diff --git a/.github/lychee.toml b/.github/lychee.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b13e53616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/lychee.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#############################  Display  #############################
+
+# Verbose program output
+# Accepts log level: "error", "warn", "info", "debug", "trace"
+verbose = "debug"
+
+# Don't show interactive progress bar while checking links.
+no_progress = true
+
+#############################  Cache  ###############################
+
+# Enable link caching. This can be helpful to avoid checking the same links on
+# multiple runs.
+cache = true
+
+# Discard all cached requests older than this duration.
+max_cache_age = "1d"
+
+#############################  Requests  ############################
+
+# Comma-separated list of accepted status codes for valid links.
+accept = [200, 429]
+
+#############################  Exclusions  ##########################
+
+# Exclude URLs and mail addresses from checking (supports regex).
+exclude = [
+# Network error: Forbidden
+"https://codepen.io",
+
+# Timeout error, maybe Twitter has anti-bot defenses against GitHub's CI servers?
+"https://twitter.com/mermaidjs_",
+
+# Don't check files that are generated during the build via `pnpm docs:code`
+'packages/mermaid/src/docs/config/setup/*',
+
+# Ignore slack invite
+"https://join.slack.com/"
+]
+
+# Exclude all private IPs from checking.
+# Equivalent to setting `exclude_private`, `exclude_link_local`, and
+# `exclude_loopback` to true.
+exclude_all_private = true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/link-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/link-checker.yml
index a2dc989e7..70580bfff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/link-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/link-checker.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ on:
     - cron: '30 8 * * *'
 
 jobs:
-  linkChecker:
+  link-checker:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       # lychee only uses the GITHUB_TOKEN to avoid rate-limiting
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1.8.0
         with:
           args: >-
-            --verbose
-            --no-progress
-            --cache
-            --max-cache-age 1d
+            --config .github/lychee.toml
             packages/mermaid/src/docs/**/*.md
             README.md
             README.zh-CN.md
diff --git a/.lycheeignore b/.lycheeignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d22d3cb15..000000000
--- a/.lycheeignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# These links are ignored by our link checker https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee
-# The file allows you to list multiple regular expressions for exclusion (one pattern per line).
-
-# Network error: Forbidden
-https://codepen.io
-
-# Timeout error, maybe Twitter has anti-bot defenses against GitHub's CI servers?
-https://twitter.com/mermaidjs_
-
-# Don't check files that are generated during the build via `pnpm docs:code`
-packages/mermaid/src/docs/config/setup/*
-
-# Ignore localhost
-http://localhost:3333/
-
-# Ignore slack invite
-https://join.slack.com/