diff --git a/notebooks/document_linking.clj b/notebooks/document_linking.clj
index 47c68cca1..875b09238 100644
--- a/notebooks/document_linking.clj
+++ b/notebooks/document_linking.clj
@@ -23,3 +23,10 @@
       [:li [:a {:href (nextjournal.clerk.viewer/doc-url "notebooks/viewers/html")} "HTML"]]
       [:li [:a {:href (nextjournal.clerk.viewer/doc-url "notebooks/markdown")} "Markdown"]]
       [:li [:a {:href (nextjournal.clerk.viewer/doc-url "notebooks/viewer_api")} "Viewer API / Tables"]]]) nil)
+
+;; ## Links in prose
+;; * Link to a namespace `[[rule-30]]` renders as [[rule-30]]
+;; * Link to a var `[[how-clerk-works/hashes]]` renders as [[how-clerk-works/hashes]]
+;; * Link to a path `[[notebooks/viewers/image.clj]]` renders as [[notebooks/viewers/image.clj]]
+;;
+;; The href of regular links is processed in a similar fashion: `[Clerk Analyzer](how-clerk-works/hashes)` renders as [Clerk Analyzer](how-clerk-works/hashes).
diff --git a/src/nextjournal/clerk.clj b/src/nextjournal/clerk.clj
index 7c506d9c4..9e78de0c7 100644
--- a/src/nextjournal/clerk.clj
+++ b/src/nextjournal/clerk.clj
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 (ns nextjournal.clerk
-  "Clerk's Public API."
+  "Clerk's Public API.
+
+  Further API:
+  * [Parsing](nextjournal.clerk.parser)
+  * [Viewers API](nextjournal.clerk.viewer)
+  * [Static analysis and caching](nextjournal.clerk.analyzer)"
   (:require [babashka.fs :as fs]
             [clojure.java.browse :as browse]
             [clojure.java.io :as io]
@@ -222,13 +227,16 @@
   ([viewer-opts x] (v/html viewer-opts x)))
 
 (defn md
-  "Displays `x` with the markdown viewer.
+  "Displays `x` with the markdown viewer. Accepts strings or a structure as returned by [[nextjournal.markdown/parse]].
 
   Supports an optional first `viewer-opts` map arg with the following optional keys:
 
   * `:nextjournal.clerk/width`: set the width to `:full`, `:wide`, `:prose`
   * `:nextjournal.clerk/viewers`: a seq of viewers to use for presentation of this value and its children
-  * `:nextjournal.clerk/render-opts`: a map argument that will be passed as a secong arg to the viewers `:render-fn`"
+  * `:nextjournal.clerk/render-opts`: a map argument that will be passed as a secong arg to the viewers `:render-fn`.
+
+  See also [[nextjournal.clerk.viewer/markdown-viewer]]."
+
   ([x] (v/md x))
   ([viewer-opts x] (v/md viewer-opts x)))
 
@@ -553,7 +561,7 @@
 #_(with-cache (do (Thread/sleep 4200) 42))
 
 (defmacro defcached
-  "Like `clojure.core/def` but with Clerk's caching of the value."
+  "Like `clojure.core/def` but with Clerk's caching of the value. See also [[with-cache]]."
   [name expr]
   `(let [result# (-> ~(v/->edn expr) eval/eval-string :blob->result first val :nextjournal/value)]
      (def ~name result#)))
diff --git a/src/nextjournal/clerk/doc.clj b/src/nextjournal/clerk/doc.clj
index f18f61ccf..5122aeeaf 100644
--- a/src/nextjournal/clerk/doc.clj
+++ b/src/nextjournal/clerk/doc.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,31 @@
   {:nextjournal.clerk/visibility {:code :hide :result :hide}}
   (:require [clojure.string :as str]
             [nextjournal.clerk :as clerk]
-            [nextjournal.clerk.viewer :as viewer]))
+            [nextjournal.clerk.viewer :as viewer]
+            [nextjournal.markdown.transform :as md.transform]))
+
+(clerk/eval-cljs
+ '(defn handle-click [{:keys [label var ns]} e]
+    (.stopPropagation e)
+    (.preventDefault e)
+    (when (resolve '!active-ns)
+      (let [scroll-to-target (fn []
+                               (if var
+                                 (when-some [el (js/document.getElementById (name var))]
+                                   (.scrollIntoView el))
+                                 (when ns
+                                   (when-some [page (js/document.getElementById "main-column")]
+                                     (.scroll page (applied-science.js-interop/obj :top 0))))))]
+        (when ns
+          (if (not= @!active-ns (str ns))
+            (do (reset! !active-ns (str ns))
+                ;; TODO: smarter
+                (js/setTimeout scroll-to-target 500))
+            (scroll-to-target)))))))
+
+(clerk/eval-cljs
+ '(defn render-link [{:as info :keys [label]} _]
+    [:a {:href "#" :on-click (partial handle-click info)} label]))
 
