diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3396996dff..3bb4dadd64 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
- "zerocopy",
+ "zerocopy 0.7.35",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_cbor",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror 1.0.64",
- "uuid 1.12.0",
+ "uuid 1.16.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ checksum = "d38f2da7a0a2c4ccf0065be06397cc26a81f4e528be095826eee9d4adbb8c60f"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "fnv",
- "uuid 1.12.0",
+ "uuid 1.16.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "time",
  "tokio 1.42.0",
  "url",
- "uuid 1.12.0",
+ "uuid 1.16.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bef552e6f588e446098f6ba40d89ac146c8c7b64aade83c051ee00bb5d2bc18d"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
- "uuid 1.12.0",
+ "uuid 1.16.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3233,6 +3233,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "73fea8450eea4bac3940448fb7ae50d91f034f941199fcd9d909a5a07aa455f0"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "libc",
+ "r-efi",
+ "wasi 0.14.2+wasi-0.2.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gif"
 version = "0.13.1"
@@ -4582,7 +4594,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "url",
  "urlencoding",
- "uuid 1.12.0",
+ "uuid 1.16.0",
  "validator",
  "webp",
  "woothee",
@@ -4968,7 +4980,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror 1.0.64",
  "time",
- "uuid 1.12.0",
+ "uuid 1.16.0",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "web-sys",
  "yaup",
@@ -6349,7 +6361,7 @@ version = "0.2.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77957b295656769bb8ad2b6a6b09d897d94f05c41b069aede1fcdaa675eaea04"
 dependencies = [
- "zerocopy",
+ "zerocopy 0.7.35",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6694,6 +6706,12 @@ version = "0.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "640c9bd8497b02465aeef5375144c26062e0dcd5939dfcbb0f5db76cb8c17c73"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "r-efi"
+version = "5.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "74765f6d916ee2faa39bc8e68e4f3ed8949b48cccdac59983d287a7cb71ce9c5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "r2d2"
 version = "0.8.10"
@@ -6736,6 +6754,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3779b94aeb87e8bd4e834cee3650289ee9e0d5677f976ecdb6d219e5f4f6cd94"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
+ "rand_core 0.9.3",
+ "zerocopy 0.8.24",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_chacha"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -6756,6 +6785,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3022b5f1df60f26e1ffddd6c66e8aa15de382ae63b3a0c1bfc0e4d3e3f325cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "ppv-lite86",
+ "rand_core 0.9.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_core"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -6774,6 +6813,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.15",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "99d9a13982dcf210057a8a78572b2217b667c3beacbf3a0d8b454f6f82837d38"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.3.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_hc"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -7148,7 +7196,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rkyv_derive",
  "seahash",
  "tinyvec",
- "uuid 1.12.0",
+ "uuid 1.16.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7532,7 +7580,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "url",
- "uuid 1.12.0",
+ "uuid 1.16.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7785,7 +7833,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 1.0.64",
  "time",
  "url",
- "uuid 1.12.0",
+ "uuid 1.16.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8985,7 +9033,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.7",
  "time",
  "url",
- "uuid 1.12.0",
+ "uuid 1.16.0",
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
@@ -9078,7 +9126,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.7",
  "toml 0.8.19",
  "url",
- "uuid 1.12.0",
+ "uuid 1.16.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -9259,7 +9307,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "toml 0.8.19",
  "url",
  "urlpattern",
- "uuid 1.12.0",
+ "uuid 1.16.0",
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
@@ -9355,7 +9403,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "url",
  "urlencoding",
- "uuid 1.12.0",
+ "uuid 1.16.0",
  "whoami",
  "winreg 0.52.0",
  "zip 0.6.6",
@@ -9397,7 +9445,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
  "tracing-error",
  "url",
- "uuid 1.12.0",
+ "uuid 1.16.0",
  "window-shadows",
 ]
 
@@ -9416,7 +9464,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-error",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "url",
- "uuid 1.12.0",
+ "uuid 1.16.0",
  "webbrowser",
 ]
 
@@ -10033,7 +10081,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mutually_exclusive_features",
  "pin-project",
  "tracing",
- "uuid 1.12.0",
+ "uuid 1.16.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -10381,12 +10429,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.12.0"
+version = "1.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "744018581f9a3454a9e15beb8a33b017183f1e7c0cd170232a2d1453b23a51c4"
+checksum = "458f7a779bf54acc9f347480ac654f68407d3aab21269a6e3c9f922acd9e2da9"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "getrandom 0.3.2",
+ "js-sys",
+ "rand 0.9.0",
  "serde",
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
@@ -10537,6 +10586,15 @@ version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.14.2+wasi-0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9683f9a5a998d873c0d21fcbe3c083009670149a8fab228644b8bd36b2c48cb3"
+dependencies = [
+ "wit-bindgen-rt",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasite"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -11317,6 +11375,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wit-bindgen-rt"
+version = "0.39.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6f42320e61fe2cfd34354ecb597f86f413484a798ba44a8ca1165c58d42da6c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "woothee"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -11644,7 +11711,16 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1b9b4fd18abc82b8136838da5d50bae7bdea537c574d8dc1a34ed098d6c166f0"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
- "zerocopy-derive",
+ "zerocopy-derive 0.7.35",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.8.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2586fea28e186957ef732a5f8b3be2da217d65c5969d4b1e17f973ebbe876879"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive 0.8.24",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -11658,6 +11734,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.90",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.8.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a996a8f63c5c4448cd959ac1bab0aaa3306ccfd060472f85943ee0750f0169be"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.90",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zerofrom"
 version = "0.1.4"
diff --git a/apps/app-frontend/src/App.vue b/apps/app-frontend/src/App.vue
index 00c82c0cf5..1a12bd35c7 100644
--- a/apps/app-frontend/src/App.vue
+++ b/apps/app-frontend/src/App.vue
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ async function handleCommand(e) {
     }
   } else {
     // Other commands are URL-based (deep linking)
+    console.log(e.event)
     urlModal.value.show(e)
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/app-frontend/src/helpers/types.d.ts b/apps/app-frontend/src/helpers/types.d.ts
index 1007744d0f..5dc07a2bb9 100644
--- a/apps/app-frontend/src/helpers/types.d.ts
+++ b/apps/app-frontend/src/helpers/types.d.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { ModrinthId } from '@modrinth/utils'
 
