# Tips **URL:** https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/c/devonagent/tips/20.md [Latest](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Tips category](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/about-the-tips-category/27)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/about-the-tips-category/27 "2003-08-28T12:49:22Z")
General discussion regarding DEVONagent --- ## [HELP, Google plugin not working at all](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/help-google-plugin-not-working-at-all/81917)
**Author:** [@sgmiller](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/sgmiller)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2026, 1:22am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/help-google-plugin-not-working-at-all/81917 "2026-05-08T01:22:50Z")
After 20 years, the DA Google plugin returns no results for any search. For example, log shows: https://www.google.com/search?as\_q=Test&num=100&ie=UTF-8&start=0&tbs=li:1 and when I click on it it does a google search w… --- ## [Looking for help in diagnosing a specialized search engine plugin](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/looking-for-help-in-diagnosing-a-specialized-search-engine-plugin/85844)
**Author:** [@jstarek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/jstarek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2025, 9:50am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/looking-for-help-in-diagnosing-a-specialized-search-engine-plugin/85844 "2025-12-14T09:50:13Z")
I need to (once again) integrate the BASE search engine (Bielefeld Academic Search engine) into DEVONagent. This was working a few years ago, but now, when trying to create the plugin, DEVONagent does not seem to see any… --- ## [Reset login keychain](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/reset-login-keychain/83841)
**Author:** [@JPC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/JPC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2025, 7:02am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/reset-login-keychain/83841 "2025-06-14T07:02:01Z")
How to reset/ update DA Pro keychain - as screenshot with thanks, Justin --- ## [DEVONagent simply explained, hopefully](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-simply-explained-hopefully/81465)
**Author:** [@benoit.pointet](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/benoit.pointet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 9:05am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-simply-explained-hopefully/81465 "2024-12-04T09:05:51Z")
Dear fellow DA and DT users, for whatever it’s worth, i tried to explain a bit the DEVONagent workflow and how each search setting influence it in this post: A way for me to make my howto notes useful for others. Hope… --- ## [American Chemical Society plug-in is not working and help with plug-ins for scientific reports and conference proceedings](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/american-chemical-society-plug-in-is-not-working-and-help-with-plug-ins-for-scientific-reports-and-conference-proceedings/78092)
**Author:** [@samrose](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/samrose)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/american-chemical-society-plug-in-is-not-working-and-help-with-plug-ins-for-scientific-reports-and-conference-proceedings/78092 "2024-01-05T16:41:11Z")
I am trying to learn how to create plugins that search websites containing conference proceedings, such as https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/IDETC-CIE. To do that, I tried to go through the example in the Help docum… --- ## [How to customize the region of the search engine?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-customize-the-region-of-the-search-engine/56464)
**Author:** [@Aiden](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Aiden)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-customize-the-region-of-the-search-engine/56464 "2023-10-04T06:34:36Z")
This is my first time using DEVONagent Pro, I want to know how to customize the search engine, the region, etc. Update: I already found that how to customize the search engine, but I still don’t get a clue how to custom… --- ## [Can I temporarily disable all scheduled search sets?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-i-temporarily-disable-all-scheduled-search-sets/19036)
**Author:** [@padillac](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/padillac)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-i-temporarily-disable-all-scheduled-search-sets/19036 "2021-11-10T10:26:28Z")
I’ve got a bunch of scheduled search sets, and I’d like to disable all scheduled searches while I’m working on something specific… and when I’m done, re-enable them. Right now i have to go through them one by one and ch… --- ## [SERP search set?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/serp-search-set/67229)
**Author:** [@PaulJ](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/PaulJ)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/serp-search-set/67229 "2021-10-19T10:07:33Z")
I’ve not seen any way for DevonAgent Pro to gather the top-ranking articles in Google (the so-called ‘SERP’). Is this possible? Being able to gather the top 30 results would be great! --- ## [Partial Word Search for German](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/partial-word-search-for-german/646)
**Author:** [@gucky](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/gucky)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/partial-word-search-for-german/646 "2021-10-14T11:00:22Z")
Hello In german nouns are mostly combinations of nouns/adjectives. If I search for "Interpretation" DA will not match "Kurzinterpretation". The same problem is with DT. If I do english search DA works quite well, for ge… --- ## [Type Color?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/type-color/18418)
