diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/e2e/__tests__/app-impress/doc-editor.spec.ts b/src/frontend/apps/e2e/__tests__/app-impress/doc-editor.spec.ts
index 7aabc689c..4baf345b1 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/e2e/__tests__/app-impress/doc-editor.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/e2e/__tests__/app-impress/doc-editor.spec.ts
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ test.describe('Doc Editor', () => {
     await page.getByText('Link a doc').first().click();
 
     const input = page.locator(
-      "span[data-inline-content-type='interlinkingLinkInline'] input",
+      "span[data-inline-content-type='mentionSearchInline'] input",
     );
     const searchContainer = page.locator('.quick-search-container');
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/BlockNoteEditor.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/BlockNoteEditor.tsx
index 879473f3d..4c2e774a0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/BlockNoteEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/BlockNoteEditor.tsx
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ const localesBNAI = BlockNoteAI?.localesAI || {};
 import { createSafeCodeBlockSpec } from './custom-blocks/CodeBlock';
 import {
   InterlinkingLinkInlineContent,
+  MentionSearchInlineContent,
   getPastedDocInterlink,
 } from './custom-inline-content';
 import XLMultiColumn from './xl-multi-column';
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ const baseBlockNoteSchema = withPageBreak(
     inlineContentSpecs: {
       ...defaultInlineContentSpecs,
       interlinkingLinkInline: InterlinkingLinkInlineContent,
+      mentionSearchInline: MentionSearchInlineContent,
       math: createReactInlineMathSpec(),
     },
   }),
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/InterlinkingLinkInlineContent.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/InterlinkingLinkInlineContent.tsx
similarity index 62%
rename from src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/InterlinkingLinkInlineContent.tsx
rename to src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/InterlinkingLinkInlineContent.tsx
index 9d96099a9..47133fb79 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/InterlinkingLinkInlineContent.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/InterlinkingLinkInlineContent.tsx
@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ import { DocsBlockNoteEditor } from '@/docs/doc-editor/types';
 import { useCreateChildDocTree, useDocStore } from '@/docs/doc-management';
 
 import { LinkSelected } from './LinkSelected';
-import { SearchPage } from './SearchPage';
 
 export type InterlinkingLinkInlineContentType = {
   type: 'interlinkingLinkInline';
   propSchema: {
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Only set by the former search state of this inline content,
+     * now `mentionSearchInline`. Kept to read the documents saved before.
+     */
     disabled?: {
       default: false;
       values: [true, false];
@@ -26,6 +29,9 @@ export type InterlinkingLinkInlineContentType = {
     blockId?: {
       default: '';
     };
+    /**
+     * @deprecated See `disabled`.
+     */
     trigger?: {
       default: '/';
       values: readonly ['/', '@'];
@@ -59,56 +65,63 @@ export const InterlinkingLinkInlineContent = createReactInlineContentSpec<
     content: 'none',
   },
   {
-    /**
-     * Can have 3 render states:
-     * 1. Disabled state: when the inline content is disabled, it renders nothing
-     * 2. Search state: when the inline content has no docId, it renders the search page
-     * 3. Linked state: when the inline content has a docId, it renders the linked doc.
-     *
-     * Info: We keep everything in the same inline content to easily preserve
-     * the element position when switching between states
-     */
-    render: (props) => {
-      const { disabled, docId, blockId } = props.inlineContent.props;
-
-      if (disabled) {
-        return null;
-      }
-
-      if (docId) {
-        /**
-         * Should not happen
-         */
-        if (!uuidValidate(docId)) {
-          return (
-            <DisableInvalidInterlink
-              docId={docId}
-              onUpdateInlineContent={() => {
-                props.updateInlineContent({
-                  type: 'interlinkingLinkInline',
-                  props: {
-                    disabled: true,
-                  },
-                });
-              }}
-            />
-          );
-        }
-
-        return (
-          <LinkSelected
-            docId={docId}
-            blockId={blockId}
-            isEditable={props.editor.isEditable}
-          />
-        );
-      }
-
-      return <SearchPage {...props} />;
-    },
+    render: (props) => (
+      <InterlinkingLink
+        docId={props.inlineContent.props.docId}
+        blockId={props.inlineContent.props.blockId}
+        disabled={props.inlineContent.props.disabled}
+        isEditable={props.editor.isEditable}
+        onDisable={() => {
+          props.updateInlineContent({
+            type: 'interlinkingLinkInline',
+            props: {
+              disabled: true,
+            },
+          });
+        }}
+      />
+    ),
   },
 );
 
