You have a ticket number, an order ID, a PR number. Press ⌘⇧K, type jira ENG-482, hit Enter, and you're on the ticket. JumpKey is a Chrome extension that turns the links you open by ID into two-word commands.
Open source. No account, no server, no tracking. Not on the Chrome Web Store yet, so it installs from a zip.
←→↻
escAdd page
↵open⌘↵new tab⇧↵background⇥completeManage ⌘,
try:
Click into the launcher and type. It runs JumpKey's own matching rules against ten sample commands for a made-up company called Acme. Nothing opens for real.
F1How it works
A link with a blank where the ID goes.
Most work tools put the ID right in the address. A JumpKey command is that address with the ID swapped for a variable in curly braces, plus a short keyword. Three kinds of blank cover nearly everything.
{name}
Required
The value you type goes here. A command with just one of these can take several values at once and open a tab for each.
Takes everything you type after the keyword, spaces included. Made for searches.
google.com/search?q={query*}g how to fold a map…?q=how%20to%20fold%20a%20map
Template lab
pr
Opens
Values are URL-encoded. In the path, slashes are kept, so acme/api stays a path.
A blank in the host only takes letters, digits and hyphens.
Only http and https links. Up to 20 tabs at once.
A value with spaces goes in quotes: "two words".
F2Wherever the ID is
Six ways in. One set of commands.
⌘⇧K
The launcher
Opens over any page. Type a keyword and its values, see the address before you go, press Enter. With nothing typed, the commands you use most sit at the top.
jk⇥
The address bar
Type jk, press Tab, then jira ENG-482. Chrome shows where it's going in the dropdown.
right-click
Selected text
Spot ticket numbers in Slack or an email? Select them, right-click, Open with JumpKey, pick the command. Each value in the selection gets a tab.
ENG-482
Just the ID
Give a command a pattern and the keyword becomes optional. Paste ENG-482 and JumpKey knows it's a ticket. If two commands claim it, it lists both.
jira ENG-1 ENG-2 ENG-3
Several at once
A command with one value opens a tab per value. Handy for working through a list. Up to 20 at a time.
⌘C → ⇥
What you just copied
When a command is waiting for a value, JumpKey offers your clipboard. Tab fills it in, Enter goes. Copy an ID that matches a pattern and it's offered as soon as the launcher opens.
off until you turn it on
⌘S
Turn the page you're on into a command.
Press ⌘S in the launcher, or click Add page. JumpKey opens the editor with the parts of the address that look like IDs already turned into variables, named after the word before them. Click any part to add or remove one.
F3Starters
22 commands ready to switch on.
Pick the tools you use on the setup page. A few ask one question first, like your Jira site or your Shopify store handle. Paste a full link and JumpKey pulls out the part it needs.
Tickets
jiraJira ticketasks for your Jira site
confConfluence searchasks for your Atlassian site
linLinear issueasks for your workspace
zdZendesk ticketasks for your subdomain
Code
prGitHub pull requestasks for a default repo
issueGitHub issueasks for a default repo
ghGitHub repositorygh facebook/react
npmnpm packagenpm react
mdnMDN searchmdn array flat
Customers and orders
cusStripe customercus_Pq2x9
payStripe paymentpi_3Nk2
invStripe invoicein_1Ab4
orderShopify orderasks for your store
contactHubSpot contactasks for your account ID
upsUPS tracking1Z999AA10123456784
Everyday
gGoogleg weather tomorrow
driveGoogle Drive searchdrive q3 budget
mailGmail searchmail from:alex invoice
mapGoogle Mapsmap coffee near me
ytYouTubeyt sourdough starter
wikiWikipediawiki Ada Lovelace
trGoogle Translatetr bonjour tout le monde
The Jira, Linear, GitHub, Stripe and UPS starters come with patterns, so their IDs work without a keyword. Any command can also have aliases, like j for jira.
F4Privacy
Your commands stay in your browser.
No account and no JumpKey server. The extension makes no network requests of its own, and it doesn't read the pages you visit.
What it asks Chrome for
storage
Saves your commands and settings in your browser.
activeTab
Reads the current tab's address when you press Add page.
contextMenus
Adds Open with JumpKey to the right-click menu.
clipboardReadoptional
Only if you turn on clipboard suggestions. Read while the launcher is open, never stored or sent.
tabsoptional
Only if you turn on tab switching. Used to compare the addresses of open tabs when you run a command.
Settings
Right-click menuLists every command that takes exactly one value. On by default.
Clipboard suggestionsOffer what you last copied as the next value.
Switch to an open tabIf the page is already open, go to that tab instead of opening it again.
SyncKeep commands the same on every computer signed in to your Chrome profile. Settings and usage history stay on the device.
To share commands with a teammate, export them to a JSON file. When they import it, they choose whether to keep their own version or take yours wherever keywords clash.
F5Reference
Every key, in one place.
On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl wherever you see ⌘. If a shortcut is taken by another extension, change it at chrome://extensions/shortcuts.
Keys
What it does
⌘⇧K
Open the launcher
⌘⇧O
Manage your commands Or ⌘, from inside the launcher.
↵
Open the page In the command's own open mode: this tab or a new one.
⌘↵
Open in a new tab
⇧↵
Open in a background tab
⇥
Complete the highlighted keyword, or fill in the copied value
↑↓
Move through the list
⌘S
Make a command from the page you're on
esc
Close the launcher
jk⇥
Use JumpKey from the address bar
F6Install
Installs in about a minute.
JumpKey isn't on the Chrome Web Store yet, so Chrome needs you to load it by hand. Works the same in Edge, Brave and Arc.
Download the zip and unzip it.You get a folder named jumpkey. Keep it somewhere you won't delete it, because Chrome loads the extension from that folder.
Open chrome://extensions.Paste it into the address bar.
Turn on Developer mode.The switch is in the top-right corner.
Click Load unpacked.Choose the jumpkey folder.
Pick your tools.The setup page opens by itself. Switch on a few starters, then press ⌘⇧K and type jira ENG-482.
To update, unzip the new version over the same folder and click the reload icon on the JumpKey card in chrome://extensions. Your commands stay.
F7FAQ
Questions people ask
Is it open source?
Yes. The code is on GitHub under the MIT license, so you can read it or build it yourself. If you'd like to support the project, there's a Buy Me a Coffee page.
Why isn't it on the Chrome Web Store?
It isn't listed yet. Until it is, you load it from the zip with Developer mode on. You can read every line of it on GitHub first.
Can JumpKey see the pages I visit?
No. It never reads page content. It reads the current tab's address only when you press Add page. If you turn on tab switching, it compares the addresses of your open tabs when you run a command, and that's all.
Do I need an account?
No. Commands live in your browser's storage. If you turn on sync, Chrome carries them between computers signed in to your profile using its own sync storage. There is no JumpKey server.
What if a value has spaces in it?
Wrap it in quotes: conf "onboarding checklist". Or write the template with {name*}, which takes the rest of the line, spaces and all.
The shortcut does nothing.
Another extension probably has ⌘⇧K. Open chrome://extensions/shortcuts and pick a different one for JumpKey. You can also click the JumpKey icon in the toolbar.
How do I share commands with my team?
Export them from the manage page to a JSON file and send it over. Your teammate imports it, sees what's new, and decides whether their own commands or yours win when keywords clash.
Does it work in Edge, Brave or Arc?
Yes. They run Chrome extensions, and the steps are the same: open the extensions page, turn on Developer mode, load the unpacked folder.
