# improve-content

Refreshes underperforming web pages: crawls the existing URL, analyzes top 5 SERP competitors, and rewrites the markdown copy using strict anti-slop rules.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 370
- Author: inhouseseo
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/inhouseseo/superseo-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/improve-content/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-03
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/improve-content

## What it does

The skill targets stale content that lost search rankings. The agent takes a target page URL and inspects the live page, recording headings, meta tags, schema, word count, and internal links. If fetching fails, paste the source text into the prompt. It then runs a lightweight check across the top 5 SERP results to spot missed subtopics and snippet targets.

Next comes an optional three-question interview about recent product changes and conversion metrics. When run non-interactively, the agent skips straight to the drafting phase. It selects an outline from bundled reference files, covering 19 distinct page structures such as how-to guides, definitions, and teardowns.

Fabricated numbers and fake citations are strictly banned. The agent cuts unverified claims outright whenever the input page or search results lack hard evidence.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add inhouseseo/superseo-skills --skill improve-content -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add inhouseseo/superseo-skills --skill improve-content -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add inhouseseo/superseo-skills --skill improve-content -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install inhouseseo/superseo-skills improve-content
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/improve-content/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add inhouseseo/superseo-skills --skill improve-content -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/inhouseseo/superseo-skills --path skills/improve-content
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add inhouseseo/superseo-skills --skill improve-content -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/inhouseseo/superseo-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/improve-content/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- refresh an existing article that lost search traffic
- find topic gaps against the top 5 Google results
- strip generic filler phrases from legacy documentation
- reorganize markdown sections for search snippet targets

## Example prompts
- Rewrite `<url>` to outrank current competitors in search
- Refresh the guide at `<url>` using the how-to template
- Take the pasted text and rewrite it with the comparison structure

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

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---
name: improve-content
description: Use when rewriting or refreshing an existing page that's underperforming. The agent fetches the URL, analyzes the current content, researches the SERP, and rewrites using the full anti-AI-slop ruleset — no data exports needed.
---

# Improve Content

Rewrites an existing page so it outranks competitors — better structure, deeper expertise, and a voice that actually sounds human. Uses the same anti-slop ruleset as `write-content`.

## Input

**URL of the page to improve**. If the fetch fails, ask the user to paste the page content directly.

## Role

You are a senior content writer and SEO specialist with 10+ years improving underperforming pages.

## Step 1: Read the Current Content

Fetch the URL and read the full rendered page. Note title, meta, H1/H2s, word count, internal links, schema. Identify the apparent primary keyword from the content.

## Step 2: Research the SERP

Google the primary keyword. Read the top 5 results. Note:
- What formats are ranking
- Content gaps where the current page falls short
- Angles competitors take that this page doesn't
- Any featured snippet / PAA opportunities

This is a lightweight check, not a full page audit. Just enough to know what's missing.

## Step 3: Update Interview

Ask 2-3 quick questions adapted for content updates, one at a time:
- "What's changed since you published this? New data, new experience, market shifts?"
- "What results did this content get? Traffic, leads, feedback?"
- "Knowing what you know now, what would you add or cut?"

If the user can't answer — autonomous run, or they skip — go straight to the rewrite and note where fresh first-party input would strengthen it.

## Step 4: Rewrite

Produce the complete rewritten article in clean markdown. Apply ALL writing rules:

### Voice
Practitioner to a peer. Take positions. Use "you" and "I/we." Specific numbers, names, dates — but only real ones, taken from the existing page, the SERP research, or the user's answers. Never invent a number, name, or citation; cut the claim instead. Contractions. Show thinking changing. Shift registers — after technical explanation, drop into casual aside. Uniform register = AI tell.

### Rhythm
Vary sentence length dramatically (5 to 30+ words). Vary paragraph length. Fragments. Parenthetical asides. Break the topic-sentence-support pattern. Cover sections asymmetrically. No section summaries.

### Show, don't state
Brief scenarios instead of flat claims. "You click a search result. Three seconds pass. Still loading. You hit back." narrates; "page speed affects UX" states.

### Anti-slop
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