diff --git a/.gitea/actions/test-links/action.yml b/.gitea/actions/test-links/action.yml
index 247d8c2..72eb9ad 100644
--- a/.gitea/actions/test-links/action.yml
+++ b/.gitea/actions/test-links/action.yml
@@ -99,30 +99,38 @@ runs:
                 echo "      $status $decoded_link" >> /tmp/download_$$.txt
               fi
             else
-              # Local file - check via Gitea API (use original URL-encoded link)
+              # Local file - convert to full URL and check via web
               if [[ "$link" =~ ^/ ]]; then
-                # Absolute path from repo root
-                api_path="${link#/}"
+                # Absolute path from repo root - convert to full URL
+                if [ -z "$REPO_OWNER" ]; then
+                  REPO_OWNER=$(git config --get remote.origin.url | sed -n 's|.*[:/]\([^/]*\)/[^/]*\.git|\1|p' || echo "")
+                  REPO_NAME=$(git config --get remote.origin.url | sed -n 's|.*[:/][^/]*/\([^/]*\)\.git|\1|p' || echo "")
+                  GIT_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "main")
+                fi
+                
+                # Build full URL: http://gitea:3000/owner/repo/raw/branch/main/path
+                check_url="http://gitea:3000/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/raw/branch/$GIT_BRANCH${link}"
               else
                 # Relative path from markdown file
                 md_dir=$(dirname "$md_file")
                 if [[ "$md_dir" == "." ]]; then
-                  api_path="$link"
+                  rel_path="$link"
                 else
-                  api_path="${md_dir#./}/$link"
+                  rel_path="${md_dir#./}/$link"
                 fi
+                
+                if [ -z "$REPO_OWNER" ]; then
+                  REPO_OWNER=$(git config --get remote.origin.url | sed -n 's|.*[:/]\([^/]*\)/[^/]*\.git|\1|p' || echo "")
+                  REPO_NAME=$(git config --get remote.origin.url | sed -n 's|.*[:/][^/]*/\([^/]*\)\.git|\1|p' || echo "")
+                  GIT_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "main")
+                fi
+                
+                # Build full URL for relative path
+                check_url="http://gitea:3000/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/raw/branch/$GIT_BRANCH/$rel_path"
               fi
               
-              # Get repository info from git remote
-              if [ -z "$REPO_OWNER" ]; then
-                REPO_OWNER=$(git config --get remote.origin.url | sed -n 's|.*[:/]\([^/]*\)/[^/]*\.git|\1|p' || echo "")
-                REPO_NAME=$(git config --get remote.origin.url | sed -n 's|.*[:/][^/]*/\([^/]*\)\.git|\1|p' || echo "")
-                GIT_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "main")
-              fi
-              
-              # Check file via Gitea API
-              api_url="http://gitea:3000/api/v1/repos/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/contents/$api_path?ref=$GIT_BRANCH"
-              http_code=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 10 "$api_url" 2>/dev/null || echo "000")
+              # Check URL with curl
+              http_code=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 10 "$check_url" 2>/dev/null || echo "000")
               
               if ! [[ "$http_code" =~ ^[23][0-9][0-9]$ ]]; then
                 status="✖ (not found)"