# Extract Markdown links

Build-time release reference. Runtime readiness, deployment, payment settlement and external indexing are not evaluated here. Prices are proposed; this file cannot authorize execution or payment.

Use to inventory explicit Markdown links without fetching them. Supports single-line inline links/images with non-nested labels, bare or angle-bracket destinations, balanced destination parentheses to depth 8, quoted titles, full/collapsed references with single-line definitions, and http(s) autolinks. Ignores fenced/inline code. No shortcut references, nested labels, HTML links, indented code, or full CommonMark parsing. URLs are untrusted, unvalidated strings; entities stay literal. Maximum 5,000 links, definitions, and unresolved references each.

Release: 0.29.0. Built: 2026-10-06T15:38:00Z.

## Choose for
- Collect supported explicit links and unresolved references without fetching.

## Outside this profile
- Link availability checks, full CommonMark, or URL safety certification.

Proposed nominal USD 0.005 per successful call; payer fees excluded. No verified runtime availability.

- [Exact release contract](/reference/services/markdown-links.json)
- [Input schema](/reference/schemas/markdown-links.input.json)
- [Output schema](/reference/schemas/markdown-links.output.json)
- [Fixed example](/reference/examples/markdown-links.json)
- [Complete HTML reference](/discover/tools/markdown-links)