# technical-seo-checker

Finds what stops search engines from crawling and indexing a site: speed, robots.txt, sitemaps, canonicals, redirects. Useful before a domain move or when pages drop out of the index.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1500 installs · ★ 3013
- Author: aaron-he-zhu
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills/tree/HEAD/seo-geo/tune/technical-seo-checker/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/aaron-he-zhu-technical-seo-checker

## What it does

The skill runs a technical audit and reports by area: crawlability and indexation, Core Web Vitals, mobile, HTTPS, structured data, URL structure, international setups. Every area gets a score plus a fix list, and blockers are ranked first. You hand it a URL or a domain.

Bundled Python helpers run with no connected tools: `robots.py` (including AI bot checks), `sitemap.py`, `crawl.py`, `onpage.py` and `psi.py` for speed metrics. A run can be recorded with `ledger.py` and diffed against the previous one, so LCP, INP and CLS movement after a fix is visible. On pages built in the browser, `firecrawl.py` pulls the rendered DOM through Firecrawl's free tier without a key.

Pages are fetched with `WebFetch`, so the agent needs that tool allowed. Pushing URLs to IndexNow or Baidu requires the `--live` flag; otherwise it is a dry run. Fetched page content is treated as untrusted and not followed as instructions. On-page tags and content are out of scope and belong to `on-page-seo-checker`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill technical-seo-checker -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/technical-seo-checker/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/technical-seo-checker/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill technical-seo-checker -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/technical-seo-checker/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill technical-seo-checker -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/technical-seo-checker/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills technical-seo-checker
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/technical-seo-checker/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill technical-seo-checker -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --path seo-geo/tune/technical-seo-checker
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/technical-seo-checker/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill technical-seo-checker -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills/tree/HEAD/seo-geo/tune/technical-seo-checker/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- spot pages search engines never indexed
- trace why bots skip whole sections
- measure LCP, INP and CLS against an earlier run
- plan a domain migration with a redirect map
- check what GPTBot and other AI crawlers are allowed to do

## Example prompts
- Run a full technical SEO audit on my domain and score each area
- Build a migration checklist from the old domain to the new one
- Check how the site treats AI crawlers: allow retrieval, block training

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: technical-seo-checker
slug: technical-seo-checker
displayName: "Technical SEO Checker · 技术SEO"
summary: "技术SEO/网站速度"
description: 'Use when the user asks to "check technical SEO"; audits crawlability, indexing, Core Web Vitals, robots.txt, sitemaps, canonicals, redirects, and migrations. Not for on-page tags or content — use on-page-seo-checker. 技术SEO/网站速度'
version: "20.1.0"
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: "Claude Code and compatible agent-skill hosts"
homepage: "https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills"
when_to_use: "Use when checking technical SEO health: site speed, Core Web Vitals, indexing, crawlability, robots.txt, sitemaps, canonical tags, 技术SEO, 网站速度, 核心网页指标, 索引问题, or Google找不到页面."
argument-hint: "<URL or domain>"
allowed-tools: WebFetch
metadata: {"author": "aaron-he-zhu", "version": "20.1.0", "discipline": "seo-geo", "phase": "tune", "geo-relevance": "low", "hermes": {"tags": ["marketing", "seo-geo", "tune"], "category": "seo-geo"}, "openclaw": {"emoji": "🔍", "homepage": "https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills"}}
---

# Technical SEO Checker


This skill performs comprehensive technical SEO audits to identify issues that may prevent search engines from properly crawling, indexing, and ranking your site.

## What This Skill Does

Audits crawlability, indexability, Core Web Vitals, mobile-friendliness, HTTPS/security, structured data, URL structure, and international SEO with scored results and a prioritized fix roadmap.

## Quick Start

Start with one of these prompts, then finish with the standard handoff summary from [Skill Contract](../../../references/skill-contract.md).

### Full Technical Audit

```
Perform a technical SEO audit for [URL/domain]
```

### Specific Issue Check

```
Check Core Web Vitals for [URL]
```

```
Audit crawlability and indexability for [domain]
```

### Pre-Migration Audit

```
Technical SEO checklist for migrating [old domain] to [new domain]
```

```
Pre-migration audit: WordPress to Next.js headless
```

The migration flow has 6 stages (baseline snapshot, risk map, redirect map, staging QA, cutover checklist, T+1/T+7/T+30 diff). See [references/pre-migration-playbook.md](references/pre-migration-playbook.md) for the full workflow and red-flag patterns.

### LLM Crawler Handling (GPTBot / ClaudeBot / PerplexityBot)

```
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