diff --git a/lua/pending/forge.lua b/lua/pending/forge.lua
index 667eada..d9be9c5 100644
--- a/lua/pending/forge.lua
+++ b/lua/pending/forge.lua
@@ -196,6 +196,39 @@ function M.parse_ref(token)
   return M._parse_github_url(token) or M._parse_gitlab_url(token) or M._parse_codeberg_url(token)
 end
 
+---@class pending.ForgeSpan
+---@field ref pending.ForgeRef
+---@field start_byte integer
+---@field end_byte integer
+---@field raw string
+
+---@param text string
+---@return pending.ForgeSpan[]
+function M.find_refs(text)
+  local results = {}
+  local pos = 1
+  while pos <= #text do
+    local ws = text:find('%S', pos)
+    if not ws then
+      break
+    end
+    local token_end = text:find('%s', ws)
+    local token = token_end and text:sub(ws, token_end - 1) or text:sub(ws)
+    local ref = M.parse_ref(token)
+    if ref then
+      local eb = token_end and (token_end - 1) or #text
+      table.insert(results, {
+        ref = ref,
+        start_byte = ws - 1,
+        end_byte = eb,
+        raw = token,
+      })
+    end
+    pos = token_end and token_end or (#text + 1)
+  end
+  return results
+end
+
 ---@param ref pending.ForgeRef
 ---@return string
 function M._api_url(ref)
@@ -395,25 +428,5 @@ function M.refresh(s)
   end
 end
 
----@return string[]
-function M.conceal_patterns()
-  local patterns = {
-    'gh:[A-Za-z0-9._-]\\+\\/[A-Za-z0-9._-]\\+#\\d\\+',
-    'gl:[A-Za-z0-9._-]\\+\\/[A-Za-z0-9._-]\\+#\\d\\+',
-    'cb:[A-Za-z0-9._-]\\+\\/[A-Za-z0-9._-]\\+#\\d\\+',
-    'https\\?:\\/\\/github\\.com\\/\\S\\+',
-    'https\\?:\\/\\/gitlab\\.com\\/\\S\\+',
-    'https\\?:\\/\\/codeberg\\.org\\/\\S\\+',
-  }
-  local cfg = config.get().forge or {}
-  for _, forge_key in ipairs({ 'github', 'gitlab', 'codeberg' }) do
-    local forge_cfg = cfg[forge_key] or {}
-    for _, inst in ipairs(forge_cfg.instances or {}) do
-      local escaped = inst:gsub('%.', '\\.'):gsub('/', '\\/')
-      table.insert(patterns, 'https\\?:\\/\\/' .. escaped .. '\\/\\S\\+')
-    end
-  end
-  return patterns
-end
 
 return M