 type GameInstance = {
   path: string
+  uuid: string
   install_stage: InstallStage
 
   name: string
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/Cargo.toml b/packages/app-lib/Cargo.toml
index eb098779f2..df006755d2 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/app-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ toml = "0.8.12"
 sha1_smol = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["std"] }
 sha2 = "0.10.8"
 url = "2.2"
-uuid = { version = "1.1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.16.0", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 zip = "0.6.5"
 async_zip = { version = "0.0.17", features = ["chrono", "tokio-fs", "deflate", "bzip2", "zstd", "deflate64"] }
 flate2 = "1.0.28"
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/src/api/handler.rs b/packages/app-lib/src/api/handler.rs
index fd6b766ec3..9827d8486b 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/src/api/handler.rs
+++ b/packages/app-lib/src/api/handler.rs
@@ -8,33 +8,38 @@ use crate::{
     util::io,
 };
 
-/// Handles external functions (such as through URL deep linkage)
-/// Link is extracted value (link) in somewhat URL format, such as
-/// subdomain1/subdomain2
-/// (Does not include modrinth://)
 pub async fn handle_url(sublink: &str) -> crate::Result<CommandPayload> {
-    Ok(match sublink.split_once('/') {
-        // /mod/{id}   -    Installs a mod of mod id
-        Some(("mod", id)) => CommandPayload::InstallMod { id: id.to_string() },
-        // /version/{id}   -    Installs a specific version of id
-        Some(("version", id)) => {
-            CommandPayload::InstallVersion { id: id.to_string() }
-        }
-        // /modpack/{id}   -    Installs a modpack of modpack id
-        Some(("modpack", id)) => {
-            CommandPayload::InstallModpack { id: id.to_string() }
-        }
+    let parts: Vec<&str> = sublink.split('/').filter(|s| !s.is_empty()).collect();
+
+    if parts.is_empty() {
+        emit_warning(&format!("Invalid command, unrecognized path: {sublink}")).await?;
+        return Err(crate::ErrorKind::InputError(format!(
+            "Invalid command, unrecognized path: {sublink}"
+        ))
+            .into());
+    }
+
+    match parts.as_slice() {
+        // /mod/{id} - Installs a mod of mod id
+        ["mod", id] => Ok(CommandPayload::InstallMod { id: id.to_string() }),
+        // /version/{id} - Installs a specific version of id
+        ["version", id] => Ok(CommandPayload::InstallVersion { id: id.to_string() }),
+        // /modpack/{id} - Installs a modpack of modpack id
+        ["modpack", id] => Ok(CommandPayload::InstallModpack { id: id.to_string() }),
+        // /instance/{uuid}/{action_type} - Performs a specific action on a specific instance.
+        // {action_type} is of "play" | "edit"
+        ["instance", id, action_type] => Ok(CommandPayload::ManageInstance { id: id.to_string(), action_type: action_type.to_string() }),
         _ => {
             emit_warning(&format!(
                 "Invalid command, unrecognized path: {sublink}"
             ))
-            .await?;
-            return Err(crate::ErrorKind::InputError(format!(
+                .await?;
+            Err(crate::ErrorKind::InputError(format!(
                 "Invalid command, unrecognized path: {sublink}"
             ))
-            .into());
+                .into())
         }
-    })
+    }
 }
 
 pub async fn parse_command(
@@ -59,12 +64,12 @@ pub async fn parse_command(
             "Invalid command, unrecognized filetype: {}",
             path.display()
         ))
-        .await?;
+            .await?;
         Err(crate::ErrorKind::InputError(format!(
             "Invalid command, unrecognized filetype: {}",
             path.display()
         ))
-        .into())
+            .into())
     }
 }
 
@@ -72,4 +77,4 @@ pub async fn parse_and_emit_command(command_string: &str) -> crate::Result<()> {
     let command = parse_command(command_string).await?;
     emit_command(command).await?;
     Ok(())
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/src/event/mod.rs b/packages/app-lib/src/event/mod.rs
index 0c0ac023e8..e3bdfa50ae 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/src/event/mod.rs
+++ b/packages/app-lib/src/event/mod.rs
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ pub enum CommandPayload {
     InstallModpack {
         id: String,
     },
+    ManageInstance {
+        id: String,
+        action_type: String
+    },
     RunMRPack {
         // run or install .mrpack
         path: PathBuf,
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/src/state/profiles.rs b/packages/app-lib/src/state/profiles.rs
index 97b92cf8d8..c4f8fd4618 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/src/state/profiles.rs
+++ b/packages/app-lib/src/state/profiles.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ use sqlx::SqlitePool;
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::path::Path;
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
 // Represent a Minecraft instance.
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct Profile {
     pub path: String,
+    pub uuid: Uuid,
     pub install_stage: ProfileInstallStage,
 
     pub name: String,