From df4e83eada3a514f06b54c931c0cc507e186fe72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Ettinger <anthony@profullstack.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:22:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] w3bs:// typed in the address bar opens the resolver, not a
 search

Chromium sends a typed w3bs://chovy.hacker to the default search engine
(pit.world/search?q=w3bs%3A%2F%2Fchovy.hacker) instead of to the OS handler.
A declarativeNetRequest rule redirects any top-level search whose q= starts
with w3bs:// to w3bs.org/browse before the search page loads, for every
engine. declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess carries no install warning.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../generated_indexed_rulesets/_ruleset1        | Bin 0 -> 787 bytes
 .../desktop/extensions/ai-sidebar/manifest.json |  12 +++++++++++-
 .../extensions/ai-sidebar/w3bs-rules.json       |  16 ++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 apps/desktop/extensions/ai-sidebar/_metadata/generated_indexed_rulesets/_ruleset1
 create mode 100644 apps/desktop/extensions/ai-sidebar/w3bs-rules.json

diff --git a/apps/desktop/extensions/ai-sidebar/_metadata/generated_indexed_rulesets/_ruleset1 b/apps/desktop/extensions/ai-sidebar/_metadata/generated_indexed_rulesets/_ruleset1
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/apps/desktop/extensions/ai-sidebar/manifest.json b/apps/desktop/extensions/ai-sidebar/manifest.json
index 3d011d9..b72b4b2 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/extensions/ai-sidebar/manifest.json
+++ b/apps/desktop/extensions/ai-sidebar/manifest.json
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
     "privacy",
     "notifications",
     "alarms",
-    "contentSettings"
+    "contentSettings",
+    "declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess"
   ],
   "host_permissions": [
     "https://api.openai.com/*",
@@ -106,6 +107,15 @@
       "128": "icons/icon-128.png"
     }
   },
+  "declarative_net_request": {
+    "rule_resources": [
+      {
+        "id": "w3bs",
+        "enabled": true,
+        "path": "w3bs-rules.json"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
   "side_panel": {
     "default_path": "sidepanel.html"
   },
diff --git a/apps/desktop/extensions/ai-sidebar/w3bs-rules.json b/apps/desktop/extensions/ai-sidebar/w3bs-rules.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94aa8e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/extensions/ai-sidebar/w3bs-rules.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[
+  {
+    "id": 1,
+    "priority": 1,
+    "action": {
+      "type": "redirect",
+      "redirect": { "regexSubstitution": "https://w3bs.org/browse?q=\\1" }
+    },
+    "condition": {
+      "regexFilter": "^https://[^/]+/[^?#]*\\?(?:[^#]*&)?q=(w3bs%3A%2F%2F[^&#]*).*$",
+      "isUrlFilterCaseSensitive": false,
+      "resourceTypes": ["main_frame"],
+      "excludedRequestDomains": ["w3bs.org"]
+    }
+  }
+]