 (def render-input
   '(fn [!query]
@@ -100,17 +124,6 @@
 #_(ns-tree ns-matches)
 #_(ns-tree ())
 
-(defn parent-ns [ns-str]
-  (when (str/includes? ns-str ".")
-    (str/join "." (butlast (str/split ns-str #"\.")))))
-
-(defn prepend-parent [nss]
-  (when-let [parent (parent-ns (first nss))]
-    (cons parent nss)))
-
-(defn path-to-ns [ns-str]
-  (last (take-while some? (iterate prepend-parent [ns-str]))))
-
 ^{::clerk/visibility {:result :show}}
 (clerk/html
  (let [matches (try
@@ -161,7 +174,7 @@
                (into [:div.text-sm.font-sans.px-5.mt-2]
                      (map render-ns)
                      (ns-tree (str-match-nss @!active-ns)))]])]]
-     [:div.flex-auto.max-h-screen.overflow-y-auto.px-8.py-5
+     [:div#main-column.flex-auto.max-h-screen.overflow-y-auto.px-8.py-5
       (let [ns (some-> @!active-ns symbol find-ns)]
         (cond
           ns [:<>
@@ -195,3 +208,37 @@
 
 #_(deref nextjournal.clerk.webserver/!doc)
 
+(defn resolve-internal-link [link]
+  (viewer/resolve-internal-link (cond->> link
+                                  (and @!active-ns (not= :all @!active-ns)
+                                       (not (find-ns (symbol link)))
+                                       (not (qualified-symbol? (symbol link))))
+                                  (str @!active-ns "/"))))
+
+(def get-info
+  (comp clerk/mark-presented
+        (fn [wv]
+          (let [{:as node :keys [type text attrs]} (-> wv :nextjournal/value)]
+            (when-some [{:as info :keys [ns var]}
+                        (some-> (resolve-internal-link (case type :internal-link text :link (:href attrs)))
+                                (viewer/update-if :ns ns-name)
+                                (viewer/update-if :var symbol))]
+              (assoc info :label
+                          (str (case type
+                                 :internal-link (or var ns)
+                                 :link (md.transform/->text node)))))))))
+
+(def custom-markdown-viewers
+  [{:name :nextjournal.markdown/internal-link
+    :render-fn 'nextjournal.clerk.doc/render-link
+    :transform-fn get-info}
+   {:name :nextjournal.markdown/link
+    :render-fn 'nextjournal.clerk.doc/render-link
+    :transform-fn get-info}])
+
+(def markdown-viewer
+  (update viewer/markdown-viewer :add-viewers viewer/add-viewers custom-markdown-viewers))
+
+(viewer/add-viewers! [markdown-viewer])
+
+#_(clerk/clear-cache!)
diff --git a/src/nextjournal/clerk/parser.cljc b/src/nextjournal/clerk/parser.cljc
index 3607cc4ab..f842ce43a 100644
--- a/src/nextjournal/clerk/parser.cljc
+++ b/src/nextjournal/clerk/parser.cljc
@@ -287,14 +287,17 @@
 
 (defn markdown-context []
   (update markdown.parser/empty-doc
-          :text-tokenizers (partial map markdown.parser/normalize-tokenizer)))
-
-#_(markdown-context)
+          :text-tokenizers
+          (comp (partial mapv markdown.parser/normalize-tokenizer)
+                (partial cons markdown.parser/internal-link-tokenizer))))
 
 (defn parse-markdown
   "Like `n.markdown.parser/parse` but allows to reuse the same context in successive calls"
-  [ctx md]
-  (markdown.parser/apply-tokens ctx (markdown/tokenize md)))
+  ([md] (parse-markdown (markdown-context) md))
+  ([ctx md]
+   (markdown.parser/apply-tokens ctx (markdown/tokenize md))))
+
+#_(parse-markdown-string {:doc? true} "# Title\nSome [[internal-link]] to be followed.")
 
