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Allow Aki to Add Links Directly to the Task Link Field

Features & Improvements RequestAI/Aki botTasks

Right now, Aki can only place links inside the task title or description. It would be incredibly helpful if Aki could populate the dedicated Link field in the task editor. This is a low-effort, high-value improvement that would make tasks cleaner, more structured, and easier to work with especially when Aki extracts URLs from emails, webpages, or notes.

This would streamline task creation and reduce manual editing.

Posted by Ben ·
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  • Jörg

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    Dec 6, 2025

    Are you on a Mac? If so, then it already works for webpages and for email you can add a workaround by using Apple Shortcuts and Apple Script:

    Webpages:
    - On the webpage select a text and hit command + c to copy it

    - Open the Akiflow Command Bar with option + space

    - Write a title for the task and hit enter

    Apple Mail:
    - Select an email in Apple mail
    - Run the shortcut
    - Open Akiflow Command bar with option + space
    - Write a title for the task and hit enter

    With both, you get a task with a title and a correct link created in Akiflow.

    The apple script within the shortcut is:

    on run {input, parameters} tell application "Mail" set _sel to get selection if _sel is {} then return
	set _msg to item 1 of _sel
	set _rawID to message id of _msg
end tell

-- If the message id is wrapped in angle brackets, e.g. "<abc@foo>"
-- → remove the first and last character
if (_rawID starts with "<") and (_rawID ends with ">") then
	set _cleanID to text 2 thru -2 of _rawID
else
	set _cleanID to _rawID
end if

-- Build the correct message:// URL
set _messageURL to "message://%3c" & _cleanID & "%3e"

-- Store only the URL in the clipboard (Akiflow requires a clean URL)
set the clipboard to _messageURL
end run

    I’m on Mac OS Tahoe