Categories and packs

At a glance

• A pack is a bundle of rules you import at once. SmartTab Organizer ships 49 built-in packs.
• A preset is a standalone regex template, selectable in the rule creation wizard. See Regex presets.
• A category provides an emoji and a label. 14 categories are defined, shared across every workspace. They do not affect the Chrome group color, which is an independent field on the rule.

Pack, preset, category

Concept	Action	Where to find it
Pack	Adds several rules at once.	Packs gallery (Rules page, Import / Export, onboarding hero).
Preset	Prefills the rule currently being edited.	Preset dropdown in the rule creation wizard.
Category	Gives an emoji and a label to a rule or a session.	Category field in the rule wizard and in the session editor.

The 14 categories

Categories are built into the extension and defined in src/data/categories.json. They cannot be created or modified from the UI: you pick them from the Category field in the rule wizard or in the session editor.

Emoji	Category	Example rules
🔍	Search	Search engines, Wikipedia
💬	Communication	Slack, Discord, video calls, e-mail
🎬	Media & Streaming	YouTube, Spotify, SVOD platforms
🗣️	Social	LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Reddit
🛍️	Commerce	Amazon, marketplaces
📰	News	French and international press
📋	Productivity	Jira, Linear, Notion, Google Workspace, design tools
🤖	AI assistants	ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity
✈️	Travel	Flights, hotels, train tickets
💰	Finance	Markets & quotes, payments, crypto
🎓	Learning	MOOCs, professional training, creative
💻	Development	GitHub, GitLab, Stack Overflow
☁️	Cloud & DevOps	AWS, Azure, GCP, deployment
🛠️	Generic	Cross-cutting and fallback cases

Browse the gallery

The packs gallery is where you discover and pick packs before importing them. It offers two ways to narrow the list:

• Filter by category: the left sidebar lists the categories. Pick one to show only its packs.
• Search: the search field filters packs by name, accent insensitive (videoconference finds Video calls).

Packs that match your currently open tabs rise to the top with a Matches your open tabs label. An active search or category filter keeps priority over that ordering.

Import a pack

1. Open the import wizard from the Rules page, from Import / Export, or from the onboarding hero (Import a rules pack button while no rule exists). When some open tabs match a pack, the hero instead suggests those packs directly, pre-selected.
2. Pick the Pack tab.
3. Browse the gallery by category (left sidebar) or via search (accent insensitive: videoconference finds Video calls). Packs that match your open tabs rise to the top and carry a Matches your open tabs label; search and category filters keep priority.
4. Click a pack to see its details. Check the packs to import (multi-selection supported).
5. If the pack is configurable (for example AWS Console offers an AWS Service picker), pick the parameter before confirming.
6. Confirm. The pack’s rules are added to the active workspace.

Configurable packs

Some packs (typically cloud packs) offer a parameter to choose before import. The selected service becomes the headline rule on import; the pack’s other rules are also added, but the pack is marked as specialized for the chosen service.

You can reimport a pack several times with different parameters: rules already present are detected as conflicts by the import wizard and resolved case by case (see Import / Export).

Full catalog

The exhaustive list of the 49 packs is intentionally not reproduced in this documentation: it evolves with releases and would drift. The source of truth is the packs gallery itself, browsable inside the extension. Manifests are versioned in src/data/packs/ for anyone who wants to inspect or contribute.

Next steps

Domain RulesThe CRUD for rules, whether they come from a pack or were hand-crafted.

Regex presetsThe other configuration building block: the wizard's standalone regex patterns.

Group tabsThe role of regexes in group naming.

Import / ExportThe import wizard and conflict resolution.