Quick Start

Get from a fresh browser tab to a searchable, AI-summarized library in roughly sixty seconds. This guide walks through the four moves that matter on day one.

Before you start

You will need a Google account for sign-in and a Chromium-based browser (Chrome, Edge, Brave, or Arc) for the extension. No installer, no CLI, no credit card.

1. Create your account

1. 1

   Open the dashboard

   Head to app.linkvolv.com and choose Continue with Google. We use OAuth so we never see or store your password.

2. 2

   Approve the consent screen

   Google shows the permissions LinkVolv asks for — only your profile and email. Approve to land in the dashboard.

3. 3

   Verify your workspace is empty

   You should see an empty inbox view. That is your library. Everything you save lands here first.

2. Install the extension

The fastest way to save links is the browser extension. It captures the URL, the page title, and (on Pro) a frozen snapshot of the page for archiving.

3. Save your first link

Open any article, blog post, or doc page you want to come back to. Then either:

• Click the LinkVolv extension icon, or
• Press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl Shift K ( ⌘ Shift K on macOS).

The page is queued, crawled, and summarized in the background. Within a few seconds the summary appears on the bookmark’s card in your dashboard.

{
  "url": "https://example.com/an-article",
  "title": "An Article About Things",
  "summary": "A 2-3 sentence overview of the page...",
  "keyPoints": [
    "First takeaway",
    "Second takeaway",
    "Third takeaway"
  ],
  "tags": ["productivity", "tools"]
}

4. Try semantic search

Save a few more links across different topics, then open the search bar (⌘ K from anywhere in the dashboard) and ask a real question instead of guessing keywords.

Semantic search is a Pro feature. On Free you get keyword search (still searches across titles, summaries, and key points).

Next steps