+interface InterlinkingLinkProps {
+  docId?: string;
+  blockId?: string;
+  disabled?: boolean;
+  isEditable: boolean;
+  onDisable: () => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Can have 2 render states:
+ * 1. Linked state: when the inline content has a docId, it renders the linked doc.
+ * 2. Empty state: otherwise, it renders nothing. It is what remains in the
+ *    documents saved while this inline content was also the search of the
+ *    mentions, now `mentionSearchInline`.
+ */
+export const InterlinkingLink = ({
+  docId,
+  blockId,
+  disabled,
+  isEditable,
+  onDisable,
+}: InterlinkingLinkProps) => {
+  if (disabled || !docId) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Should not happen
+   */
+  if (!uuidValidate(docId)) {
+    return <DisableInvalidInterlink docId={docId} onDisable={onDisable} />;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <LinkSelected docId={docId} blockId={blockId} isEditable={isEditable} />
+  );
+};
+
 export const getInterlinkinghMenuItems = (
   editor: DocsBlockNoteEditor,
   t: TFunction<'translation', undefined>,
@@ -121,7 +134,7 @@ export const getInterlinkinghMenuItems = (
     onItemClick: () => {
       editor.insertInlineContent([
         {
-          type: 'interlinkingLinkInline',
+          type: 'mentionSearchInline',
           props: {
             trigger: '/',
           },
@@ -156,18 +169,18 @@ export const useGetInterlinkingMenuItems = () => {
 
 const DisableInvalidInterlink = ({
   docId,
-  onUpdateInlineContent,
+  onDisable,
 }: {
   docId: string;
-  onUpdateInlineContent: () => void;
+  onDisable: () => void;
 }) => {
   useEffect(() => {
     Sentry.captureException(new Error(`Invalid docId: ${docId}`), {
       extra: { info: 'InterlinkingInlineContent' },
     });
 
-    onUpdateInlineContent();
-  }, [docId, onUpdateInlineContent]);
+    onDisable();
+  }, [docId, onDisable]);
 
