Backlinks show every memo that links to the one you're reading — the reverse index of 📝Mentions & Backlinks, built automatically from every @ mention across your MythOS library. Forward links tell you where a memo points; backlinks tell you what points back, surfacing connections you'd otherwise have to hold in your head. They're working context for a memo's creator and collaborators, who see at a glance how a note sits in the wider web of their thinking.
Key Capabilities
- Reverse mention index — lists every memo and daily memo that
@-mentions the current one - Context snippets — each row shows the sentence around the mention, not just a title
- Memo and daily sources — links from regular memos (📝) and daily memos (📅) both appear
- Creator-and-collaborator scope — private working context, hidden from public readers
- Collapsible panel — the section folds away and remembers its state per memo
- Agent access — the
get_backlinksMCP tool returns the same reverse index for agents - Chronological order — the newest backlink sits on top, ordered by when each mention was added, so the panel reads as a running feed of inbound links and holds its place when the linking memos are later edited
- Added-date — each row shows when its backlink was added, to the right of the entry, in the same relative format the memo feed uses for last-updated (
2 days ago, then a plain date once older)
Getting Started
- Open any memo you created or collaborate on
- Scroll beneath the content to the Backlinks section — it shows a count, e.g. "Backlinks (3)"
- Expand it to see each linking memo with a context snippet; click a row to jump to the source
- Mention this memo from elsewhere with
@to add a new backlink — it appears automatically
FAQ
- Who can see a memo's backlinks? Only its creator and collaborators — backlinks are private working context, never shown to public readers.
- Why isn't my backlink showing? A backlink comes from an
@mention chip. Plain-text titles or bare URLs don't register; the reference has to be a real mention. - Do daily memos count? Yes. Mentions from daily memos appear alongside regular memos, marked with a 📅 icon.
- How is this different from Connections or Related Memos? Backlinks is a flat list of inbound mentions only; the connections mini-graph traverses links and shared tags in both directions.
- Can agents read backlinks? Yes — the
get_backlinksMCP tool returns the lean reverse index of source id, type, title, and time. - In what order do backlinks appear? Newest first, by when each backlink was added — not by when the linking memo was last edited — so the order stays put as those memos change.
- Why does an older backlink's date look like the linking memo's edit date? The added-date is exact for backlinks made from this feature onward. Backlinks that predate it are dated from the linking memo's last save, because the true moment they were added was never recorded before then and can't be recovered — so those dates are approximate, not wrong.
Related
- 📝Mention — the forward link that every backlink is built from