# programmatic-seo

Automates building SEO pages from structured data feeds and spreadsheets. It shapes per-URL copy variations without fabricating numbers.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2200 installs · ★ 1062
- Author: kostja94
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/kostja94/marketing-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/seo/programmatic-seo/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/kostja94-programmatic-seo

## What it does

The skill designs programmatic SEO setups using rows from spreadsheets, databases, or APIs. Instead of rigid mail-merge templates with swapped strings, it guides models to vary introductions, section depth, and FAQ blocks for each URL. Core facts remain anchored to your data layer, while the model controls phrasing.

Workflows rely on a page playbook matrix mapped to specialized generators in `skills/pages`. It routes tasks to specific playbooks like competitor comparisons, software integrations, glossaries, and faceted catalogs. If `contextus.md` exists in the repository root, the skill reads relevant modules directly from it.

For public template galleries or marketplaces where users browse before picking an item, use `template-page-generator` instead.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill programmatic-seo -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill programmatic-seo -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill programmatic-seo -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install kostja94/marketing-skills programmatic-seo
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill programmatic-seo -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/kostja94/marketing-skills --path skills/seo/programmatic-seo
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill programmatic-seo -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/kostja94/marketing-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/seo/programmatic-seo/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate structured comparison pages for competitors at scale
- map search query patterns to the right page playbook
- create location and integration landing pages from API data
- vary copy and FAQs across URLs without changing raw metrics

## Example prompts
- Plan a programmatic SEO structure for our app integration pages using this JSON feed
- Generate templates for competitor comparison pages targeting X vs Y queries
- Set up landing pages for our location directory from a CSV spreadsheet

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# SEO: Programmatic SEO

Guides programmatic SEO—creating large numbers of SEO-optimized pages automatically using templates and structured data, rather than writing each page manually. **Classic “mail merge” pSEO** (one rigid template + swapped variables) often produced **low differentiation** and thin-feeling URLs. **With AI used responsibly on top of the same data spine**, you can scale **per-URL customization**—intent-aligned copy, section depth, FAQs, tone, localization—while still following **evidence blocks**, **data tiers**, and **QA** (see **Data strength hierarchy** and **AI-assisted generation** below).

**When invoking**: On **first use**, if helpful, open with 1–2 sentences on what this skill covers and why it matters, then provide the main output. On **subsequent use** or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output.

**Project context:** Read root `contextus.md` when present and load only the modules relevant to this task. Without Contextus, use available project material or user-provided facts and ask for missing information; do not create a parallel context system.

## Definition

**Programmatic SEO** = Building a single template and populating it with data from a database, API, or spreadsheet to generate hundreds or thousands of unique pages. Each page targets a long-tail keyword (e.g., "best SEO tool in [city]," "[App A] + [App B] integration").

**Key differences from traditional SEO**: Technical (SEOs + engineers); long-tail focus; data-driven (data quality = success); automation; built for scale.

## Classic limits vs AI-enhanced differentiation

| Era | What breaks | What helps |
|-----|-------------|------------|
| **Rigid pSEO** | One template, minimal variance → similar titles/bodies, weak **E-E-A-T**, “obvious mail merge” | Still needs **unique evidence per URL** and selective indexation |
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