   return null;
 };
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/InterlinkingSearchGroup.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/InterlinkingSearchGroup.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c3e09b33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/InterlinkingSearchGroup.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+import { useTreeContext } from '@gouvfr-lasuite/ui-components';
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+import { css } from 'styled-components';
+
+import DocIcon from '@/assets/icons/ui-kit/doc.svg';
+import ArrowIcon from '@/assets/icons/ui-kit/keyboard_return.svg';
+import { Box } from '@/components/Box';
+import { Text } from '@/components/Text';
+import { QuickSearchItemContent } from '@/components/quick-search/QuickSearchItemContent';
+import { DocSearchContent } from '@/docs/doc-search';
+import { type DocSearch } from '@/docs/doc-search/api/useSearchDocs';
+import { useTrans } from '@/features/docs/doc-management/hooks/useTrans';
+import { type Doc } from '@/features/docs/doc-management/types';
+import { getEmojiAndTitle } from '@/features/docs/doc-management/utils';
+
+import { type MentionedInlineContent } from '../types';
+
+interface InterlinkingSearchGroupProps {
+  search: string;
+  onPick: (inlineContent: MentionedInlineContent) => void;
+  /** Separate the docs from the section above. */
+  withSeparator?: boolean;
+  onResults?: (results: DocSearch[]) => void;
+  onLoadingChange?: (loading: boolean) => void;
+}
+
+export const InterlinkingSearchGroup = ({
+  search,
+  onPick,
+  withSeparator,
+  onResults,
+  onLoadingChange,
+}: InterlinkingSearchGroupProps) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const { untitledDocument } = useTrans();
+  const treeContext = useTreeContext<Doc>();
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {withSeparator && (
+        <Box
+          role="separator"
+          $margin={{ vertical: 'xxs' }}
+          $css={css`
+            border-top: 1px solid
+              var(--c--contextuals--border--surface--primary);
+          `}
+        />
+      )}
+      <DocSearchContent
+        groupName={t('Link a doc')}
+        hideGroupNameWhenEmpty
+        onResults={onResults}
+        onLoadingChange={onLoadingChange}
+        search={search}
+        parentDocId={treeContext?.root?.id}
+        isSearchNotMandatory
+        onSelect={(doc) => {
+          onPick({
+            type: 'interlinkingLinkInline',
+            props: { docId: doc.id },
+          });
+        }}
+        renderSearchElement={(doc) => {
+          const { emoji, titleWithoutEmoji } = getEmojiAndTitle(
+            doc.title || untitledDocument,
+          );
+
+          return (
+            <QuickSearchItemContent
+              left={
+                <Box
+                  $direction="row"
+                  $gap="0.2rem"
+                  $align="center"
+                  $padding={{
+                    vertical: '0.5rem',
+                    horizontal: '0.2rem',
+                  }}
+                  $width="100%"
+                >
+                  <Box
+                    $css={css`
+                      width: 24px;
+                      flex-shrink: 0;
+                    `}
+                  >
+                    {emoji ? (
+                      <Text $size="18px">{emoji}</Text>
+                    ) : (
+                      <DocIcon
+                        aria-hidden="true"
+                        width="24px"
+                        height="24px"
+                        color="var(--c--contextuals--content--semantic--neutral--primary)"
+                      />
+                    )}
+                  </Box>
+
+                  <Text
+                    $size="sm"
+                    $color="var(--c--contextuals--content--semantic--neutral--primary)"
+                    spellCheck="false"
+                    $weight="500"
+                  >
+                    {titleWithoutEmoji}
+                  </Text>
+                </Box>
+              }
+              right={
+                <ArrowIcon
+                  aria-hidden="true"
+                  width="24px"
+                  height="24px"
+                  color="var(--c--contextuals--content--semantic--neutral--tertiary)"
+                />
+              }
+            />
+          );
+        }}
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/LinkSelected.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/LinkSelected.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/LinkSelected.tsx
rename to src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/LinkSelected.tsx
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/__tests__/InterlinkingLink.test.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/__tests__/InterlinkingLink.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b782d7b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/__tests__/InterlinkingLink.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import { InterlinkingLink } from '../InterlinkingLinkInlineContent';
+
+vi.mock('../LinkSelected', () => ({
+  LinkSelected: ({ docId, blockId }: { docId: string; blockId?: string }) => (
+    <span data-testid="link-selected">{`${docId}#${blockId ?? ''}`}</span>
+  ),
+}));
+
+const DOC_ID = '6f1e4c9a-2f6b-4a3e-9d5c-1b2a3c4d5e6f';
+
+/**
+ * The documents saved before the search of the mentions got its own inline
+ * content still hold `interlinkingLinkInline` in its former search states.
+ */
+describe('InterlinkingLink', () => {
+  it('renders the linked doc', () => {
+    render(
+      <InterlinkingLink
+        docId={DOC_ID}
+        blockId="block-1"
+        isEditable
+        onDisable={vi.fn()}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('link-selected')).toHaveTextContent(
+      `${DOC_ID}#block-1`,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('renders nothing for the former search state, without docId', () => {
+    const { container } = render(
+      <InterlinkingLink docId="" isEditable onDisable={vi.fn()} />,
+    );
+
+    expect(container).toBeEmptyDOMElement();
+  });
+
+  it('renders nothing for the former closed search state, disabled', () => {
+    const { container } = render(
+      <InterlinkingLink docId="" disabled isEditable onDisable={vi.fn()} />,
+    );
+
+    expect(container).toBeEmptyDOMElement();
+  });
+
+  it('disables a link to an invalid doc id', async () => {
+    const onDisable = vi.fn();
+
+    const { container } = render(
+      <InterlinkingLink docId="not-a-uuid" isEditable onDisable={onDisable} />,
+    );
+
+    expect(container).toBeEmptyDOMElement();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(onDisable).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/__tests__/InterlinkingLinkInlineContent.test.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/__tests__/InterlinkingLinkInlineContent.test.tsx
similarity index 95%
rename from src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/__tests__/InterlinkingLinkInlineContent.test.tsx
rename to src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/__tests__/InterlinkingLinkInlineContent.test.tsx
index 428494481..4ed7b8966 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/__tests__/InterlinkingLinkInlineContent.test.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/__tests__/InterlinkingLinkInlineContent.test.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const t = ((key: string) => key) as unknown as Parameters<
 >[1];
 
 describe('getInterlinkinghMenuItems', () => {
-  it('inserts an interlink inline content when the "link-doc" item is clicked', () => {
+  it('inserts the mention search inline content when the "link-doc" item is clicked', () => {
     const insertInlineContent = vi.fn();
     const editor = { insertInlineContent } as unknown as DocsBlockNoteEditor;
     const createPage = vi.fn();
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('getInterlinkinghMenuItems', () => {
 
