diff --git a/.github/workflows/lychee.yml b/.github/workflows/external-links.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/lychee.yml
rename to .github/workflows/external-links.yml
diff --git a/apps/docs/scripts/lint-external-links.ts b/apps/docs/scripts/lint-external-links.ts
index cafd50510e..10b3af8735 100644
--- a/apps/docs/scripts/lint-external-links.ts
+++ b/apps/docs/scripts/lint-external-links.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
 
 const CONTENT_DIR = path.join(__dirname, "../content");
-const TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000;
-const MAX_CONCURRENCY = 15;
+const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS = 20_000;
+const DEFAULT_FILE_CONCURRENCY = 15;
+const DEFAULT_URL_CHECK_CONCURRENCY = 40;
 const ACCEPTED_STATUSES = new Set([403, 429]);
 
 const IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = new Set([
@@ -48,6 +49,34 @@ type FailedResult = {
   occurrences: LinkOccurrence[];
 };
 
+type LinkCheckReport = {
+  scannedFiles: number;
+  extractedExternalLinks: number;
+  uniqueLinksChecked: number;
+  failedLinks: number;
+  failures: FailedResult[];
+};
+
+function readPositiveIntEnv(name: string, fallback: number): number {
+  const raw = process.env[name];
+  if (!raw) return fallback;
+
+  const parsed = Number.parseInt(raw, 10);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(parsed) || parsed <= 0) {
+    console.warn(
+      `Invalid ${name} value "${raw}". Falling back to ${fallback}.`,
+    );
+    return fallback;
+  }
+
+  return parsed;
+}
+
+const TIMEOUT_MS = readPositiveIntEnv(
+  "EXTERNAL_LINKS_TIMEOUT_MS",
+  DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS,
+);
+
 function findMarkdownFiles(dir: string, fileList: string[] = []): string[] {
   const files = fs.readdirSync(dir);
 
@@ -110,7 +139,8 @@ function toExternalHttpUrl(raw: string): string | null {
 
   try {
     const parsed = new URL(trimmed);
-    if (parsed.protocol !== "http:" && parsed.protocol !== "https:") return null;
+    if (parsed.protocol !== "http:" && parsed.protocol !== "https:")
+      return null;
     if (parsed.hostname === "localhost") return null;
     return parsed.toString();
   } catch {
@@ -118,8 +148,10 @@ function toExternalHttpUrl(raw: string): string | null {
   }
 }
 
-function collectFileLinks(filePath: string): Array<{ url: string; line: number }> {
-  const rawContent = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
+async function collectFileLinks(
+  filePath: string,
+): Promise<Array<{ url: string; line: number }>> {
+  const rawContent = await fs.promises.readFile(filePath, "utf8");
   const content = stripCodeBlocks(rawContent);
   const links: Array<{ url: string; line: number }> = [];
 
@@ -183,7 +215,9 @@ async function fetchWithTimeout(
   }
 }
 
-async function checkUrl(url: string): Promise<{ ok: boolean; reason?: string }> {
+async function checkUrl(
+  url: string,
+): Promise<{ ok: boolean; reason?: string }> {
   try {
     // Some providers (e.g. VS Marketplace, Bluesky) return 404 for HEAD
     // while the same URL works with GET in a browser.
@@ -193,7 +227,10 @@ async function checkUrl(url: string): Promise<{ ok: boolean; reason?: string }>
     });
 
     if (response.status >= 400 || response.status === 429) {
-      response = await fetchWithTimeout(url, { method: "GET", headers: BROWSER_HEADERS });
+      response = await fetchWithTimeout(url, {
+        method: "GET",
+        headers: BROWSER_HEADERS,
+      });
     }
 
     if (response.status === 404) {
@@ -226,43 +263,80 @@ async function runWithConcurrency<T>(
 ): Promise<void> {
   let index = 0;
 
