How to provide permanent reference links (like API docs) for AI Studio?

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Hi everyone,

I’ am using AI studio Gemini 2.5 Pro with URL context tools opened, which quickly ran into some problem that I cannot resolve myself. The LLM seem not able to access URL inside system instructions, but only inside normal chat messages.

Not sure if it is a bug or it is intended, but I really hope that I can store all my documentation URL inside System Instructions such that I can have a permanent storage for documentation when chatting with Gemini at the AI studio.
Does anyone have a way to resolve this problem?

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Hi @skybasee , welcome to the forum.

You are correct, currently, URLs included in the System Instructions are not accessible to the LLM. This is expected behavior and not a bug. System Instructions are designed to provide guiding context for the model’s behavior, but they do not support active URL fetching or processing.

If you want the LLM to access URLs, you will need to include them directly in the user chat messages where tool access is permitted.

Thanks

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