// Official skill for how to use karakeep (the bookmark manager) and interact with it programmatically.
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| name | karakeep |
| description | Official skill for how to use karakeep (the bookmark manager) and interact with it programmatically. |
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Karakeep is an open source self-hosted bookmark manager for collecting, organizing, and searching content. This skill covers the core concepts and how to interact with Karakeep via the CLI.
Use this skill when the user wants to interact with their Karakeep instance (adding bookmarks, managing lists/tags, searching, etc.).
#ai -archived).Lightweight labels for any bookmark (topics, sources, workflow states). Multiple tags per bookmark, tags travel with bookmarks across lists. AI can auto-generate tags when configured.
Karakeep has a powerful search query language for finding the right bookmarks. It supports full-text search, boolean logic, qualifiers, and more.
and / or keywords for explicit boolean logic.- or ! to negate it (e.g., -is:archived, !is:fav).() for grouping (note: groups themselves can't be negated).machine learning is:fav).| Qualifier | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
is:fav | Favorited bookmarks | is:fav |
is:archived | Archived bookmarks | -is:archived |
is:tagged | Bookmarks with one or more tags | is:tagged |
is:inlist | Bookmarks in one or more lists | is:inlist |
is:link | Link bookmarks | is:link |
is:text | Text/note bookmarks | is:text |
is:media | Media bookmarks (images/PDFs) | is:media |
is:broken | Bookmarks with failed crawls or non-2xx status codes | is:broken |
url:<value> | Match URL substring | url:github.com |
title:<value> | Match title substring (supports quoted strings) | title:rust, title:"my title" |
#<tag> or tag:<tag> | Match bookmarks with specific tag (supports quoted strings) | #important, tag:"work in progress" |
list:<name> | Match bookmarks in a specific list (supports quoted strings) | list:reading, list:"to review" |
after:<date> | Created on or after date (YYYY-MM-DD) | after:2024-01-01 |
before:<date> | Created on or before date (YYYY-MM-DD) | before:2024-12-31 |
age:<time-range> | Filter by creation age. Use < / > for max/min age. Units: d (days), w (weeks), m (months), y (years) | age:<1d, age:>2w, age:<6m |
feed:<name> | Bookmarks imported from a specific RSS feed | feed:Hackernews |
source:<value> | Match by capture source. Values: api, web, cli, mobile, extension, singlefile, rss, import | source:rss, -source:web |
# Favorited bookmarks from 2024 tagged "important"
is:fav after:2024-01-01 before:2024-12-31 #important
# Archived bookmarks in "reading" list or tagged "work"
is:archived and (list:reading or #work)
# Untagged or unorganized bookmarks
-is:tagged or -is:inlist
# Recent bookmarks from the last week
age:<1w
# Full-text search combined with qualifiers
machine learning is:fav -is:archived
Karakeep can also be used to consume RSS feeds, but also can itself act as an RSS feed publisher.
npm install -g @karakeep/cli
Or via Docker:
docker run --rm ghcr.io/karakeep-app/karakeep-cli:release --help
The CLI requires an API key and server address. Get the API key from your Karakeep instance's settings page.
Option 1 — Environment variables (recommended):
export KARAKEEP_API_KEY="your-api-key"
# If self-hosted, pass the server address as well. It defaults to the cloud instance if not set:
export KARAKEEP_SERVER_ADDR="https://cloud.karakeep.com"
Option 2 — CLI flags:
karakeep --api-key <key> --server-addr <addr> <command>
Verify authentication:
karakeep whoami
Run karakeep --help to see all available commands, but the most important ones are:
# Add a link bookmark
karakeep bookmarks add --link "https://example.com"
# Add a link with tags and to a specific list
karakeep bookmarks add --link "https://example.com" --tag-name "reading" --list-id <list-id>
# Add a text bookmark
karakeep bookmarks add --note "Remember to review the PR"
# Get bookmark details
karakeep bookmarks get <bookmark-id>
karakeep bookmarks get <bookmark-id> --include-content
# Update a bookmark
karakeep bookmarks update <bookmark-id> --title "New Title"
karakeep bookmarks update <bookmark-id> --archive
karakeep bookmarks update <bookmark-id> --favourite
karakeep bookmarks update-tags <bookmark-id> --add-tag "important"
karakeep bookmarks update-tags <bookmark-id> --remove-tag "old-tag"
# List management
karakeep lists list
karakeep lists get --list <list-id>
karakeep lists add-bookmark --list <list-id> --bookmark <bookmark-id>
karakeep lists remove-bookmark --list <list-id> --bookmark <bookmark-id>
karakeep lists delete <list-id>
# List all bookmarks
karakeep bookmarks list
# Search bookmarks
karakeep bookmarks search "is:fav #work"
karakeep bookmarks search "rust" --limit 10 --sort-order relevance
karakeep bookmarks search "is:tagged" --all # paginate through all results
# Delete a bookmark
karakeep bookmarks delete <bookmark-id>
You can always pass --json to get raw JSON output instead of pretty-printed output.