seo

SEO: Universal SEO Analysis Skill

Invocation: /seo $1 $2 where $1 is the command and $2 is the URL or argument.

Runtime: Run bundled Python tools through claude-seo run <script.py>. Plugin installs expose this command automatically. Repository users run ./bin/claude-seo; manual installers rewrite the command to the isolated launcher path. In Dungeon, python <absolute-engine-root>/scripts/runtime.py with the same arguments is the cross-platform launcher equivalent. Never invoke the analysis scripts themselves with a bare Python interpreter.

Comprehensive SEO analysis across all industries (SaaS, local services, e-commerce, publishers, agencies). Orchestrates 24 sub-skills (21 core + 1 framework integration + 2 extension mirrors) and 18 sub-agents. A separate optional Firecrawl extension is also installable (see "Optional Extensions" below).

Quick Reference

Command	What it does
/seo audit <url>	Full website audit with parallel subagent delegation
/seo page <url>	Deep single-page analysis
/seo sitemap <url or generate>	Analyze or generate XML sitemaps
/seo schema <url>	Detect, validate, and generate Schema.org markup
/seo images <url or optimize>	Image SEO: on-page audit, SERP analysis, file optimization
/seo technical <url>	Technical SEO audit (9 categories)
/seo content <url>	E-E-A-T and content quality analysis
/seo content-brief <topic or url>	Generate detailed SEO content brief with target keywords, outline, internal links
/seo geo <url>	AI Overviews / Generative Engine Optimization
/seo plan <business-type>	Strategic SEO planning
/seo programmatic [url|plan]	Programmatic SEO analysis and planning
/seo competitor-pages [url|generate]	Competitor comparison page generation
/seo local <url>	Local SEO analysis (GBP, citations, reviews, map pack)
/seo maps [command] [args]	Maps intelligence (geo-grid, GBP audit, reviews, competitors)
/seo hreflang [url]	Hreflang/i18n SEO audit and generation
/seo google [command] [url]	Google SEO APIs (GSC, PageSpeed, CrUX, Indexing, GA4)
/seo backlinks <url>	Backlink profile analysis (free: Moz, Bing, CC; premium: DataForSEO)
/seo cluster <seed-keyword>	SERP-based semantic clustering and content architecture
/seo sxo <url>	Search Experience Optimization: page-type analysis, user stories, personas
/seo drift baseline <url>	Capture SEO baseline for change monitoring
/seo drift compare <url>	Compare current state to stored baseline
/seo drift history <url>	Show drift history over time
/seo ecommerce <url>	E-commerce SEO: product schema, marketplace intelligence
/seo firecrawl [command] <url>	Full-site crawling and site mapping (extension)
/seo dataforseo [command]	Live SEO data via DataForSEO (extension)
/seo image-gen [use-case] <description>	AI image generation for SEO assets (extension)
/seo ahrefs [command] <target>	Ahrefs backlink and keyword data (extension)
/seo bing [command] <url>	Bing Webmaster data and IndexNow (extension)
/seo profound [command]	LLM brand-citation tracking (extension)
/seo seranking [command]	AI share-of-voice tracking (extension)
/seo unlighthouse <url>	Multi-page Lighthouse audits (extension)
/seo flow [stage] [url|topic]	FLOW framework: evidence-led prompts for Find, Leverage, Optimize, Win, or Local stages
/seo setup	Explicitly create or refresh the isolated Python runtime and Chromium
/seo doctor	Check runtime readiness without changing the system

Runtime Setup

Run setup only when the user explicitly invokes /seo setup or explicitly asks to repair dependencies. Execute claude-seo setup, report core and Chromium status separately, and do not fall back to global or user package installation. For diagnosis, execute claude-seo doctor --json; its output intentionally omits absolute paths and environment values. If any claude-seo run command reports that setup is required, suggest /seo setup and do not improvise a pip install.

Orchestration Logic

Delegation policy

Full audits are speed-first, multi-agent workflows. Launch available specialist agents concurrently whenever the runtime supports delegation; use inline sequential work only as a last-resort compatibility fallback. In SEO Dungeon, delegated agents should inherit the selected strength profile: Warrior/deep uses extra-high or the highest available effort, Samurai/balanced uses high, and Knight/fast uses medium. Do not silently downshift delegated work below the selected profile.

