Command Guide

Andi uses natural language AI to figure out what you're looking for. You can also use some special commands and shortcuts to make your searches more powerful and give you more control.

Navigation /go

Typing /go or go at the start of a query tries to find the most-likely website match and open it directly in a new tab in your web browser.

Using /go {search term} will try to open the search page for that query on the destination website. For example /go amazon shoes will open a search for shoes on amazon, and go reddit gamestop will go to a search for gamestop on reddit.

If Andi isn't sure about the best match it will return search results for you instead.

You can also use the following at the start of a message to Andi to try to navigate:

• /nav {website}

• start with words like "go", "open", "navigate to", "go to".

Browser address bar navigation

A navigation intent is implied if you start a search from your browser address bar, and for the most common navigation commands Andi tries to predict when it's likely you want to just go to a website. So using the address bar is like starting a query with "/go".

For example, these searches will go straight to the destination:

• facebook

• google

• google python lists

• bing datascience tutorials

• amazon shoes

• gmail receipts - this will go to a search in your gmail for 'receipts'.

• google drive expense claims - this will go to a search on your google drive for 'expense claims'.

• trello bug reports - this will go to a search for 'bug reports' in your trello account.

• dropbox sales pdf - this will go to a search for 'sales pdf' on your dropbox.

!Bang commands

DuckDuckGo bang commands are shortcuts for navigation. You can use DuckDuckGo !bang commands and they will be sent through the DuckDuckGo bang redirector.

Read about DuckDuckGo Bangs here

Bug reports /bug

Report a bug to Andi Developers.

Feedback /feedback

Give feedback to the Andi team.

Force web search /search

Typing /s or /search forces the use of a general web search for your query rather than using natural language processing to detect your intent. This can be useful if your query is getting interpreted as a command or special sort of action. Typing search on its own at the start will do this also.

You can also use search {x} for {y} to search a particular website for content, eg search stackoverflow for python lists

You can also use a specific search engine for a search, for example:

• search google for shoes

• search bing for python

• search yahoo for umbrellas

Clear search session /clear

This clears your current search session and chat history, without removing any preferences or settings.

Reset browser application /reset

This deletes the current session and clears all local preferences and settings. It can be useful if you run into weird browser errors after the app is updated.

Wiki /wiki

Typing /w or /wiki or Forces an entity search on Wikipedia for your query.

Exact search ~exact

Typing ~e or ~exact at the start forces a search to bypass natural language understanding and do a literal search for the exact keywords and operators you enter, for example:

~e site:cnn.com +"mars rover"