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# `MD034` - Bare URL used
Tags: `links`, `url`
Aliases: `no-bare-urls`
Fixable: Some violations can be fixed by tooling
This rule is triggered whenever a URL or email address appears without
surrounding angle brackets:
```markdown
For more info, visit https://www.example.com/ or email user@example.com.
```
To fix this, add angle brackets around the URL or email address:
```markdown
For more info, visit <https://www.example.com/> or email <user@example.com>.
```
If a URL or email address contains non-ASCII characters, it may be not be
handled as intended even when angle brackets are present. In such cases,
[percent-encoding](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding) can be used
to comply with the required syntax for URL and email.
Note: To include a bare URL or email without it being converted into a link,
wrap it in a code span:
```markdown
Not a clickable link: `https://www.example.com`
```
Note: The following scenario does not trigger this rule because it could be a
shortcut link:
```markdown
[https://www.example.com]
```
Note: The following syntax triggers this rule because the nested link could be
a shortcut link (which takes precedence):
```markdown
[text [shortcut] text](https://example.com)
```
To avoid this, escape both inner brackets:
```markdown
[link \[text\] link](https://example.com)
```
Rationale: Without angle brackets, a bare URL or email isn't converted into a
link by some Markdown parsers.