**Author:** [@levelbest](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/levelbest)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/type-color/18418 "2021-08-30T15:06:55Z")
Why are the results in the digest in such hard to read font color? The same problem exists on the bottom of the results page. This was one of the reasons I stopped trying to use DevonAGENT. There is medium grey font colo… --- ## [How to use DAP’s RSS feeds](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-use-dap-s-rss-feeds/64702)
**Author:** [@Cannolo](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Cannolo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-use-dap-s-rss-feeds/64702 "2021-05-26T18:11:08Z")
I’ve found the RSS feeds in the Sites/rss folder, but I still don’t understand how to use them. I’ve tried various ways to subscribe to them with my news reader, but nothing seems to work. How are these RSS feeds put to… --- ## [Help: Copy a list of URLs into Sites Tab in a Search Set?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/help-copy-a-list-of-urls-into-sites-tab-in-a-search-set/20924)
**Author:** [@joeweb](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/joeweb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/help-copy-a-list-of-urls-into-sites-tab-in-a-search-set/20924 "2021-02-18T22:12:32Z")
I have a list of 200 URLS that I want to include in a Search Set under “Sites” to search in specifically. I have tried the following: putting all the sites into a .html file, opening that file in the DA Browser and c… --- ## [Batch import results of DA as clutter-free text in DT](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/batch-import-results-of-da-as-clutter-free-text-in-dt/23298)
**Author:** [@robindx](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/robindx)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/batch-import-results-of-da-as-clutter-free-text-in-dt/23298 "2021-02-18T01:55:02Z")
I would like to be able to import some of the results that I find with DevonAgent into DevonThink as clutter-free text. What I found in DA is the possibility to batch exports the results summaries or, when opening in the… --- ## [Firefox bookmarks do not appear](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/firefox-bookmarks-do-not-appear/24049)
**Author:** [@georgeorwell](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/georgeorwell)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/firefox-bookmarks-do-not-appear/24049 "2021-01-28T23:41:16Z")
From the file menu import\>bookmarks\>firefox A Firefox folder appears empty! Safari bookmarks import fine. DTP 2.9.17 OSX 10.12.6 Firefox 60.0.2 Also any option to import html or json bookmark file with a script?? T… --- ## [searching a domain extension](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/searching-a-domain-extension/21720)
**Author:** [@BRD943](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BRD943)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/searching-a-domain-extension/21720 "2021-01-03T12:07:39Z")
Have not been able to find the answer to this: Is it possible to construct a search restricted to a specific domain extension, e.g. Canadian sites (.ca)? Thanks. --- ## [Confusing DTP’s alerts: “start” and number of results](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/confusing-dtp-s-alerts-start-and-number-of-results/60674)
**Author:** [@Cannolo](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Cannolo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/confusing-dtp-s-alerts-start-and-number-of-results/60674 "2021-01-02T23:34:04Z")
DevonAgent Pro greets me with confusing alerts that give a number of results but also an option to start a search. What results does such an alert refer to, and how do I see them? And if it’s done a search and found resu… --- ## [Is there a plugin for Gallica? Or Google books?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-a-plugin-for-gallica-or-google-books/50561)
**Author:** [@jerwin](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/jerwin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-a-plugin-for-gallica-or-google-books/50561 "2020-12-30T15:28:13Z")
I use Gallica, the Bibliothèque Nationale De France’s digital library on a regular basis. Unfortunately, my favored search terms are also used in surgery-- and as a result, I have to weed out the spurious hits-- and BNF’… --- ## [Google News plugin returns few/no results](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/google-news-plugin-returns-few-no-results/24075)
**Author:** [@scottlougheed](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/scottlougheed)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/google-news-plugin-returns-few-no-results/24075 "2020-12-03T09:33:54Z")
I am wondering if anyone else is encountering this issue: I was searching for news articles related to a modestly complex query: (Canadia\* OR Canada) AND Ontario AND (recycl\* OR "Blue Box") Using the Google News plugin… --- ## [Devonthinkagent vs zotero or bookends](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthinkagent-vs-zotero-or-bookends/54759)
**Author:** [@arbrador](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/arbrador)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthinkagent-vs-zotero-or-bookends/54759 "2020-09-02T15:00:47Z")
Does Devonagentpro replace zotero or bookends for searching for articles etc? Of course a bibliography manager would still be needed after the book is written but it seems that Zotero searches the web for articles simila… --- ## [Limit results to this year and last](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/limit-results-to-this-year-and-last/56759)
