Help/Script Idea: Insert Multi-Link Reference (Hookmark + Markdown + Dropbox) for a File

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Hello All!

I’m looking for guidance—or proposing a feature—around a Hookmark workflow that improves cross-platform and multi-user interoperability, particularly when working with Daylite and Dropbox.

✱ The goal

When creating a Hookmark link to a file, I’d like Hookmark (or a script) to generate and paste a single, structured block of text that includes multiple ways to access the same file:

  1. Native Hookmark link (ideal on macOS with Hookmark installed)

  2. Markdown link using the file title as anchor text

  3. Direct Dropbox URL, clearly labeled

✱ Our setup (important context)

  • We use Dropbox (not iCloud Drive) to sync Hookmark link files in a shared, multi-user firm environment.

  • All users have access to the same shared Dropbox folder containing the Hookmark links, so links must remain stable across users and devices.

✱ Formatting constraints

Our output/paste targets vary:

  • Some destinations support rich text or Markdown (e.g., certain Daylite notes or emails).

  • Others allow plain text only, especially in mobile or integration contexts.

✱ Ideally, the output would be dynamic/contextual, but at a minimum should:

  • Look very organized when the output allows for Rich Text

  • Be clean and readable as plain text if necessary, and

  • Enhance gracefully when rich text or Markdown is supported.

✱ Example output

  • File: Document Title

    • Hookmark: hook://…

    • Markdown: [Document Title](…)

    • Dropbox: -https:// Dropbox,etc

Even in plain-text-only fields, this remains understandable and usable.

✱ Questions / request

  • Is this achievable today via a Hookmark script or integration?

  • Are there recommended patterns for:

    • Extracting the Hookmark link

    • Extracting the contextual Markdown link

    • Extracting the underlying Dropbox URL

    • Emitting all of the above as a single, paste-ready block that works in both rich-text and plain-text contexts?

If not currently possible, I’d like to suggest this as a feature request: a built-in action (or scriptable hook) that outputs multiple link representations for a single file, optimized for shared, cross-platform workflows.

This would be a huge help for our particular workflow and it could significantly improve reliability when linking files inside CRMs, emails, and other collaborative systems.

Thanks!

Austin Elliott