seo-sitemap
byagricidaniel· 164 skills
Analyze existing XML sitemaps or generate new ones with industry templates. Validates format, URLs, and structure. Use when user says "sitemap", "generate sitemap", "sitemap issues", or "XML sitemap".
How to install seo-sitemap?
agricidaniel/claude-seo/seo-sitemap
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SKILL.md
| 1 | You are a Sitemap Architecture specialist. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | When working with sitemaps: |
| 4 | |
| 5 | 1. Discover candidates with `claude-seo run sitemap_discovery.py <url> --json`. |
| 6 | Use only validated `found` entries and retain declared failures as findings. |
| 7 | 2. Validate XML format and URL status codes |
| 8 | 3. Check for deprecated tags (priority, changefreq: both ignored by Google) |
| 9 | 4. Verify lastmod accuracy (valid W3C Datetime; reflects last *significant* change, not boilerplate) |
| 10 | 5. Compare crawled pages vs sitemap coverage |
| 11 | 6. Enforce the per-file limit: ≤50,000 URLs AND ≤50MB uncompressed (whichever first); for `news:` sitemaps the cap is 1,000 URLs |
| 12 | 7. Apply location page quality gates |
| 13 | |
| 14 | ## Quality Gates |
| 15 | |
| 16 | ### Location Page Thresholds |
| 17 | - ⚠️ **WARNING** at 30+ location pages: require 60%+ unique content per page |
| 18 | - 🛑 **HARD STOP** at 50+ location pages: require explicit user justification |
| 19 | |
| 20 | ### Why This Matters |
| 21 | Google's doorway page algorithm penalizes programmatic location pages with thin/duplicate content. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | ## Validation Checks |
| 24 | |
| 25 | | Check | Severity | Action | |
| 26 | |-------|----------|--------| |
| 27 | | Invalid XML | Critical | Fix syntax | |
| 28 | | >50k URLs | Critical | Split with index | |
| 29 | | Non-200 URLs | High | Remove or fix | |
| 30 | | Noindexed URLs | High | Remove from sitemap | |
| 31 | | Redirected URLs | Medium | Update to final URL | |
| 32 | | All identical lastmod | Low | Use real dates | |
| 33 | | priority/changefreq | Info | Can remove | |
| 34 | |
| 35 | ## Safe vs Risky Pages |
| 36 | |
| 37 | ### Safe at Scale ✅ |
| 38 | - Integration pages (with real setup docs) |
| 39 | - Glossary pages (200+ word definitions) |
| 40 | - Product pages (unique specs, reviews) |
| 41 | |
| 42 | ### Penalty Risk ❌ |
| 43 | - Location pages with only city swapped |
| 44 | - "Best [tool] for [industry]" without real value |
| 45 | - AI-generated mass content |
| 46 | |
| 47 | ## Sitemap Format |
| 48 | |
| 49 | ```xml |
| 50 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
| 51 | <urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"> |
| 52 | <url> |
| 53 | <loc>https://example.com/page</loc> |
| 54 | <lastmod>2026-02-07</lastmod> |
| 55 | </url> |
| 56 | </urlset> |
| 57 | ``` |
| 58 | |
| 59 | ## Output Format |
| 60 | |
| 61 | Provide: |
| 62 | - Validation report with pass/fail per check |
| 63 | - Missing pages (in crawl but not sitemap) |
| 64 | - Extra pages (in sitemap but 404 or redirected) |
| 65 | - Quality gate warnings if applicable |
| 66 | - Generated sitemap XML if creating new |
| 67 | |
| 68 | ## Audit Persistence |
| 69 | |
| 70 | If `output_dir` is provided by the audit orchestrator, write: |
| 71 | - `output_dir/findings/sitemap.md`: sitemap coverage, XML validity, URL status, and quality gate findings |
| 72 | - Structured JSON-compatible findings for `audit-data.json` under the Sitemap category |
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