**Author:** [@Cannolo](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Cannolo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/limit-results-to-this-year-and-last/56759 "2020-06-24T06:41:18Z")
I’ve set up a handful of search sets for news about vendors in my field. At first, I got results with news from years ago. So I added “2020” and “2019” to the search terms. But even that doesn’t help; I still get the sam… --- ## [How can I save all tabs as PDFs?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-can-i-save-all-tabs-as-pdfs/56423)
**Author:** [@mhucka](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/mhucka)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-can-i-save-all-tabs-as-pdfs/56423 "2020-06-13T22:50:19Z")
I’m still new to DEVONagent Pro, so pardon me if this has an obvious solution that I missed. I’m interacting with a site that uses session cookies and dynamically generated pages. One of the pages is an index page with … --- ## [DEVONagent for genealogical research - a newbie question](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-for-genealogical-research-a-newbie-question/24101)
**Author:** [@milena76](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/milena76)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-for-genealogical-research-a-newbie-question/24101 "2020-05-17T01:08:11Z")
Hello I do intensive research in genealogical research/DNA for me and for helping others (adoptees,…). For 3 years, I am a big fan of DEVONThink pro Office for classifying information and to get to cross matching infor… --- ## [DevonAgent and password managers](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988)
**Author:** [@N4M3Z](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/N4M3Z)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988 "2020-05-12T16:37:55Z")
Dear all, is there any way how to make DevonAgent (and consequently also DevonThink) work with widely accepted password managers like LastPass or 1password? All my documentation is password-protected which makes it far … --- ## [Google search stopped working](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/google-search-stopped-working/24216)
**Author:** [@hbshim](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/hbshim)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/google-search-stopped-working/24216 "2020-04-13T19:02:20Z")
Having satisfied with the trial version, I purchased a license but soon after that, Google search stopped working completely. It’s okay with every other search engines, but with Google, the only result I’m getting is “No… --- ## [Send Results via Email with Gmail SMTP-Server](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/send-results-via-email-with-gmail-smtp-server/16966)
**Author:** [@joeweb](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/joeweb)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/send-results-via-email-with-gmail-smtp-server/16966 "2020-04-01T12:01:05Z")
Hi, I’m trying to set up my gmail account as SMTP-Server to send results after the search is done. So far I did not manage that, I’m using in the prefs. the correct user name and passwort, smtp.gmail.com, port: 587, an… --- ## [Searching on pubmed](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/searching-on-pubmed/45908)
**Author:** [@vinschger](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/vinschger)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/searching-on-pubmed/45908 "2019-12-15T10:11:24Z")
If I search on pubmed with devonagent pro I get the title and authors information and the url, but not the abstract of any found search result. If I export to devonthink, therefore I have only those information (and not … --- ## [DEVONagent Newbie - Find PDFs](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-newbie-find-pdfs/24295)
**Author:** [@MarkDGee](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/MarkDGee)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-newbie-find-pdfs/24295 "2019-05-09T10:50:44Z")
Good day everyone. I’m a beginning user of DEVONagent and I have DEVONthink Pro Office too. I’m just beginning to engage the learning curve so I’m very grateful there’s a community to reach out to. My question relates,… --- ## [Searches in French not showing results](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/searches-in-french-not-showing-results/25207)
**Author:** [@monolateral](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/monolateral)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/searches-in-french-not-showing-results/25207 "2019-03-05T07:27:36Z")
I am new to using the agent; there may be something obvious I am missing but have not yet found. When I search in English I see the results. Searching for “Concordat de Bolognes” or “Concordat AND de AND Bolognes” shows… --- ## [Devonagent express search results](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-express-search-results/25083)
**Author:** [@artiss](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/artiss)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-express-search-results/25083 "2019-01-30T15:50:11Z")
Hello, I’m sure I might just be missing this functionally but here is what I was hoping for…I want to search from devonagent express, click on a link and have it open in devonagent browser with all search results in the … [Next page](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/c/devonagent/tips/20.md?page=1)