 (defn update-markdown-blocks [{:as state :keys [md-context]} md]
   (let [{::markdown.parser/keys [path]} md-context
@@ -348,9 +351,7 @@
        state))))
 
 #_(parse-clojure-string {:doc? true} "'code ;; foo\n;; bar")
-#_(parse-clojure-string "'code , ;; foo\n;; bar")
 #_(parse-clojure-string "'code\n;; foo\n;; bar")
-#_(keys (parse-clojure-string {:doc? true} (slurp "notebooks/viewer_api.clj")))
 #_(parse-clojure-string {:doc? true} ";; # Hello\n;; ## 👋 Section\n(do 123)\n;; ## 🤚🏽 Section")
 
 (defn parse-markdown-cell [{:as state :keys [nodes]} opts]
diff --git a/src/nextjournal/clerk/render.cljs b/src/nextjournal/clerk/render.cljs
index 4c65bd53c..20f711098 100644
--- a/src/nextjournal/clerk/render.cljs
+++ b/src/nextjournal/clerk/render.cljs
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@
    [:path {:fill-rule "evenodd" :d "M5.293 7.293a1 1 0 011.414 0L10 10.586l3.293-3.293a1 1 0 111.414 1.414l-4 4a1 1 0 01-1.414 0l-4-4a1 1 0 010-1.414z" :clip-rule "evenodd"}]])
 
 (defn render-code-block [code-string {:as opts :keys [id]}]
-  [:div.viewer.code-viewer.w-full.max-w-wide {:data-block-id id}
+  [:div.viewer.code-viewer.w-full.max-w-wide {:id id}
    [code/render-code code-string (assoc opts :language "clojure")]])
 
 (defn render-folded-code-block [code-string {:as opts :keys [id]}]
diff --git a/src/nextjournal/clerk/viewer.cljc b/src/nextjournal/clerk/viewer.cljc
index 9b4f48bb3..5e9874d91 100644
--- a/src/nextjournal/clerk/viewer.cljc
+++ b/src/nextjournal/clerk/viewer.cljc
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
                        [sci.lang]
                        [applied-science.js-interop :as j]])
             [nextjournal.clerk.parser :as parser]
-            [nextjournal.markdown :as md]
             [nextjournal.markdown.parser :as md.parser]
             [nextjournal.markdown.transform :as md.transform])
   #?(:clj (:import (com.pngencoder PngEncoder)
@@ -31,6 +30,8 @@
                    (java.nio.file Files StandardOpenOption)
                    (javax.imageio ImageIO))))
 
+(declare doc-url)
+
 (defrecord ViewerEval [form])
 
 (defrecord ViewerFn [form #?(:cljs f)]
@@ -470,7 +471,9 @@
                     %)
                  presented-result)))
 
-(defn get-default-viewers []
+(defn get-default-viewers
+  "Returns viewers from the global scope when set, defaults to [[default-viewers]] (see also [[!viewers]])."
+  []
   (:default @!viewers default-viewers))
 
 (defn datafy-scope [scope]
@@ -714,6 +717,57 @@
           (doto (java.text.SimpleDateFormat. "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS-00:00")
             (.setTimeZone (java.util.TimeZone/getTimeZone "GMT")))))
 
