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Match a link with a simple pattern

Match a whole site, one page, or every subdomain by picking a suggestion. Bouncer builds the suggestions from your example link.

  1. Open the rule editor. Go to Settings > Rules and click +, or click Create Rule from ”…” in the menu bar.
  2. Enter a real link in Example link:. The suggestions appear under When… a moment later.
  3. Select the suggestion you want. The most useful one is already selected.
  4. Choose a browser, profile, or app under Open in….
  5. Click Save Rule.

Bouncer checks every suggestion against the example link. Each one matches it, so you can pick by meaning.

The suggestions below are for the example link https://docs.example.com/guide/42. Each row shows its pattern in small text under the label.

SuggestionWhat it matches
any page on docs.example.comEvery page on that host. Selected by default. The pattern is docs.example.com/*.
this exact pageOnly that one address.
any subdomain of example.comEvery host that ends in .example.com. Shown only when the link has a subdomain. The pattern is *.example.com/*.
custom patternYour own mix of fixed parts and wildcards, built from token pills. The hint reads Match select parts of the url.

For known services the labels use the service name instead. Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, GitHub, Linear, Figma, and Notion are known. A Google Meet link offers any Google Meet link and anything on Google, for example.

When the link has a port, a second host suggestion appears without the port.

Press the Up and Down arrow keys to move between suggestions.

Select custom pattern to see the token pills. Bouncer splits the example link into one pill per part: subdomain, domain, top-level domain, port, and each part of the path. Dots and slashes appear as separators.

Click a pill to switch it between its text and *. A * matches anything in that spot. The helper text reads Toggle parts to include or wildcard them.

Parts that look like IDs start as *. Numbers, long hex strings, and UUIDs count as IDs. In the example above, 42 starts as *, so the rule matches every guide.

For every wildcard and worked examples, see the Glob cheat sheet.