I'm trying to look for an addon to replace QuickChatLink that allowed me just type the name of an item between brackets and autolink to it. Sadly, it doesn't work anymore and i've been searching for a good replacement but I can't find anything that does this. Does anyone know of a similar addon that works in Cataclysm?
No. What the OP is looking for is an addon that allows him to type [Ashk, hit tab, have the addon auto-complete Ashkandi for him, hit the closing ], and have the text become a link.
I've added it to my to-do list (right after CCAssign and an upcoming minigame) in case no alternative shows up.