From your Steam inventory
In Steam, open your profile, go to Inventory and pick the Counter-Strike 2 tab.
Click the item. Its details open next to the inventory.
Right-click the Inspect in Game… button and choose Copy link address.
From the Steam Community Market
On the Market, every listing is a different item with its own float and pattern, so every listing has its own inspect link.
Open the item's page on the Steam Community Market and scroll down to its listings.
Find the listing you want. Its Inspect in Game… button shows up when you hover over or click the item.
Right-click the button and choose Copy link address.
From another player's inventory or a trade offer
Public inventories work just like your own: open the player's Steam profile, go to Inventory and the Counter-Strike 2 tab, click the item and copy the link of its Inspect in Game… button. Private inventories don't show their items, so there is no link to copy.
In a trade offer, hover over an item and right-click the Inspect in Game… button in its tooltip.
From trading sites and marketplaces
Most marketplaces and trading sites show an inspect button or icon on their listings. Right-click it and copy the link address, or use the site's own Copy inspect link option if it has one.
What a CS2 inspect link looks like
Every inspect link is a Steam link that starts CS2 with the command csgo_econ_action_preview. The links Steam gives out today look like this, with the long string of letters and numbers after %20 describing the item itself:
steam://run/730//+csgo_econ_action_preview%20C2D4E8F01A3B5C7D9E1F2A4B6C8D0E2F3A5B7C9D…
Older links point to the item instead: S is the owner's Steam ID, A the item's asset ID and D a check value. Links to Market listings have M and the listing ID in place of S.
steam://rungame/730/76561202255233023/+csgo_econ_action_preview%20S76561198000000000A40000000000D1234567890123456789
An inspect link only describes how an item looks. Nobody can use it to log in to your account, trade your items or take anything from you.
How to open an inspect link in CS2
Click the link, or paste it into your browser's address bar, and Steam starts CS2 and shows the item.
If the game is already running, you can use the console instead: turn on the developer console in Settings → Game, open it with the ~ key and enter csgo_econ_action_preview followed by a space and everything after %20 in the link.
How to open an inspect link without the game
Paste the link into Skinspect. The item loads in the 3D viewer within seconds, with its float, pattern, stickers and charms – no Steam, no CS2 and no login, on any device with a modern browser.
Why an inspect link doesn't work
- It's cut off. Inspect links are long, and chats and forms like to shorten them. Copy the whole link again.
- The item has moved. Older links point to an item in one inventory or listing. Once it's traded, sold or delisted, the link leads nowhere, so copy a fresh one from the item's current owner or listing.
- CS2 isn't installed. Opening a link in the game needs CS2 on your computer. Skinspect doesn't: paste the link here instead.