Setup & IT rollout

We recommend the extension for ~everyone. It interceptshttp(s)://go/<slug> right in the browser and redirects to slashgo.io/go/<slug> — the request never even hits the network, so there's no DNS to configure and no rough edges. It also adds the Google-search fallback and the go <slug> omnibox keyword.

Edge runs the Chrome build — install it from the Chrome Web Store. There's no Safari version yet. The fleet rollout below is Chrome-only for now; the Firefox build on AMO predates the managed-policy support it needs.

Optional polish: add 127.0.0.1 go to your hosts file sogo/<slug> resolves instantly instead of bouncing through a Google search. The extension catches it before it leaves your machine, so the IP is just a placeholder — 127.0.0.1 is the standard pick.

Sharing links with people who aren't set up

go/<slug> only resolves on machines that have the extension installed. Paste one into a channel and anyone without it gets a browser error, not your link — which is the usual reason a rollout stalls.

So when you're announcing SlashGo, or sending a link to someone who may not be set up, use a normal web address instead. Both of these open for anyone, on any browser, phones included:

slashgo.io/start/<your-company>   # explains /go links, then signs them in
slashgo.io/go/<slug>              # goes straight to one link

Signed in, you'll find your company's start link in the app's Setup guide; owners can also copy it from Settings → Organization. It shows your company name, explains what go/ links are for someone who's never seen one, and sends them on to whatever they were trying to open.

MDM deployment

Rolling out at scale is two things: force-install the extension, then set your organization slug so teammates who open a go/ link before signing in see a page naming your company.

{ "orgSlug": { "Value": "your-slug" } }

Per-platform notes for the force-install itself:

What the extension can access, and why

The extension redirects with Chrome's declarativeNetRequestrules: a fixed list of URL patterns the browser itself matches and redirects. The extension doesn't see your other browsing, and it doesn't read page content. A redirect rule only works on sites the extension holds a host permission for, so it asks for exactly these:

• http://go/* and https://go/* — so a typed go/<name> is sent toslashgo.io/go/<name>.
• Google search on google.com, .co.uk,.ca, .com.au,.de and .fr, pluswww.bing.com — the search fallback. When the browser turnsgo/<name> into a search, only a search whose query starts with go/ is redirected; every other search is left alone.
• https://slashgo.io/* — where links are opened, and where the toolbar popup lists and creates your links while you're signed in.

What reaches slashgo.io: the go/ name you open; a once-a-day check that keeps you signed in; and, when you choose to save a page from the popup or the right-click menu, that page's address. The extension's activeTab permission lets the popup fill in the current tab's address only when you open it. Destination URLs are stored encrypted at rest (AES-256-GCM).

Troubleshooting: “go/ doesn't resolve”