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backlinks

aniongithub edited this page May 19, 2026 · 1 revision

title: Backlinks type: concept

Backlinks

A backlink is the inverse of a concepts/wikilinks: "which other pages link to this one?"

Because the architecture/wiki-engine stores links as a (source, target) table, computing backlinks for a page is a one-row SQL lookup:

SELECT source FROM links WHERE target = ?

No re-scan, no graph traversal at read time.

In the UI

Every page in the architecture/web-ui shows a collapsible Linked from panel at the bottom listing all incoming backlinks. The agent sees the same thing via agents/mcp-tools — backlinks are part of the returned object.

Why they matter

Backlinks turn a wiki into a design/wikilinks-as-graph. They surface "what was I thinking about this from?" without forcing you to remember the source page. They're the primary way agents discover related context when reading a page they haven't seen before.

See also

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