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Linkding by dvcrn — Agent Skill

Name: Linkding
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: dvcrn

Linkding

Manage bookmarks with Linkding. Use when the user asks to "save a bookmark", "add link", "search bookmarks", "list my bookmarks", "find saved links", "tag a bookmark", "archive bookmark", "check if URL is saved", "list tags", "create bundle", or mentions Linkding bookmark management.

dvcrn Updated Sep 8, 2026 32 repo stars

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Linkding Bookmark Manager

Query and manage bookmarks via the Linkding REST API.

Setup

Config: ~/.clawdbot/credentials/linkding/config.json

{
  "url": "https://linkding.example.com",
  "apiKey": "your-api-token"
}

Get your API token from Linkding Settings page.

Quick Reference

List/Search Bookmarks

# List recent bookmarks
./scripts/linkding-api.sh bookmarks

# Search bookmarks
./scripts/linkding-api.sh bookmarks --query "python tutorial"

# List archived
./scripts/linkding-api.sh bookmarks --archived

# Filter by date
./scripts/linkding-api.sh bookmarks --modified-since "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"

Create Bookmark

# Basic
./scripts/linkding-api.sh create "https://example.com"

# With metadata
./scripts/linkding-api.sh create "https://example.com" \
  --title "Example Site" \
  --description "A great resource" \
  --tags "reference,docs"

# Archive immediately
./scripts/linkding-api.sh create "https://example.com" --archived

Check if URL Exists

./scripts/linkding-api.sh check "https://example.com"

Returns existing bookmark data if found, plus scraped metadata.

Update Bookmark

./scripts/linkding-api.sh update 123 --title "New Title" --tags "newtag1,newtag2"

Archive/Unarchive

./scripts/linkding-api.sh archive 123
./scripts/linkding-api.sh unarchive 123

Delete

./scripts/linkding-api.sh delete 123

Bundles (saved searches)

# List bundles
./scripts/linkding-api.sh bundles

# Create bundle
./scripts/linkding-api.sh bundle-create "Work Resources" \
  --search "productivity" \
  --any-tags "work,tools" \
  --excluded-tags "personal"

Response Format

All responses are JSON. Bookmark object:

{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "title": "Example",
  "description": "Description",
  "notes": "Personal notes",
  "is_archived": false,
  "unread": false,
  "shared": false,
  "tag_names": ["tag1", "tag2"],
  "date_added": "2020-09-26T09:46:23.006313Z",
  "date_modified": "2020-09-26T16:01:14.275335Z"
}

Common Patterns

Save current page for later:

./scripts/linkding-api.sh create "$URL" --tags "toread" --unread

Quick search and display:

./scripts/linkding-api.sh bookmarks --query "keyword" --limit 10 | jq -r '.results[] | "\(.title) - \(.url)"'

Bulk tag update: Update via API PATCH with new tag_names array.

---name: linkdingdescription: Manage bookmarks with Linkding. Use when the user asks to "save a bookmark", "add link", "search bookmarks", "list my bookmarks", "find saved links", "tag a bookmark", "archive bookmark", "check if URL is saved", "list tags", "create bundle", or mentions Linkding bookmark management.---# Linkding Bookmark ManagerQuery and manage bookmarks via the Linkding REST API.## SetupConfig: `~/.clawdbot/credentials/linkding/config.json````json{ "url": "https://linkding.example.com", "apiKey": "your-api-token"}```Get your API token from Linkding Settings page.## Quick Reference### List/Search Bookmarks```bash# List recent bookmarks./scripts/linkding-api.sh bookmarks# Search bookmarks./scripts/linkding-api.sh bookmarks --query "python tutorial"# List archived./scripts/linkding-api.sh bookmarks --archived# Filter by date./scripts/linkding-api.sh bookmarks --modified-since "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"```### Create Bookmark```bash# Basic./scripts/linkding-api.sh create "https://example.com"# With metadata./scripts/linkding-api.sh create "https://example.com" \ --title "Example Site" \ --description "A great resource" \ --tags "reference,docs"# Archive immediately./scripts/linkding-api.sh create "https://example.com" --archived```### Check if URL Exists```bash./scripts/linkding-api.sh check "https://example.com"```Returns existing bookmark data if found, plus scraped metadata.### Update Bookmark```bash./scripts/linkding-api.sh update 123 --title "New Title" --tags "newtag1,newtag2"```### Archive/Unarchive```bash./scripts/linkding-api.sh archive 123./scripts/linkding-api.sh unarchive 123```### Delete```bash./scripts/linkding-api.sh delete 123```### Tags```bash# List all tags./scripts/linkding-api.sh tags# Create tag./scripts/linkding-api.sh tag-create "mytag"```### Bundles (saved searches)```bash# List bundles./scripts/linkding-api.sh bundles# Create bundle./scripts/linkding-api.sh bundle-create "Work Resources" \ --search "productivity" \ --any-tags "work,tools" \ --excluded-tags "personal"```## Response FormatAll responses are JSON. Bookmark object:```json{ "id": 1, "url": "https://example.com", "title": "Example", "description": "Description", "notes": "Personal notes", "is_archived": false, "unread": false, "shared": false, "tag_names": ["tag1", "tag2"], "date_added": "2020-09-26T09:46:23.006313Z", "date_modified": "2020-09-26T16:01:14.275335Z"}```## Common Patterns**Save current page for later:**```bash./scripts/linkding-api.sh create "$URL" --tags "toread" --unread```**Quick search and display:**```bash./scripts/linkding-api.sh bookmarks --query "keyword" --limit 10 | jq -r '.results[] | "\(.title) - \(.url)"'```**Bulk tag update:** Update via API PATCH with new tag_names array.

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