-  const workers = Array.from({ length: Math.min(limit, items.length) }, async () => {
-    while (index < items.length) {
-      const item = items[index];
-      index += 1;
-      await worker(item);
-    }
-  });
+  const workers = Array.from(
+    { length: Math.min(limit, items.length) },
+    async () => {
+      while (index < items.length) {
+        const item = items[index];
+        index += 1;
+        await worker(item);
+      }
+    },
+  );
 
   await Promise.all(workers);
 }
 
+function mergeOccurrences(
+  target: Map<string, LinkOccurrence[]>,
+  source: Map<string, LinkOccurrence[]>,
+): void {
+  for (const [url, occurrences] of source) {
+    const existing = target.get(url);
+    if (existing) {
+      existing.push(...occurrences);
+      continue;
+    }
+    target.set(url, occurrences);
+  }
+}
+
 async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  const jsonOutput = process.argv.includes("--json");
+  const fileConcurrency = readPositiveIntEnv(
+    "EXTERNAL_LINKS_FILE_CONCURRENCY",
+    DEFAULT_FILE_CONCURRENCY,
+  );
+  const urlCheckConcurrency = readPositiveIntEnv(
+    "EXTERNAL_LINKS_URL_CONCURRENCY",
+    DEFAULT_URL_CHECK_CONCURRENCY,
+  );
+
   if (!fs.existsSync(CONTENT_DIR)) {
     console.error(`Content directory not found: ${CONTENT_DIR}`);
     process.exit(1);
   }
 
   const files = findMarkdownFiles(CONTENT_DIR);
+
   const occurrencesByUrl = new Map<string, LinkOccurrence[]>();
   let extractedLinks = 0;
 
-  for (const filePath of files) {
+  // Parse markdown files concurrently before link validation starts.
+  const perFileOccurrences: Array<Map<string, LinkOccurrence[]>> = [];
+  await runWithConcurrency(files, fileConcurrency, async (filePath) => {
     const relativeFile = path.relative(process.cwd(), filePath);
-    const links = collectFileLinks(filePath);
-    extractedLinks += links.length;
+    const links = await collectFileLinks(filePath);
 
+    const localOccurrences = new Map<string, LinkOccurrence[]>();
     for (const link of links) {
-      const occurrences = occurrencesByUrl.get(link.url) ?? [];
+      const occurrences = localOccurrences.get(link.url) ?? [];
       occurrences.push({ file: relativeFile, line: link.line });
-      occurrencesByUrl.set(link.url, occurrences);
+      localOccurrences.set(link.url, occurrences);
     }
+
+    perFileOccurrences.push(localOccurrences);
+    extractedLinks += links.length;
+  });
+
+  for (const fileOccurrences of perFileOccurrences) {
+    mergeOccurrences(occurrencesByUrl, fileOccurrences);
   }
 
   const uniqueUrls = [...occurrencesByUrl.keys()];
   const failed: FailedResult[] = [];
 
-  await runWithConcurrency(uniqueUrls, MAX_CONCURRENCY, async (url) => {
+  await runWithConcurrency(uniqueUrls, urlCheckConcurrency, async (url) => {
     const result = await checkUrl(url);
     if (result.ok) return;
 
@@ -275,6 +349,19 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
 
   failed.sort((a, b) => a.url.localeCompare(b.url));
 
+  const report: LinkCheckReport = {
+    scannedFiles: files.length,
+    extractedExternalLinks: extractedLinks,
+    uniqueLinksChecked: uniqueUrls.length,
+    failedLinks: failed.length,
+    failures: failed,
+  };
+
+  if (jsonOutput) {
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(report, null, 2));
+    process.exit(failed.length === 0 ? 0 : 1);
+  }
+
   console.log(`Scanned files: ${files.length}`);
   console.log(`Extracted external links: ${extractedLinks}`);
   console.log(`Unique links checked: ${uniqueUrls.length}`);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index daab08195c..07e8b13b0c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "check": "turbo run check",
     "types:check": "turbo run types:check",
     "lint:links": "turbo run lint:links --filter=docs",
-    "lint:external-links": "turbo run lint:external-links --filter=docs",
+    "lint:external-links": "turbo run lint:external-links --filter=docs --",
     "lint:code": "turbo run lint:code --filter=docs",
     "lint:spellcheck": "turbo run lint:spellcheck --filter=docs"
   },
diff --git a/turbo.json b/turbo.json
index d67f90b84c..da9e4f66d8 100644
--- a/turbo.json
+++ b/turbo.json
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@
     "lint:code": {},
     "lint:spellcheck": {}
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}