     expect(insertInlineContent).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
       {
-        type: 'interlinkingLinkInline',
+        type: 'mentionSearchInline',
         props: { trigger: '/' },
       },
     ]);
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/__tests__/LinkSelected.test.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/__tests__/LinkSelected.test.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/__tests__/LinkSelected.test.tsx
rename to src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/__tests__/LinkSelected.test.tsx
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/__tests__/pasteInterlink.test.ts b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/__tests__/pasteInterlink.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/__tests__/pasteInterlink.test.ts
rename to src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/__tests__/pasteInterlink.test.ts
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/index.ts b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/index.ts
similarity index 65%
rename from src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/index.ts
rename to src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/index.ts
index dc6e9bdad..53714b962 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/index.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export * from './InterlinkingLinkInlineContent';
+export * from './InterlinkingSearchGroup';
 export * from './pasteInterlink';
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/pasteInterlink.ts b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/pasteInterlink.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/pasteInterlink.ts
rename to src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Interlinking/pasteInterlink.ts
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/MentionSearchInlineContent.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/MentionSearchInlineContent.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db7757f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/MentionSearchInlineContent.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { StyleSchema } from '@blocknote/core';
+import { createReactInlineContentSpec } from '@blocknote/react';
+
+import { Search } from './Search';
+
+export type MentionSearchInlineContentType = {
+  type: 'mentionSearchInline';
+  propSchema: {
+    disabled?: {
+      default: false;
+      values: [true, false];
+    };
+    trigger?: {
+      default: '/';
+      values: readonly ['/', '@'];
+    };
+  };
+  content: 'none';
+};
+
+/**
+ * Transient inline content hosting the search of a mention. It replaces
+ * itself by the inline content of the kind of mention the user picked.
+ *
+ * Info: it is the parent of every kind of mention (Interlinking, ...), they
+ * do not know about it. Keep the type of the mentions themselves unchanged,
+ * they are persisted in the documents.
+ */
+export const MentionSearchInlineContent = createReactInlineContentSpec<
+  MentionSearchInlineContentType,
+  StyleSchema
+>(
+  {
+    type: 'mentionSearchInline',
+    propSchema: {
+      disabled: {
+        default: false,
+        values: [true, false],
+      },
+      trigger: {
+        default: '/',
+        values: ['/', '@'],
+      },
+    },
+    content: 'none',
+  },
+  {
+    render: (props) => {
+      if (props.inlineContent.props.disabled) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      return <Search {...props} />;
+    },
+  },
+);
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/SearchPage.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Search.tsx
similarity index 67%
rename from src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/SearchPage.tsx
rename to src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Search.tsx
index ef20e42b5..a6df8f879 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/SearchPage.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/Search.tsx
@@ -1,28 +1,19 @@
 import { StyleSchema } from '@blocknote/core';
 import { ReactCustomInlineContentRenderProps } from '@blocknote/react';
-import { useTreeContext } from '@gouvfr-lasuite/ui-components';
 import { Popover } from '@mantine/core';
 import type { KeyboardEvent } from 'react';
 import { useEffect, useId, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { css } from 'styled-components';
 
-import DocIcon from '@/assets/icons/ui-kit/doc.svg';
-import ArrowIcon from '@/assets/icons/ui-kit/keyboard_return.svg';
-import {
-  Box,
-  Card,
-  QuickSearch,
-  QuickSearchItemContent,
-  Text,
-} from '@/components';
+import { Box, Card, QuickSearch } from '@/components';
 import { DocsBlockNoteEditor } from '@/docs/doc-editor/types';
-import { Doc, getEmojiAndTitle, useTrans } from '@/docs/doc-management';
-import { DocSearchContent } from '@/docs/doc-search';
 import { useDocSearchFilterStore } from '@/docs/doc-search/stores/useDocSearchFilterStore';
 import { useResponsiveStore } from '@/stores';
 
-import { InterlinkingLinkInlineContentType } from './InterlinkingLinkInlineContent';
+import { InterlinkingSearchGroup } from './Interlinking';
+import { MentionSearchInlineContentType } from './MentionSearchInlineContent';
+import { MentionedInlineContent } from './types';
 
 const inputStyle = css`
   background-color: transparent;
@@ -34,32 +25,37 @@ const inputStyle = css`
   font-family: 'Inter';
 `;
 
-type ReactInterlinkingSearch = ReactCustomInlineContentRenderProps<
-  InterlinkingLinkInlineContentType,
+type ReactMentionSearch = ReactCustomInlineContentRenderProps<
+  MentionSearchInlineContentType,
   StyleSchema
 >;
 
