diff --git a/src/constants.telemetry.ts b/src/constants.telemetry.ts
index 4148de80f3b59..98250c120f3f0 100644
--- a/src/constants.telemetry.ts
+++ b/src/constants.telemetry.ts
@@ -256,7 +256,12 @@ export type TelemetryEvents = {
 	/** Sent when a launchpad operation is taking longer than a set timeout to complete */
 	'launchpad/operation/slow': {
 		timeout: number;
-		operation: 'getMyPullRequests' | 'getCodeSuggestions' | 'getEnrichedItems' | 'getCodeSuggestionCounts';
+		operation:
+			| 'getMyPullRequests'
+			| 'getCodeSuggestions'
+			| 'getEnrichedItems'
+			| 'getCodeSuggestionCounts'
+			| 'getPullRequest';
 		duration: number;
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/plus/launchpad/launchpad.ts b/src/plus/launchpad/launchpad.ts
index b7483ddb3f816..e59236c295de1 100644
--- a/src/plus/launchpad/launchpad.ts
+++ b/src/plus/launchpad/launchpad.ts
@@ -524,11 +524,12 @@ export class LaunchpadCommand extends QuickCommand<State> {
 
 		const updateItems = async (
 			quickpick: QuickPick<LaunchpadItemQuickPickItem | DirectiveQuickPickItem | ConnectMoreIntegrationsItem>,
+			search?: string,
 		) => {
 			quickpick.busy = true;
 
 			try {
-				await updateContextItems(this.container, context, { force: true });
+				await updateContextItems(this.container, context, { force: true, search: search });
 
 				const { items, placeholder } = getItemsAndPlaceholder();
 				quickpick.placeholder = placeholder;
@@ -555,7 +556,7 @@ export class LaunchpadCommand extends QuickCommand<State> {
 				LaunchpadSettingsQuickInputButton,
 				RefreshQuickInputButton,
 			],
-			onDidChangeValue: quickpick => {
+			onDidChangeValue: async quickpick => {
 				const hideGroups = Boolean(quickpick.value?.length);
 
 				if (groupsHidden !== hideGroups) {
@@ -591,8 +592,13 @@ export class LaunchpadCommand extends QuickCommand<State> {
 								// This is a hack because the quickpick doesn't update until you change the items
 								quickpick.items = [...quickpick.items];
 							}
+							// We have found an item that matches to the URL.
+							// Now it will be displayed as the found item and we exit this function now without sending any requests to API:
+							return true;
 						}
 					}
+					// Nothing is found above, so let's perform search in the API:
+					await updateItems(quickpick, value);
 				}
 
 				return true;
@@ -1329,7 +1335,11 @@ function getIntegrationTitle(integrationId: string): string {
 	}
 }
 
-async function updateContextItems(container: Container, context: Context, options?: { force?: boolean }) {
+async function updateContextItems(
+	container: Container,
+	context: Context,
+	options?: { force?: boolean; search?: string },
+) {
 	context.result = await container.launchpad.getCategorizedItems(options);
 	if (container.telemetry.enabled) {
 		updateTelemetryContext(context);
diff --git a/src/plus/launchpad/launchpadProvider.ts b/src/plus/launchpad/launchpadProvider.ts
index f535cfd0fb1b3..8010a03b67631 100644
--- a/src/plus/launchpad/launchpadProvider.ts
+++ b/src/plus/launchpad/launchpadProvider.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ import { showInspectView } from '../../webviews/commitDetails/actions';
 import type { ShowWipArgs } from '../../webviews/commitDetails/protocol';
 import type { IntegrationResult } from '../integrations/integration';
 import type { ConnectionStateChangeEvent } from '../integrations/integrationService';
+import type { GitHubRepositoryDescriptor } from '../integrations/providers/github';
+import { getPullRequestIdentityValuesFromSearch } from '../integrations/providers/github';
 import type { EnrichablePullRequest, ProviderActionablePullRequest } from '../integrations/providers/models';
 import {
 	fromProviderPullRequest,
@@ -318,6 +320,34 @@ export class LaunchpadProvider implements Disposable {
 		return { prs: prs, suggestionCounts: suggestionCounts };
 	}
 