When the user invokes /seo audit, delegate to subagents in parallel:

1. Detect business type (SaaS, local, ecommerce, publisher, agency, other)
2. Spawn always-on subagents: seo-technical, seo-content, seo-schema, seo-sitemap, seo-performance, seo-visual, seo-geo, seo-sxo
3. If Google API credentials detected (claude-seo run google_auth.py --check), also spawn seo-google agent
4. If local business detected, also spawn seo-local agent
5. If local business detected AND DataForSEO credentials or optional tools are available, also spawn seo-maps agent
6. If backlink APIs detected (claude-seo run backlinks_auth.py --check), also spawn seo-backlinks agent
7. If FIRECRAWL_API_KEY or an optional Firecrawl adapter is available, use Firecrawl to discover site URLs before analysis; otherwise fall back to sitemap and page-discovery scripts
8. If content strategy signals detected (blog, pillar pages, topic clusters), also spawn seo-cluster agent
9. If e-commerce detected, also spawn seo-ecommerce agent
10. If drift baseline exists for this URL (claude-seo run drift_history.py <url>), also spawn seo-drift agent
11. Always include seo-sxo in full audits (search experience applies to all sites)
12. Collect results and generate unified report with SEO Health Score (0-100)
13. Synthesize via the 10-principle framework (see "Synthesis Methodology" below), walk PERCEIVE → ANALYZE → VALIDATE → ACT before bucketing findings into Critical / High / Medium / Low
14. Create prioritized action plan with dependency sequencing + falsifiability per recommendation
15. Offer PDF report: "Generate a professional PDF report? Use /seo google report full"

For individual commands, load the relevant sub-skill directly. After any analysis command completes, offer to generate a PDF report via claude-seo run google_report.py.

Synthesis Methodology

Audits are not just findings, they are findings synthesized into a coherent strategy. claude-seo uses a 10-principle thinking framework grouped into four phases: PERCEIVE (observe-external · observe-internal · listen), ANALYZE (think · connect-lateral · connect-system), VALIDATE (feel · accept), ACT (create · grow).

Full audits (/seo audit, /seo page) walk every phase before emitting the action plan. Narrower commands (/seo schema, /seo images, etc.) pass at least THINK + ACCEPT before emitting (sound first principle, surfaced falsifiability). The Critical / High / Medium / Low priority buckets are the output of validation, not a substitute for it.

Full methodology + per-principle SEO mapping: references/thinking-framework.md.

Each emitted recommendation should carry:

• The first-principle observation it rests on (THINK)
• The dependency on / unblock relationship to other recommendations (CONNECT-system)
• An explicit "how would we know this failed?" check (ACCEPT)
• A leading indicator the user can monitor without re-running the audit (GROW)

Industry Detection

Detect business type from homepage signals:

• SaaS: pricing page, /features, /integrations, /docs, "free trial", "sign up"
• Local Service: phone number, address, service area, "serving [city]", Google Maps embed --> auto-suggest /seo local for deeper analysis
• E-commerce: /products, /collections, /cart, "add to cart", product schema
• Publisher: /blog, /articles, /topics, article schema, author pages, publication dates
• Agency: /case-studies, /portfolio, /industries, "our work", client logos

Quality Gates

Read references/quality-gates.md for thin content thresholds per page type. Hard rules:

• WARNING at 30+ location pages (enforce 60%+ unique content)
• HARD STOP at 50+ location pages (require user justification)
• Never recommend HowTo schema (deprecated Sept 2023)
• FAQ schema: Google retired FAQ rich results for ALL sites on May 7, 2026 (no SERP feature anymore; supersedes the Aug 2023 gov/health restriction). Flag existing FAQPage at Info (not Critical); do not claim confirmed AI/LLM citation benefit; do not recommend removal; do not recommend new FAQPage for Google SERP benefit; use QAPage for genuine user Q&A
• All Core Web Vitals references use INP, never FID

Reference Files

Load these on-demand as needed (do NOT load all at startup):

• references/cwv-thresholds.md: Current Core Web Vitals thresholds and measurement details
• references/schema-types.md: All supported schema types with deprecation status
• references/eeat-framework.md: E-E-A-T evaluation criteria (Sept 2025 QRG update)
• references/quality-gates.md: Content length minimums, uniqueness thresholds
• references/local-seo-signals.md: Local ranking factors, review benchmarks, citation tiers, GBP status
• references/local-schema-types.md: LocalBusiness subtypes, industry-specific schema and citation sources

Maps-specific references (loaded by seo-maps skill, not at startup):

• references/maps-geo-grid.md, references/maps-gbp-checklist.md, references/maps-api-endpoints.md, references/maps-free-apis.md

Scoring Methodology

SEO Health Score (0-100)

Weighted aggregate of all categories:

Category	Weight
Technical SEO	22%
Content Quality	23%
On-Page SEO	20%
Schema / Structured Data	10%
Performance (CWV)	10%
AI Search Readiness	10%
Images	5%

Priority Levels

• Critical: Blocks indexing or causes penalties (immediate fix required)
• High: Significantly impacts rankings (fix within 1 week)
• Medium: Optimization opportunity (fix within 1 month)
• Low: Nice to have (backlog)

Sub-Skills

This skill orchestrates 24 sub-skills (21 core + 1 framework integration + 2 extension mirrors). The orchestrator itself (seo) is the 25th in skills/, but does not orchestrate itself, so it is not enumerated below.