-export const SearchPage = ({
+/**
+ * The search replaces itself by the content the user picked. At runtime
+ * `updateInlineContent` accepts any inline content, but it is typed with the
+ * one of the search.
+ */
+type ReplaceByMentioned = (inlineContent: MentionedInlineContent) => void;
+
+export const Search = ({
   contentRef,
   updateInlineContent,
   editor,
   inlineContent,
-}: ReactInterlinkingSearch) => {
+}: ReactMentionSearch) => {
   const trigger = inlineContent.props.trigger;
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
   const [search, setSearch] = useState('');
   const { isDesktop } = useResponsiveStore();
-  const { untitledDocument } = useTrans();
   const isEditable = editor.isEditable;
-  const treeContext = useTreeContext<Doc>();
   const modalRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const dropdownId = useId();
   const [popoverOpened, setPopoverOpened] = useState(false);
   const { setFilter } = useDocSearchFilterStore();
 
   /**
-   * When the search page is opened, we set the search
+   * When the search is opened, we set the search
    * target to 'current' to limit the search to the current
    * document and its sub-documents.
    */
@@ -91,7 +87,7 @@ export const SearchPage = ({
     }
 
     updateInlineContent({
-      type: 'interlinkingLinkInline',
+      type: 'mentionSearchInline',
       props: {
         disabled: true,
       },
@@ -106,6 +102,17 @@ export const SearchPage = ({
     }
   };
 
+  const pick = (mentioned: MentionedInlineContent) => {
+    if (!isEditable) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    (updateInlineContent as unknown as ReplaceByMentioned)(mentioned);
+
+    contentRef(null);
+    editor.focus();
+  };
+
   const handleKeyDown = (e: KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
     if (e.key === 'Escape') {
       e.preventDefault();
@@ -260,84 +267,7 @@ export const SearchPage = ({
                 $margin="sm"
                 $padding="none"
               >
-                <DocSearchContent
-                  groupName={t('Link a doc')}
-                  search={search}
-                  parentDocId={treeContext?.root?.id}
-                  isSearchNotMandatory
-                  onSelect={(doc) => {
-                    if (!isEditable) {
-                      return;
-                    }
-
-                    updateInlineContent({
-                      type: 'interlinkingLinkInline',
-                      props: {
-                        docId: doc.id,
-                      },
-                    });
-
-                    contentRef(null);
-                    editor.focus();
-                  }}
-                  renderSearchElement={(doc) => {
-                    const { emoji, titleWithoutEmoji } = getEmojiAndTitle(
-                      doc.title || untitledDocument,
-                    );
-
-                    return (
-                      <QuickSearchItemContent
-                        left={
-                          <Box
-                            $direction="row"
-                            $gap="0.2rem"
-                            $align="center"
-                            $padding={{
-                              vertical: '0.5rem',
-                              horizontal: '0.2rem',
-                            }}
-                            $width="100%"
-                          >
-                            <Box
-                              $css={css`
-                                width: 24px;
-                                flex-shrink: 0;
-                              `}
-                            >
-                              {emoji ? (
-                                <Text $size="18px">{emoji}</Text>
-                              ) : (
-                                <DocIcon
-                                  aria-hidden="true"
-                                  width="24px"
-                                  height="24px"
-                                  color="var(--c--contextuals--content--semantic--neutral--primary)"
-                                />
-                              )}
-                            </Box>
-
-                            <Text
-                              $size="sm"
-                              $color="var(--c--contextuals--content--semantic--neutral--primary)"
-                              spellCheck="false"
-                              $weight="500"
-                            >
-                              {titleWithoutEmoji}
-                            </Text>
-                          </Box>
-                        }
-                        right={
-                          <ArrowIcon
-                            aria-hidden="true"
-                            width="24px"
-                            height="24px"
-                            color="var(--c--contextuals--content--semantic--neutral--tertiary)"
-                          />
-                        }
-                      />
-                    );
-                  }}
-                />
+                <InterlinkingSearchGroup search={search} onPick={pick} />
               </Card>
             </QuickSearch>
           </Box>
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/__tests__/SearchPage.test.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/__tests__/Search.test.tsx
similarity index 87%
rename from src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/__tests__/SearchPage.test.tsx
rename to src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/__tests__/Search.test.tsx
index a723f1db3..1f6580749 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Interlinking/__tests__/SearchPage.test.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/__tests__/Search.test.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ vi.mock('@/docs/doc-search', async () => {
   };
 });
 