+#?(:clj (defn resolve-internal-link [link]
+          (if (fs/exists? link)
+            {:path link}
+            (let [sym (symbol link)]
+              (if (qualified-symbol? sym)
+                (when-some [var (try (requiring-resolve sym)
+                                     (catch Exception _ nil))]
+                  (merge {:var var} (resolve-internal-link (-> var symbol namespace))))
+                (when-some [ns (try (require sym)
+                                    (find-ns sym)
+                                    (catch Exception _ nil))]
+                  (cond-> {:ns ns}
+                    (fs/exists? (analyzer/ns->file sym))
+                    (assoc :path (analyzer/ns->file sym)))))))))
+
+#_(resolve-internal-link "notebooks/hello.clj")
+#_(resolve-internal-link "nextjournal.clerk.tap")
+#_(resolve-internal-link "rule-30/board")
+
+(defn process-internal-link [link]
+  #?(:clj
+     (let [{:keys [path var]} (resolve-internal-link link)]
+       {:path path
+        :fragment (when var (str (-> var symbol str) "-code"))
+        :title (or (when var (-> var symbol str))
+                   (when path (:title (parser/parse-file {:doc? true} path)))
+                   link)})
+     :cljs
+     {:path link :title link}))
+
+(defn process-href [^String href]
+  #?(:cljs href
+     :clj (if (or (.getScheme (URI. href)) (str/starts-with? href "/"))
+            href
+            (let [{:keys [path fragment]} (process-internal-link href)]
+              (if (or path fragment) (doc-url path fragment) href)))))
+
+#_(process-href "rule-30")
+#_(process-href "#some-id")
+#_(process-internal-link "#some-id")
+
+#_(process-internal-link "notebooks/rule_30.clj")
+#_(process-internal-link "viewers.html")
+#_(process-internal-link "how-clerk-works/hashes")
+#_(process-internal-link "rule-30/first-generation")
+
+(defn update-if [m k f] (if (k m) (update m k f) m))
+#_(update-if {:n "42"} :n #(Integer/parseInt %))
+
+(declare html)
+
 (def markdown-viewers
   [{:name :nextjournal.markdown/doc
     :transform-fn (into-markup (fn [{:keys [id]}] [:div.viewer.markdown-viewer.w-full.max-w-prose.px-8 {:data-block-id id}]))}
@@ -741,7 +795,12 @@
    {:name :nextjournal.markdown/strong :transform-fn (into-markup [:strong])}
    {:name :nextjournal.markdown/monospace :transform-fn (into-markup [:code])}
    {:name :nextjournal.markdown/strikethrough :transform-fn (into-markup [:s])}
-   {:name :nextjournal.markdown/link :transform-fn (into-markup #(vector :a (:attrs %)))}
+   {:name :nextjournal.markdown/link :transform-fn (into-markup #(vector :a (update-if (:attrs %) :href process-href)))}
+   {:name :nextjournal.markdown/internal-link
+    :transform-fn (update-val
+                   (fn [{:keys [text]}]
+                     (let [{:keys [path fragment title]} (process-internal-link text)]
+                       (html [:a.internal-link {:href (doc-url path fragment)} title]))))}
 
    ;; inlines
    {:name :nextjournal.markdown/text :transform-fn (into-markup [:<>])}
@@ -937,12 +996,13 @@
   {:name `vega-lite-viewer :render-fn 'nextjournal.clerk.render/render-vega-lite :transform-fn mark-presented})
 
 (def markdown-viewer
+  "A clerk viewer for rendering markdown. See also [[nextjournal.clerk/md]]."
   {:name `markdown-viewer
    :add-viewers markdown-viewers
    :transform-fn (fn [wrapped-value]
                    (-> wrapped-value
                        mark-presented
-                       (update :nextjournal/value #(cond->> % (string? %) md/parse))
+                       (update :nextjournal/value #(cond->> % (string? %) parser/parse-markdown))
                        (with-md-viewer)))})
 
 (def code-viewer
@@ -1122,14 +1182,7 @@
                (map (juxt #(list 'quote (symbol %)) #(->> % deref deref (list 'quote))))
                (extract-sync-atom-vars doc)))))
 
-(defn update-if [m k f]
-  (if (k m)
-    (update m k f)
-    m))
-
-#_(update-if {:n "42"} :n #(Integer/parseInt %))
-
-(declare html doc-url)
+(declare html)
 
 (defn home? [{:keys [nav-path]}]
   (contains? #{"src/nextjournal/home.clj" "'nextjournal.clerk.home"} nav-path))
@@ -1288,7 +1341,7 @@
    hide-result-viewer])
 
 (defonce
-  ^{:doc "atom containing a map of and per-namespace viewers or `:defaults` overridden viewers."}
+  ^{:doc "An atom containing a map of per-namespace viewers or `:default` overridden viewers. See also how to [get default viewers](get-default-viewers)."}
   !viewers
   (#?(:clj atom :cljs ratom/atom) {}))