+	private async getSearchedPullRequests(search: string) {
+		const { ownerAndRepo, prNumber } = getPullRequestIdentityValuesFromSearch(search);
+		let result: TimedResult<SearchedPullRequest[] | undefined> | undefined;
+
+		if (prNumber != null) {
+			if (ownerAndRepo != null) {
+				// TODO: This needs to be generalized to work outside of GitHub
+				const integration = await this.container.integrations.get(HostingIntegrationId.GitHub);
+				const [owner, repo] = ownerAndRepo.split('/', 2);
+				const descriptor: GitHubRepositoryDescriptor = {
+					key: ownerAndRepo,
+					owner: owner,
+					name: repo,
+				};
+				const pr = await withDurationAndSlowEventOnTimeout(
+					integration?.getPullRequest(descriptor, prNumber),
+					'getPullRequest',
+					this.container,
+				);
+				if (pr?.value != null) {
+					result = { value: [{ pullRequest: pr.value, reasons: [] }], duration: pr.duration };
+					return { prs: result, suggestionCounts: undefined };
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return { prs: undefined, suggestionCounts: undefined };
+	}
+
 	private _enrichedItems: CachedLaunchpadPromise<TimedResult<EnrichedItem[]>> | undefined;
 	@debug<LaunchpadProvider['getEnrichedItems']>({ args: { 0: o => `force=${o?.force}` } })
 	private async getEnrichedItems(options?: { cancellation?: CancellationToken; force?: boolean }) {
@@ -612,12 +642,12 @@ export class LaunchpadProvider implements Disposable {
 	@gate<LaunchpadProvider['getCategorizedItems']>(o => `${o?.force ?? false}`)
 	@log<LaunchpadProvider['getCategorizedItems']>({ args: { 0: o => `force=${o?.force}`, 1: false } })
 	async getCategorizedItems(
-		options?: { force?: boolean },
+		options?: { force?: boolean; search?: string },
 		cancellation?: CancellationToken,
 	): Promise<LaunchpadCategorizedResult> {
 		const scope = getLogScope();
 
-		const fireRefresh = options?.force || this._prs == null;
+		const fireRefresh = !options?.search && (options?.force || this._prs == null);
 
 		const ignoredRepositories = new Set(
 			(configuration.get('launchpad.ignoredRepositories') ?? []).map(r => r.toLowerCase()),
@@ -638,7 +668,9 @@ export class LaunchpadProvider implements Disposable {
 			const [_, enrichedItemsResult, prsWithCountsResult] = await Promise.allSettled([
 				this.container.git.isDiscoveringRepositories,
 				this.getEnrichedItems({ force: options?.force, cancellation: cancellation }),
-				this.getPullRequestsWithSuggestionCounts({ force: options?.force, cancellation: cancellation }),
+				options?.search
+					? this.getSearchedPullRequests(options.search)
+					: this.getPullRequestsWithSuggestionCounts({ force: options?.force, cancellation: cancellation }),
 			]);
 
 			if (cancellation?.isCancellationRequested) throw new CancellationError();
@@ -752,7 +784,7 @@ export class LaunchpadProvider implements Disposable {
 						item.suggestedActionCategory,
 					)!;
 					// category overrides
-					if (staleDate != null && item.updatedDate.getTime() < staleDate.getTime()) {
+					if (!options?.search && staleDate != null && item.updatedDate.getTime() < staleDate.getTime()) {
 						actionableCategory = 'other';
 					} else if (codeSuggestionsCount > 0 && item.viewer.isAuthor) {
 						actionableCategory = 'code-suggestions';
@@ -788,7 +820,10 @@ export class LaunchpadProvider implements Disposable {
 			};
 			return result;
 		} finally {
-			this.updateGroupedIds(result?.items ?? []);
+			if (!options?.search) {
+				this.updateGroupedIds(result?.items ?? []);
+			}
+
 			if (result != null && fireRefresh) {
 				this._onDidRefresh.fire(result);
 			}
@@ -1045,7 +1080,12 @@ const slowEventTimeout = 1000 * 30; // 30 seconds
 
 function withDurationAndSlowEventOnTimeout<T>(
 	promise: Promise<T>,
-	name: 'getMyPullRequests' | 'getCodeSuggestionCounts' | 'getCodeSuggestions' | 'getEnrichedItems',
+	name:
+		| 'getMyPullRequests'
+		| 'getCodeSuggestionCounts'
+		| 'getCodeSuggestions'
+		| 'getEnrichedItems'
+		| 'getPullRequest',
 	container: Container,
 ): Promise<TimedResult<T>> {
 	return timedWithSlowThreshold(promise, {