Install

Install Linky

Three surfaces, same result. Pick the one that matches how your agent runs today — skill for Cursor, CLI for shells, curl for anything else.

Cursor skill

Installs a persistent skill that Cursor can invoke without a shell. Recommended for long-running agent workflows.

Install the Linky skill

npx skills add https://github.com/MichaelHoughtonDeBox/linky --skill linky -g

Global install (-g) so every Cursor project picks it up.

Verify

npx skills list

Should list `linky` alongside any other skills.

CLI

The package ships a linky binary. Zero runtime dependencies — safe to drop into a CI image.

Install the CLI globally

npm install -g getalinky

Requires Node.js ≥ 18.18.

Verify

linky --help

Full flag reference: CLI docs.

curl baseline

Nothing to install. POST /api/links is public and takes a JSON body of URLs.

Create a Linky with curl

curl -X POST "https://getalinky.com/api/links" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  --data-binary '{"urls":["https://example.com"],"source":"agent"}'

Any HTTP client works. The response has `slug` and `url`.

Full request/response contract: API docs.