Celerity Built-In Shortcuts Reference and How to Use Them

A complete reference for all 12 built-in Celerity shortcuts, covering how to launch each site and run site-specific searches from the keyboard.

A shortcut is a short key mapped to a site URL. Every shortcut on the grid is available the moment you install Celerity — no configuration needed. You can launch a site with a single key, or search within it by adding a space and your query.

The shortcut grid

When you open a new tab you see the shortcut grid: a responsive tile layout showing each shortcut’s key and site name. Click any tile to open that site directly. On narrow screens the grid shows two columns; on wider screens it expands to four.

A + button fills any empty space at the end of the grid. Clicking it opens Settings so you can add a new shortcut immediately.

Launching a site from the keyboard

1. Open a new tab — the shortcut grid appears.
2. Type the shortcut key (e.g. g).
3. Press Enter.

Celerity opens that site without any mouse interaction.

Searching within a site

Every shortcut that has a searchTemplate supports direct site search. The template contains a {} placeholder that Celerity replaces with your URL-encoded query.

1. Open a new tab.
2. Type the shortcut key, then a space, then your query (e.g. y lofi music).
3. Press Enter.

Celerity constructs the search URL and navigates there immediately.

WhatsApp (w) does not have a searchTemplate, so typing w some query opens the WhatsApp Web homepage rather than running a search.

Built-in shortcuts reference

Key	Site	Launch action	Search example
g	Gmail	Opens inbox	g invoice
y	YouTube	Opens homepage	y lofi music
n	Netflix	Opens browse	n stranger things
c	ChatGPT	Opens chat	c explain async await
gh	GitHub	Opens homepage	gh react hooks
r	Reddit	Opens homepage	r rust programming
w	WhatsApp	Opens Web WhatsApp	(no search template)
f	Facebook	Opens homepage	f old friends
s	Spotify	Opens app	s taylor swift
t	Twitter / X	Opens homepage	t openai
l	LinkedIn	Opens homepage	l senior engineer
a	Amazon	Opens homepage	a mechanical keyboard

How search templates work

Each shortcut’s search path is a relative string appended to the site’s base URL after {} is replaced with your query. For example, the YouTube shortcut uses:

base URL:        https://youtube.com/
searchTemplate:  /results?search_query={}

input:           y lofi music
resolved URL:    https://youtube.com/results?search_query=lofi%20music

Your query is percent-encoded before substitution, so spaces, special characters, and non-ASCII text are all handled correctly.

Opening shortcut settings with the keyboard

Press Alt++ from any new tab page to open the Settings panel with focus already placed in the Key field of the “add new shortcut” row. This lets you add a shortcut entirely from the keyboard without reaching for the mouse.

You can add your own shortcuts with custom keys, URLs, and search templates. See Managing Shortcuts to get started.