URL parameters

Summary#

Metric Vault addresses carry meaning in three places: the path, the query string after ?, and the fragment after #. This page lists every one the platform reads, on the app, the sign-in page and the public site, plus the permanent redirects that keep old links working. Use it to bookmark a tool, to build a link for a teammate, or to work out why a link landed somewhere unexpected.

Overview#

Three rules cover almost every case.

• The dashboard remembers which tool you are on in the fragment. Open a tool and the address becomes https://metricvaultai.com/dashboard#/<tool>. That address is a working bookmark: it opens straight into that tool.
• The query string is only used at sign-in. It carries a chosen plan into checkout, or an error handed back by a sign-in provider. Nothing in the app itself is driven by ? parameters.
• Anything the platform does not recognize is ignored, harmlessly. Campaign tags, referral tags and anything else you append are neither read nor stored.

Dashboard: deep links into a tool#

The Dashboard home view deliberately has no fragment, so the address stays /dashboard rather than repeating the word.

Finding the identifier for a tool#

Two reliable ways, both inside the app:

1. Open the tool and read the address bar. Everything after #/ is the identifier.
2. Press Ctrl + K to open the command palette and start typing the tool name. Each result row shows its identifier in small monospaced text on the right. See The command palette (Ctrl+K).

A few examples of the pattern, from the tool list:

The full catalogue of tools is in Tool catalog and credit cost.

Browser navigation#

The fragment is written into browser history as you move between tools, so Back and Forward work as you would expect, and a reload keeps you on the tool you were using rather than dropping you home.

Sign-in page parameters#

These are read on /login (equivalently /login.html).

Notes on behavior:

• A plan chosen before sign-in survives a Google round trip even though the return address cannot carry it, because the choice is held in the browser tab for the duration.
• After a provider error is shown, the error parameters are stripped from the address so a refresh does not repeat the message. A pending plan and billing are preserved.
• If you are already signed in and land on /login with ?plan=, you are taken straight to checkout with Opening secure checkout… on screen. Without it, you see Taking you to your dashboard….
• access_denied is not treated as a failure. It means you closed Google's consent screen, and the page says Google sign-in was cancelled. You can try again or use your email and password.

Dashboard sign-in parameters#

The dashboard reads the same set of provider parameters, because a completed sign-in can return directly to it.

If you are not signed in and none of these are present, you are sent to the sign-in page rather than parked on a dead end.

Paths that carry a value#

Share slugs are generated, never guessable from the report title, and a link can be given an expiry when you create it. Deleting the link makes the address stop working immediately.

Public site anchors#

The navigation bar's Platform and Customers links point at the first two. On the homepage itself they scroll; from any other page they navigate home first, then scroll.

Permanent redirects#

These return a permanent redirect, so old bookmarks and indexed links keep working.

Each free-tools path also resolves with or without a trailing .html.

The old /free/* slugs are not redirected. _routes.json excludes /free/* from the Worker, so those paths never reach it and return 404. /free-tools/ is the only URL for the free tools hub.

Parameters the platform does not use#

Being explicit here saves a debugging session.

Two things you may see that are not parameters#

Troubleshooting#