1. seo-audit -- Full website audit with parallel delegation
2. seo-page -- Deep single-page analysis
3. seo-technical -- Technical SEO (9 categories)
4. seo-content -- E-E-A-T and content quality
5. seo-content-brief -- Detailed SEO content brief generation (contributed by puneetindersingh)
6. seo-schema -- Schema markup detection and generation
7. seo-images -- Image optimization, SERP analysis, file optimization
8. seo-sitemap -- Sitemap analysis and generation
9. seo-geo -- AI Overviews / GEO optimization
10. seo-plan -- Strategic planning with templates
11. seo-programmatic -- Programmatic SEO analysis and planning
12. seo-competitor-pages -- Competitor comparison page generation
13. seo-hreflang -- Hreflang/i18n SEO audit, cultural profiles, content parity
14. seo-local -- Local SEO (GBP, NAP, citations, reviews, local schema, multi-location)
15. seo-maps -- Maps intelligence (geo-grid, GBP audit, reviews, competitor radius)
16. seo-google -- Google SEO APIs (GSC, PageSpeed, CrUX, Indexing API, GA4)
17. seo-backlinks -- Backlink profile analysis (free: Moz, Bing, CC; premium: DataForSEO)
18. seo-cluster -- SERP-based semantic clustering (contributed by Lutfiya Miller)
19. seo-sxo -- Search Experience Optimization (contributed by Florian Schmitz)
20. seo-drift -- SEO drift monitoring (contributed by Dan Colta)
21. seo-ecommerce -- E-commerce SEO intelligence (contributed by Matej Marjanovic)
22. seo-dataforseo -- Live SEO data via DataForSEO credentials (extension mirror)
23. seo-image-gen -- AI image generation for SEO assets via Gemini (extension mirror)
24. seo-flow -- FLOW framework integration (Find -> Leverage -> Optimize -> Win, 41 AI prompts, CC BY 4.0)

Optional Extensions

The following ship in extensions/ rather than skills/. DataForSEO and Firecrawl should use selected-project .env credentials by default; their installers are optional for users who want adapter setup:

All optional extensions are reachable through /seo subcommands once installed: firecrawl, dataforseo, and image-gen, plus /seo ahrefs, /seo bing, /seo profound, /seo seranking, and /seo unlighthouse. Each installs as its own sub-skill, so the model also auto-routes to their descriptions without the /seo prefix.

• seo-firecrawl -- Full-site crawling and site mapping via Firecrawl credentials. Add FIRECRAWL_API_KEY to the selected project .env; install the optional adapter only if desired. Invoke via /seo firecrawl <command>.

Subagents

For parallel analysis during audits:

• seo-technical -- Crawlability, indexability, security, CWV
• seo-content -- E-E-A-T, readability, thin content
• seo-schema -- Detection, validation, generation
• seo-sitemap -- Structure, coverage, quality gates
• seo-performance -- Core Web Vitals measurement
• seo-visual -- Screenshots, mobile testing, above-fold
• seo-geo -- AI crawler access, llms.txt, citability, brand mention signals
• seo-local -- GBP signals, NAP consistency, reviews, local schema, industry-specific local factors (conditional: spawned when Local Service detected)
• seo-maps -- Geo-grid rank tracking, GBP audit, review intelligence, competitor radius mapping (conditional: spawned when Local Service detected AND DataForSEO credentials/tools are available)
• seo-google -- CWV field data, URL indexation status, organic traffic trends (conditional: spawned when Google API credentials detected)
• seo-backlinks -- Backlink profile data: DA/PA, referring domains, anchor text, toxic links (conditional: spawned when Moz/Bing API keys detected or always for CC domain-level metrics)
• seo-cluster -- Semantic clustering analysis (conditional: content strategy detected)
• seo-sxo -- Page-type mismatch, user stories, persona scoring (always in full audits)
• seo-drift -- Baseline comparison (conditional: drift baseline exists for URL)
• seo-ecommerce -- Product schema, marketplace intel (conditional: e-commerce detected)
• seo-flow -- FLOW framework prompts (conditional: spawned for content strategy workflows)
• seo-dataforseo -- Live SERP, keyword, backlink, local SEO data (extension, optional)
• seo-image-gen -- SEO image audit and generation plan (extension, optional)

Error Handling

Scenario	Action
Unrecognized command	List available commands from the Quick Reference table. Suggest the closest matching command.
URL unreachable	Report the error and suggest the user verify the URL. Do not attempt to guess site content.
Sub-skill fails during audit	Report partial results from successful sub-skills. Clearly note which sub-skill failed and why. Suggest re-running the failed sub-skill individually.
Ambiguous business type detection	Present the top two detected types with supporting signals. Ask the user to confirm before proceeding with industry-specific recommendations.