Linkly AI
Linkly AI is a local document full-text retrieval tool for AI Agents. Adding a folder automatically indexes PDF, DOCX, HTML, Markdown, EPUB, and image OCR content, and it can be integrated with any AI tool. The official website claims a 0.5-second response time, and all data remains on the local machine.
Updated: 2026-10-26
What is Linkly AI?
Linkly AI's official website positions itself as "a local document search engine designed for AI Agents, a native AI local full-text retrieval tool". The desktop client is responsible for parsing and indexing the files on your computer to form a real-time private knowledge base, and then integrates with any AI tools through both CLI and MCP methods. Unlike directly feeding files into conversations, the official website states that data always remains local, and third-party tools and models can only access necessary fragments without being able to obtain or modify the original files.
Who is it for?
- Students: Index dozens of hours of online courses, hundreds of pages of handouts, and casually taken lecture notes all together, and directly ask, "How does this course explain price discrimination?"
- Researchers: with hundreds of academic papers scattered across different folders and only remembering a mention in one, use full-text search and cross-comparison to turn the process of compiling a literature review from rummaging through files into asking questions.
- For lawyers and legal affairs professionals, let the Agent read dozens of case files and contracts at once, and directly point out the differences in liability clauses and cite relevant cases.
- Content creators can search through years of clippings and materials, and when writing drafts, let the Agent conveniently pull up all relevant files.
- For product and project teams, build a shareable project library from requirement documents, review recordings, and meeting minutes.
Key features
6Automatic Local Indexing
The official website states that you only need to simply add local folders for automatic parsing. It supports PDF, MD, DOCX, HTML, EPUB, PPTX, TXT files, as well as OCR for JPG and PNG images.
Ultra-fast Response
The official website states that indexing can be completed in as little as 5 minutes and queries can be answered within 0.5 seconds, specially designed for real-time AI workflows.
Outline Indexing
The official website states that it creates an outline for each document, gradually revealing relevant chapters, so that AI no longer reads lengthy documents blindly.
Cross-language search
The official website states that it is driven by a local multilingual model and based on semantics, enabling cross-search across a hundred languages.
Two access methods
The official website provides two access paths, CLI and MCP, as well as official Skills, which can be connected to tools such as Codex, Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, and Gemini CLI out of the box.
Shareable Knowledge Base
The official website states that a well-organized and public knowledge base will generate a unique link. Anyone who obtains the link and their AI Agents can directly search and reference it, and you have full control over the visibility of the base and the collaborators.
How to use Linkly AI
- Two-step Getting Started: First install the desktop client (packages available for macOS, Windows, and Linux).
- The official website states that it is responsible for parsing and indexing and serves as the local engine connected by all other tools.
- Hand over integration to the Agent: The official website's approach is to send the instruction "Complete the setup according to the agent-setup document" to Claude Code, Codex and other agents that can run commands, and they will read the guide and complete the setup for you.
- Only add necessary folders: The index scope is the searchable range.
- Exclude directories containing privacy or confidential materials before building the knowledge base.
- First confirm the behavior in offline and intranet environments.
- The official website states that data is uploaded to the cloud for indexing on demand, and offline availability is subject to the official website's FAQ.
- Authorization and Compliance: Check visibility settings and content authorization before sharing a library.
- publicly accessible libraries can be retrieved with the link.
- third-party models will only obtain necessary fragments, but you should still confirm the connected parties.
Traffic & popularity
Data month Sep 2026
Linkly AI receives about 23.5K visits per month and ranks #1,332,973 worldwide.
Monthly visits
12 monthsTraffic sources
- Direct52.2%
- Referrals32.0%
- Social10.8%
- Search4.5%
- AI assistants0.4%
Top countries
- China63.6%
- United States8.8%
- Singapore7.9%
- Hong Kong, China5.8%
- Japan2.5%
Estimated from third-party traffic data.
