---
name: linq
description: Apply the Linq: an iMessage, RCS, SMS and voice API for AI agents, with its limits, webhooks and retention modes article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# Linq: an iMessage, RCS, SMS and voice API for AI agents, with its limits, webhooks and retention modes

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/linq). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/linq.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/linq/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

Linq is an iMessage, RCS, SMS and voice API sold to teams that build AI agents, run on Apple hardware that Linq operates. Linq's own line on 2026-09-21: "Linq is the conversational layer for AI agents — a single API for iMessage, RCS, and S

## Representations

- Human: /a/linq
- JSON: /api/articles/linq
- Relationships: /api/articles/linq/topology
- History: /api/articles/linq/revisions