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Linkup

Pulls live web data and natural language answers into your workflows to ground AI agents in real time facts and current events.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native Linkup integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right Linkup calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Linkup data, across all 4 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke Linkup access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in Linkup, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when Linkup is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach Linkup.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every Linkup action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on Linkup, and when to use it.

Get natural language answer
Use this when you need a direct answer to a complex question synthesized from multiple web sources with citations.
Search Linkup
Pull a list of the most relevant web pages and snippets for a specific query to gather raw data.
Deep search query
Run a search with increased depth parameters to find long tail information or obscure documentation.
Fetch page content
Retrieve the full text of a specific URL discovered during a search for detailed analysis.
Filter search results
Refine a previous search by date range or domain to remove noise from the result set.
Extract metadata
Pull the title, description, and publishing date from a set of Linkup search results.
Verify fact
Cross reference a specific claim against Linkup search results to confirm accuracy.
Search news
Limit search results to recent news articles and press releases for current event tracking.
Summarize web page
Pass a Linkup URL to the agent to create a concise summary of the page content.
Find social mentions
Search for specific brand or keyword mentions across indexed social platforms.
Get site map
Retrieve the structure of a target website to identify key content hubs.
Compare search results
Run two different queries and identify the overlap in sources and findings.

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Frequently asked questions

Linkup indexes the web in real time to ensure that the information provided to your Ceven agents is current. Unlike static datasets used to train large language models, Linkup queries the live web. This means that if a company changes its landing page or a news story breaks ten minutes ago, the search tool can retrieve that information immediately. The natural language answer tool then processes these fresh snippets to give you an answer based on the latest available data. This eliminates the knowledge cutoff problem and ensures your workflows are operating on today's facts rather than data from last year.
A search returns a list of the most relevant documents, including titles, snippets, and URLs. This is best when you want the agent to analyze raw data or provide a list of sources for a human to review. A natural language answer uses an internal synthesis layer to read through the top results and write a coherent response that directly answers your question. Use the search action when you need a bibliography of sources and use the natural language answer action when you need a quick executive summary without having to read through ten different websites.
Yes. Linkup enforces rate limits based on your specific API tier. If your Ceven workflow triggers a massive loop of hundreds of searches per minute, you may encounter a 429 too many requests error. This is a Linkup platform limitation and not a Ceven bug. To avoid this, we recommend using a delay between calls in your workflow or upgrading your Linkup plan to a higher tier that supports more concurrent requests. Our agent will typically attempt a brief retry with exponential backoff if it hits a temporary rate limit before flagging it as an error.
Linkup can only access the public web. It cannot log into accounts, bypass paywalls, or access private intranets. If a website requires a username and password or a paid subscription to view the content, Linkup will only be able to see the publicly available metadata or the login page itself. If your workflow requires data from a private portal, you will need to use a different integration specifically designed for that SaaS tool. For public facing corporate blogs, news sites, and documentation, however, Linkup is highly effective.
Ceven leverages the citation feature of Linkup to prevent hallucinations. When the agent uses a natural language answer, it is instructed to include the source URLs for every claim it makes. You can configure your workflow to perform a secondary verification step where the agent takes the answer and the sources and performs a cross check to ensure the text accurately reflects the linked content. Because the agent is grounded in the retrieved search results rather than relying on its own internal weights, the accuracy rate is significantly higher than a standard AI chat.
Yes. You can use search operators within your query to restrict results to a specific domain or set of domains. For example, if you only want results from government websites, you can include site:gov in your query. This is extremely useful for professional workflows where you only trust authoritative sources. By narrowing the search scope, you also reduce the amount of noise the agent has to process, which often leads to higher quality natural language answers and more precise data extraction for your final reports.
Linkup processes your queries to provide results and may log them for service improvement according to their privacy policy. Ceven acts as the orchestrator and passes your query to the Linkup API. We do not store your search history on our own servers beyond the duration of the active workflow execution. If you have strict data residency requirements, you should review the Linkup data processing agreement to understand how they handle query logs and whether they offer enterprise options for data isolation and privacy.
Search depth determines how many pages Linkup crawls and analyzes before returning a result. A shallow search is faster and better for common facts or very popular websites. A deep search is slower but more thorough, making it ideal for finding niche technical documentation, old forum posts, or specific mentions of a small company. In Ceven, you can choose the depth parameter based on the importance of the task. Use shallow depth for daily news pulses and deep search for comprehensive due diligence reports where missing one source could be a problem.

Alternatives to Linkup

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