  Off-lightcone Wilson-line operators are constructed using local operators
connected by time-like or space-like Wilson lines, which ensure gauge
invariance. Off-lightcone Wilson-line operators have broad applications in
various contexts. For instance, space-like Wilson-line operators play a crucial
role in determining quasi-distribution functions (quasi-PDFs), while time-like
Wilson-line operators are essential for understanding quarkonium decay and
production within the potential non-relativistic QCD (pNRQCD) framework. In
this work, we establish a systematic approach for calculating the matching from
the gradient-flow scheme to the $\overline{\rm MS}$ scheme in the limit of
small flow time for off-lightcone Wilson-line operators. By employing the
one-dimensional auxiliary-field formalism, we simplify the matching procedure,
reducing it to the matching of local current operators. We provide one-loop
level matching coefficients for these local current operators. For the case of
hadronic matrix element related to the quark quasi-PDFs, we show at one-loop
level that the finite flow time effect is very small as long as the flow radius
is smaller than the physical distance $z$, which is usually satisfied in
lattice gradient flow computations. Applications include lattice gradient flow
computations of quark/gluon quasi-PDFs, gluonic correlators related to
quarkonium decay and production in pNRQCD, and spin-dependent potentials in
terms of chromoelectric and chromomagnetic field insertions into a Wilson loop.