-import { SearchPage } from '../SearchPage';
+import { Search } from '../Search';
 
 // cmdk and Mantine rely on browser APIs jsdom doesn't implement.
 beforeEach(() => {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   );
 });
 
-const renderSearchPage = async ({ isEditable = true, trigger = '/' } = {}) => {
+const renderSearch = async ({ isEditable = true, trigger = '/' } = {}) => {
   const updateInlineContent = vi.fn();
   const contentRef = vi.fn();
   const insertInlineContent = vi.fn();
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ const renderSearchPage = async ({ isEditable = true, trigger = '/' } = {}) => {
   } as unknown as DocsBlockNoteEditor;
 
   render(
-    <SearchPage
+    <Search
       editor={editor as any}
       inlineContent={
         {
-          type: 'interlinkingLinkInline',
-          props: { trigger, disabled: false, docId: '' },
+          type: 'mentionSearchInline',
+          props: { trigger, disabled: false },
         } as any
       }
       updateInlineContent={updateInlineContent}
@@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ const renderSearchPage = async ({ isEditable = true, trigger = '/' } = {}) => {
     { wrapper: Wrapper },
   );
 
-  // SearchPage focuses the input and opens the popover after a 100ms timeout.
+  // Search focuses the input and opens the popover after a 100ms timeout.
   await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByRole('combobox')).toHaveFocus());
 
   return { updateInlineContent, contentRef, insertInlineContent, focus };
 };
 
-describe('SearchPage', () => {
+describe('Search', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     capturedProps.length = 0;
     useDocSearchFilterStore.setState({ filter: 'all' });
@@ -122,20 +122,20 @@ describe('SearchPage', () => {
   });
 
   it('limits the search to the current doc subtree on mount', async () => {
-    await renderSearchPage();
+    await renderSearch();
 
     expect(useDocSearchFilterStore.getState().filter).toBe('current');
   });
 
   it('renders the trigger character and focuses the search input', async () => {
-    await renderSearchPage({ trigger: '@' });
+    await renderSearch({ trigger: '@' });
 
     expect(screen.getByText('@')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByRole('combobox')).toHaveFocus();
   });
 
   it('forwards the typed text to the search results', async () => {
-    await renderSearchPage();
+    await renderSearch();
 
     fireEvent.input(screen.getByRole('combobox'), {
       target: { value: 'my query' },
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ describe('SearchPage', () => {
   });
 
   it('selects a result and inserts the interlink', async () => {
-    const { updateInlineContent, contentRef, focus } = await renderSearchPage();
+    const { updateInlineContent, contentRef, focus } = await renderSearch();
 
     fireEvent.click(await screen.findByText('First result'));
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ describe('SearchPage', () => {
   });
 
   it('ignores a selection when the editor is not editable', async () => {
-    const { updateInlineContent } = await renderSearchPage({
+    const { updateInlineContent } = await renderSearch({
       isEditable: false,
     });
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ describe('SearchPage', () => {
 
   it('closes and re-inserts the trigger and typed text on Escape', async () => {
     const { updateInlineContent, insertInlineContent, focus } =
-      await renderSearchPage({ trigger: '/' });
+      await renderSearch({ trigger: '/' });
 
     fireEvent.input(screen.getByRole('combobox'), {
       target: { value: 'abc' },
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ describe('SearchPage', () => {
     fireEvent.keyDown(screen.getByRole('combobox'), { key: 'Escape' });
 
     expect(updateInlineContent).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      type: 'interlinkingLinkInline',
+      type: 'mentionSearchInline',
       props: { disabled: true },
     });
     expect(focus).toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -190,20 +190,19 @@ describe('SearchPage', () => {
   });
 
   it('closes without inserting anything on Backspace when the search is empty', async () => {
-    const { updateInlineContent, insertInlineContent } =
-      await renderSearchPage();
+    const { updateInlineContent, insertInlineContent } = await renderSearch();
 
     fireEvent.keyDown(screen.getByRole('combobox'), { key: 'Backspace' });
 
     expect(updateInlineContent).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      type: 'interlinkingLinkInline',
+      type: 'mentionSearchInline',
       props: { disabled: true },
     });
     expect(insertInlineContent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it('lets a Backspace with existing text fall through to normal editing', async () => {
-    const { updateInlineContent } = await renderSearchPage();
+    const { updateInlineContent } = await renderSearch();
 
