DankQuickSearch

A minimal launcher plugin for DankMaterialShell that adds quick web search and AI chat prompts with engine prefixes.

Features

• Search DuckDuckGo, Google, GitHub, and YouTube from the launcher
• Start browser-based chats with T3 Chat, ChatGPT, and Claude
• Engine prefixes for quick switching (g, gh, yt, t3, gpt, cl)
• Direct URL detection — type a URL to open it
• Configurable default search engine

Installation

Nix (flake)

Add as a flake = false input and include in your DMS plugin configuration:

inputs.dms-plugin-quicksearch = {
  url = "github:alcxyz/DankQuickSearch";
  flake = false;
};

programs.dank-material-shell.plugins.dankQuickSearch = {
  enable = true;
  src = inputs.dms-plugin-quicksearch;
};

Manual

Copy the plugin directory to ~/.config/DankMaterialShell/plugins/DankQuickSearch/.

Usage

Activate with ! (default trigger) in the DMS launcher, then:

• !hello world — search DuckDuckGo for "hello world"
• !g hello world — search Google
• !gh nix flake — search GitHub
• !yt music video — search YouTube
• !t3 explain nix flakes — start a new T3 Chat
• !gpt explain nix flakes — start a new ChatGPT chat
• !cl explain nix flakes — start a new Claude chat
• !github.com — open URL directly

Requirements

• xdg-open (for opening URLs in the default browser)

License

MIT

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