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Linkding by modbender — Agent Skill

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

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.

modbender Updated Sep 9, 2026 12 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 Manager Query and manage bookmarks via the Linkding REST API. ## Setup Config: `~/.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 Format All 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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