     fireEvent.input(screen.getByRole('combobox'), {
       target: { value: 'abc' },
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ describe('SearchPage', () => {
   });
 
   it('moves the highlighted result with ArrowDown/ArrowUp and selects it on Enter', async () => {
-    const { updateInlineContent } = await renderSearchPage();
+    const { updateInlineContent } = await renderSearch();
 
     await screen.findByText('First result');
     const input = screen.getByRole('combobox');
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/index.ts b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..158ebb30c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export * from './Interlinking';
+export * from './MentionSearchInlineContent';
+export * from './types';
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/types.ts b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2da6d7e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/Mention/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/**
+ * What the mention search can be replaced by once the user picked an item.
+ * Each kind of mention (Interlinking, ...) adds its own inline content here.
+ */
+export type MentionedInlineContent = {
+  type: 'interlinkingLinkInline';
+  props: { docId: string };
+};
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/index.ts b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/index.ts
index fa505a9e9..d3ee18034 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/index.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-inline-content/index.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export * from './Interlinking';
+export * from './Mention';
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/hook/useShortcuts.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/hook/useShortcuts.tsx
index 8eefce672..23ebbf7ba 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/hook/useShortcuts.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/hook/useShortcuts.tsx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export const useShortcuts = (
         event.preventDefault();
         editor.insertInlineContent([
           {
-            type: 'interlinkingLinkInline',
+            type: 'mentionSearchInline',
             props: {
               trigger: '@',
             },
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/__tests__/mentionSearchMapping.test.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/__tests__/mentionSearchMapping.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16e45b8f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/__tests__/mentionSearchMapping.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { TextRun } from 'docx';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import {
+  inlineContentMappingMentionSearchDocx,
+  inlineContentMappingMentionSearchODT,
+  inlineContentMappingMentionSearchPDF,
+} from '../inline-content-mapping';
+
+const search = {
+  type: 'mentionSearchInline' as const,
+  props: { trigger: '@', disabled: false },
+};
+
+// The exporter is only needed by the mappings that render nested content.
+const exporter = {} as never;
+
+describe('mention search export mappings', () => {
+  it('exports nothing in ODT', () => {
+    expect(
+      inlineContentMappingMentionSearchODT(search as never, exporter),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('exports an empty text run in Docx', () => {
+    const run = inlineContentMappingMentionSearchDocx(
+      search as never,
+      exporter,
+    );
+
+    expect(run).toBeInstanceOf(TextRun);
+    expect(JSON.stringify(run)).not.toContain('@');
+  });
+
+  it('exports nothing in PDF', () => {
+    const element = inlineContentMappingMentionSearchPDF(
+      search as never,
+      exporter,
+    ) as unknown as React.ReactElement<{ children?: unknown }>;
+
+    expect(element.props.children).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/inline-content-mapping/index.ts b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/inline-content-mapping/index.ts
index 2c34f76a9..e0569eba7 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/inline-content-mapping/index.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/inline-content-mapping/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 export * from './interlinkingLinkPDF';
 export * from './interlinkingLinkDocx';
 export * from './interlinkingLinkODT';
+export * from './mentionSearchPDF';
+export * from './mentionSearchDocx';
+export * from './mentionSearchODT';
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/inline-content-mapping/mentionSearchDocx.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/inline-content-mapping/mentionSearchDocx.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f12e1f0ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/inline-content-mapping/mentionSearchDocx.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { TextRun } from 'docx';
+
+import { DocsExporterDocx } from '../types';
+
+/**
+ * The search of a mention is transient, there is nothing to export.
+ */
+export const inlineContentMappingMentionSearchDocx: DocsExporterDocx['mappings']['inlineContentMapping']['mentionSearchInline'] =
+  () => new TextRun('');
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/inline-content-mapping/mentionSearchODT.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/inline-content-mapping/mentionSearchODT.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27d3f8536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/inline-content-mapping/mentionSearchODT.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { DocsExporterODT } from '../types';
+
+/**
+ * The search of a mention is transient, there is nothing to export.
+ */
+export const inlineContentMappingMentionSearchODT: DocsExporterODT['mappings']['inlineContentMapping']['mentionSearchInline'] =
+  () => null;
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/inline-content-mapping/mentionSearchPDF.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/inline-content-mapping/mentionSearchPDF.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d4098744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/inline-content-mapping/mentionSearchPDF.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { DocsExporterPDF } from '../types';
+
+/**
+ * The search of a mention is transient, there is nothing to export.
+ */
+export const inlineContentMappingMentionSearchPDF: DocsExporterPDF['mappings']['inlineContentMapping']['mentionSearchInline'] =
+  () => <></>;
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/mappingDocx.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/mappingDocx.tsx
index 2ab0e328a..7acfdc9ac 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/mappingDocx.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/mappingDocx.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ import {
   blockMappingQuoteDocx,
   blockMappingUploadLoaderDocx,
 } from './blocks-mapping';
-import { createInlineContentMappingInterlinkingLinkDocx } from './inline-content-mapping';
+import {
+  createInlineContentMappingInterlinkingLinkDocx,
+  inlineContentMappingMentionSearchDocx,
+} from './inline-content-mapping';
 import { DocsExporterDocx } from './types';
 
