# Automatically Expand URLs to Well-Titled Links

With this #recipe you can convert a link to a fully-formed Markdown link, using the page's title as a display name. Useful for citations and creating link collections.

## Required Extensions

- [Markdown Link Expander](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=skn0tt.markdown-link-expander) (not included in template)

Markdown Link Expander will scrape your URL's `<title>` tag to create a nice Markdown-style link.

## Instructions

![Demo](../assets/images/prettify-links-demo.gif)

1. Highlight desired URL
2. `Cmd` + `Shift` + `P`
3. `Expand URL to Markdown`
4. Profit

Tip: If you paste a lot of links, give the action a custom [key binding](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/keybindings)

## Feedback and issues

Have an idea for the extension? [Feel free to share! 🎉](https://github.com/Skn0tt/markdown-link-expander/issues)
