# Special inline commands

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/special-inline-commands/101012>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [October 31, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/special-inline-commands/101012 "2018-10-31T20:37:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![hellekin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hellekin/32/51636_2.png) [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/special-inline-commands/101012/1 "2018-10-31T20:37:48Z")

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Continuing the discussion from ["Looks like you’re enjoying the discussion"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looks-like-you-re-enjoying-the-discussion/101008/9):

> [@"Looks like you’re enjoying the discussion"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looks-like-you-re-enjoying-the-discussion/101008/9):
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> /shrug

I was just visiting [Quick actions · Project · User · Help · GitLab](https://framagit.org/help/user/project/quick_actions) and thought it would be a nice feature to have such markup extensions to Discourse. There’s a `/shrug` command on Gitlab that turns into `¯\＿(ツ)＿/¯`

Custom commands could be set for inline interpretation, e.g.:

- `RFC:2324` to auto-link to [RFC 2324 - Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0)](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2324)
- `ISBN:9780141036144` to auto-link to [https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/isbn/9780141036144/](https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/isbn/9780141036144/) (or whatever site has an ISBN search)
- etc.

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