diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/directive-text.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/directive-text.tsx
index 988562c04941..b8e8ce66eca6 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/directive-text.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/directive-text.tsx
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ export const SessionRefLink: FC<{
 
   return (
     <a
-      className="link-chip font-semibold wrap-anywhere"
+      className="link-chip wrap-anywhere"
       href="#"
       onClick={event => {
         event.preventDefault()
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx
index 3d9b44bf9ee9..744bdb61c1b2 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ function MediaAttachment({ path }: { path: string }) {
   return (
     <span className="wrap-anywhere">
       <a
-        className="link-chip font-semibold wrap-anywhere"
+        className="link-chip wrap-anywhere"
         href="#"
         onClick={event => {
           event.preventDefault()
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ function MarkdownLink({ children, className, href, ...props }: ComponentProps<'a
   if (!target || !/^https?:\/\//i.test(target)) {
     return (
       <a
-        className={cn('link-chip font-semibold wrap-anywhere', className)}
+        className={cn('link-chip wrap-anywhere', className)}
         href={href}
         rel="noopener noreferrer"
         target="_blank"
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/chat/compact-markdown.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/chat/compact-markdown.tsx
index eedd6ad18ef7..8426be108a56 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/chat/compact-markdown.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/chat/compact-markdown.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function tagged<T extends keyof typeof TAG_CLASSES>(Tag: T) {
 function MarkdownAnchor({ children, className, href, ...rest }: ComponentProps<'a'>) {
   if (!href || !/^https?:\/\//i.test(href)) {
     return (
-      <a className={cn('link-chip font-medium', className)} href={href} {...rest}>
+      <a className={cn('link-chip', className)} href={href} {...rest}>
         {children}
       </a>
     )
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/chat/generated-image-result.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/chat/generated-image-result.tsx
index 32cb453c69c6..9ad4922644e3 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/chat/generated-image-result.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/chat/generated-image-result.tsx
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export const GeneratedImage: FC<{ aspectRatio?: string; result?: unknown }> = ({
   if (failed && image) {
     return (
       <a
-        className="mt-2 link-chip inline-block font-semibold wrap-anywhere"
+        className="mt-2 link-chip inline-block wrap-anywhere"
         href="#"
         onClick={event => {
           event.preventDefault()
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/external-link.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/lib/external-link.tsx
index 4f6dc396b7d6..df853911247a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/external-link.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/external-link.tsx
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ export function ExternalLink({
 
   return (
     <a
-      className={cn('link-chip font-semibold', className)}
+      className={cn('link-chip', className)}
       href={target}
       onClick={event => {
         event.stopPropagation()
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ export function PrettyLink({ className, fallbackLabel, href, label, ...rest }: P
   return (
     <ExternalLink className={cn('wrap-break-word', className)} href={target} title={target} {...rest}>
       <LinkBrandIcon href={target} />
-      <span className="font-medium">{display}</span>
+      {display}
     </ExternalLink>
   )
 }
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/styles.css b/apps/desktop/src/styles.css
index 541da35b6bc3..60b231ffaf60 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/styles.css
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/styles.css
@@ -556,11 +556,17 @@
   background: repeating-conic-gradient(currentColor 0% 25%, transparent 0% 50%) 0 0 / 0.125rem 0.125rem;
 }
 
-/* Inline content links: a small tinted chip instead of an underline. Tint is
-   currentColor-relative (the old `decoration-current/20` idiom), so text and
-   fill share a hue on every theme from one `color` declaration. */
+/* Inline content links: color at rest, a tinted chip on hover, never an
+   underline. Tint is currentColor-relative (the old `decoration-current/20`
+   idiom), so text and fill share a hue on every theme from one `color`. */
 .link-chip {
-  --link-chip-tint: 8%;
+  /* The one knob: resting fill. 0% = color-only until hovered. */
+  --link-chip-tint: 0%;
+
+  /* Prose links inherit the surrounding text's weight. `@tailwindcss/typography`
+     sets `prose a { font-weight: 500 }`, which outranks a utility class on the
+     anchor — so the override belongs here, on the shared chip. */
+  font-weight: inherit;
 
   /* `ch`/`em` so the chip tracks the text at any size. Block padding is
      asymmetric because an inline box's content area is ascent+descent — equal