host permission exists only for that rule: every navigation to that host is redirected before it loads, and no other request is matched or observed. An organization that already serves an intranet host named `sim` should not install this build, since its links would be redirected to Sim.
-- The `sim` address-bar keyword (`sim`, then Space) lists matching Sim links while you type and opens what you enter through the same resolver. It is the extension's only network request: the background worker sends the text typed before the first `/` or `?`, and nothing else, unless that text contains a space (a search) or is longer than a link name can be, to `<Sim origin>/api/sim-links/suggestions` with the signed-in session, and the extension's content security policy allows connections to that origin alone. Unlisted links are never suggested.
+- The `sim` address-bar keyword (`sim`, then Space) lists matching Sim links while you type and opens what you enter through the same resolver. For these suggestions, the background worker sends the text typed before the first `/` or `?`, and nothing else, unless that text contains a space (a search) or is longer than a link name can be, to `<Sim origin>/api/sim-links/suggestions` with the signed-in session, and the extension's content security policy allows connections to that origin alone. Unlisted links are never suggested.
+- **+ → Browser shortcuts** separately opts into recovery for exact Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, or Yahoo HTTPS search hosts. After a direct Chrome permission grant, dynamic request rules redirect only top-level GET requests with one query parameter containing a whole `sim/<name>` shortcut. Only that value reaches `/sim-links/recover`, which validates it and redirects to the existing authenticated resolver. Ordinary search terms, additional search parameters, subframes, and unsupported inputs are not forwarded. Chrome applies these rules without an extension search-URL observer. Turning a provider off removes its rules while preserving site access; revoking access clears its recovery choice. This does not enable page reference or change the default search provider.
 - Optional HTTP/HTTPS site access is requested only by a menu action naming that site. Chrome's `activeTab` access is temporary and does not follow arbitrary new sites.
 - Page capture runs on demand in Chrome's isolated world. It excludes editable fields, inputs, hidden elements, scripts, and embedded documents. It reads only the top frame. PDF viewers and canvas documents may have no accessible text.
 - Extraction stops at 50,000 text characters, 150,000 serialized UTF-8 bytes, 15,000 visited nodes, or 150ms. The composer exposes truncation.
 - Source URLs omit credentials, query parameters, and fragments. Human-readable text can still contain sensitive information; it is the user-selected material they review and send into their conversation.
 - Snapshots stay in memory until handed to Sim and acknowledged or expired after 30 seconds. Extension storage contains only a short-lived intent with a tab/document identity and a SHA-256 URL digest, never raw URLs, captured text, or credentials. Closing a tab or navigating invalidates its pending intent. Sim applies its normal conversation retention once a message is sent.
 - No browser history, bookmarks, cookie access, debugger access, remote extension JavaScript, arbitrary network proxy, or background content collection is requested. Incognito use is disabled.
-- The iframe bridge checks both the exact configured origin and the exact frame, then validates versioned messages. The hosted composer may request only page capture, selection capture, or the native site-access dialog. Requests require the current conversation nonce and Chrome transient user activation; arbitrary URLs, tabs, script execution, and network operations are never accepted. Permission grants still require a click in the extension-owned dialog.
+- The iframe bridge checks both the exact configured origin and the exact frame, then validates versioned messages. The hosted composer may request only page capture, selection capture, or the native site-access and browser-shortcut dialogs. Requests require the current conversation nonce and Chrome transient user activation; arbitrary URLs, tabs, script execution, and network operations are never accepted. Permission grants still require a click in the extension-owned dialog. Shortcut settings are advertised separately so older installed shells keep working without the new action.
 - Captures and queued toolbar intents are scoped to the receiving conversation. Changing conversation, workspace, or account discards an unfinished handoff. Captured attachments remain explicit snapshots when the source tab changes.
 - The complete hosted document, including portaled source dialogs and menus, is blocked from session replay. Clipboard writing is delegated only to the configured Sim origin. Clipboard reading and microphone capture are not delegated; voice input remains available in the main app.