Save links from screenshots

The link recovery problem

A screenshot of a tweet, chat, or article often shows a title or mention without the actual URL. The context is clear when you take it, but a week later the image is just another screenshot in Photos.

Copying links manually is slow and easy to forget. The result is a growing library of screenshots you meant to revisit but never did.

How SnapAction recovers links

SnapAction uses a Convex-backed OpenRouter agent to analyze the screenshot. If a URL is visible, it is extracted directly. If only a title, repo name, product, or place is visible, SnapAction can use Serper search and URL verification to recover the likely canonical link before saving the card.

The saved card includes the title, URL, type, tags, description, and an Open action so the link is usable immediately.

When link recovery works best

Link recovery works best when the screenshot contains a clear primary resource: a GitHub repo page, an article title, a product name, a place name, or a video title. Screenshots with ambiguous titles, heavy cropping, or multiple unrelated items may produce less useful results.

What happens to the recovered link

The link is stored in a local SwiftData resource card alongside tags, metadata, and the screenshot reference. You can open it directly from SnapAction, mark it as read or favorite, and find it again through search or the Rewind daily digest.