Tinycast
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Fallbacks

When search does not have the answer, send what you typed to AI Chat, file search, the shell or a quicklink.

Below every search, Tinycast offers a few rows under Use "…" with. Each one takes what you typed and hands it to something else. They sit at the bottom on purpose: the real results always come first.

The built-in fallbacks

FallbackWhat happens to your textOffered when
AI ChatSent as a question in a new chatAI is on
Search FilesOpens file search with it typedFile Search is on
Run Shell CommandRuns in zsh, with its output in a windowAlways, unless you untick it
A quicklinkFills the quicklink's first {argument}Quicklinks is on, and the link has an {argument}

Run Shell Command

Your text runs in /bin/zsh from your home folder, with your shell configuration loaded, so your own aliases like ll work. A window shows the output as it prints, with Stop and Run Again buttons.

This is separate from custom commands. Turning custom commands off does not hide it; its own checkbox in Settings does.

Any quicklink with an {argument} in its link becomes a fallback. Your text fills the first argument. If that was the only value it needed, it opens straight away. If it needs more, Search Quicklinks opens with your text already filled in and the next field ready.

Settings

Settings → Fallbacks lists every fallback on offer, each with a checkbox. The arrow buttons change the order.

A fallback whose feature is switched off does not show here or in search.

The order and the checkboxes are never included in a backup, so importing a file cannot put a shell command runner into your launcher.

Open in Browser

Open in Browser is the opposite of a fallback. When your text looks like a web address, like https://… or github.com/user/repo, Open in Browser appears at the top of the results instead, and opens it in your default browser.

It learns nothing and cannot be a favorite, because it only exists for the text you typed.

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