Summary

Chrome does not provide a keyboard shortcut to copy the current tab: Chrome keyboard shortcuts - Computer - Google Chrome Help

so, I use an extension called TabCopy that does and also supports different formats (link markdown.) I typically paste these into other documents (like GitHub or OneNote) for bi-directional linking.

One problem I have is typically the titles for web pages served from Atlassian (like Jira or Wiki) often have unnecessary suffix's appended making the links unwieldly long.

Every time I paste these them into other documents, I find myself manually removing those suffix's. The site managers for these application explain they cannot remove those suffixes, so I looked for another way to do that.

One suggestion was to look at the Mac Automator: Automator User Guide for Mac - Apple Support

The Automator has been around for awhile, and provides a way to create Quick Action s that can be scoped by application, and also assigned keyboard shortcuts.

Thus, I have created such an action here.

Useage

1. Copy ./TabCopy.workflow to /Users/<username>/Library/Services
2. Open Chrome application
3. Chrome > Services > Services Preferences…
4. In Shortcuts > Services scroll down to General
5. Select TabCopy and Add Shortcut
6. Specify a shortcut, like Cmd-U

Now, when in Chrome, if you press that shortcut, a customized hyperlink is placed on the clipboard.