 export const getDocxDocsSchemaMappings = (
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ export const getDocxDocsSchemaMappings = (
     ...docxDefaultSchemaMappings.inlineContentMapping,
     interlinkingLinkInline:
       createInlineContentMappingInterlinkingLinkDocx(interlinkTitles),
+    mentionSearchInline: inlineContentMappingMentionSearchDocx,
     // Renders inline math as a native (editable) Word equation.
     math: inlineMathMapping,
   },
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/mappingODT.ts b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/mappingODT.ts
index 22eeb83d5..f6d1b60ef 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/mappingODT.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/mappingODT.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ import {
   blockMappingImageODT,
   blockMappingUploadLoaderODT,
 } from './blocks-mapping';
-import { createInlineContentMappingInterlinkingLinkODT } from './inline-content-mapping';
+import {
+  createInlineContentMappingInterlinkingLinkODT,
+  inlineContentMappingMentionSearchODT,
+} from './inline-content-mapping';
 import { DocsExporterODT } from './types';
 
 // Align default inline mappings to our editor inline schema without using `any`
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ export const getOdtDocsSchemaMappings = (
     ...baseInlineMappings,
     interlinkingLinkInline:
       createInlineContentMappingInterlinkingLinkODT(interlinkTitles),
+    mentionSearchInline: inlineContentMappingMentionSearchODT,
     // Renders inline math as a native (editable) ODF formula object.
     math: inlineMathMapping,
   },
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/mappingPDF.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/mappingPDF.tsx
index 7129b50f9..7e7cb8ec5 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/mappingPDF.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-export/mappingPDF.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ import {
   blockMappingTablePDF,
   blockMappingUploadLoaderPDF,
 } from './blocks-mapping';
-import { createInlineContentMappingInterlinkingLinkPDF } from './inline-content-mapping';
+import {
+  createInlineContentMappingInterlinkingLinkPDF,
+  inlineContentMappingMentionSearchPDF,
+} from './inline-content-mapping';
 import { DocsExporterPDF } from './types';
 
 export const getPdfDocsSchemaMappings = (
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ export const getPdfDocsSchemaMappings = (
     ...pdfDefaultSchemaMappings.inlineContentMapping,
     interlinkingLinkInline:
       createInlineContentMappingInterlinkingLinkPDF(interlinkTitles),
+    mentionSearchInline: inlineContentMappingMentionSearchPDF,
     // Inline math is rasterized to an image that flows with the text.
     math: inlineMathMapping,
   },
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-search/components/DocSearchContent.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-search/components/DocSearchContent.tsx
index e6c335d66..3fee045aa 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-search/components/DocSearchContent.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-search/components/DocSearchContent.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { DocSearchItem } from './DocSearchItem';
 
 type DocSearchContentProps = {
   groupName?: string;
+  hideGroupNameWhenEmpty?: boolean;
   search: string;
   filterResults?: (doc: DocSearch) => boolean;
   isSearchNotMandatory?: boolean;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ type DocSearchContentProps = {
 
 export const DocSearchContent = ({
   groupName,
+  hideGroupNameWhenEmpty,
   search,
   filterResults,
   onResults,
@@ -82,7 +84,8 @@ export const DocSearchContent = ({
     onResults?.(elements);
 
     setDocsData({
-      groupName: groupName,
+      groupName:
+        hideGroupNameWhenEmpty && elements.length === 0 ? '' : groupName,
       groupKey: 'docs',
       elements,
       endActions: hasNextPage
@@ -111,6 +114,7 @@ export const DocSearchContent = ({
     data?.pages,
     filterResults,
     groupName,
+    hideGroupNameWhenEmpty,
     isSearchNotMandatory,
     loading,
     hasNextPage,