Technical SEO Checker
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This skill performs comprehensive technical SEO audits to identify issues that may prevent search engines from properly crawling, indexing, and ranking your site.
When to Use This Skill
- Launching a new website
- Diagnosing ranking drops
- Pre-migration SEO audits
- Regular technical health checks
- Identifying crawl and index issues
- Improving site performance
- Fixing Core Web Vitals issues
What This Skill Does
- Crawlability Audit: Checks robots.txt, sitemaps, crawl issues
- Indexability Review: Analyzes index status and blockers
- Site Speed Analysis: Evaluates Core Web Vitals and performance
- Mobile-Friendliness: Checks mobile optimization
- Security Check: Reviews HTTPS and security headers
- Structured Data Audit: Validates schema markup
- URL Structure Analysis: Reviews URL patterns and redirects
- International SEO: Checks hreflang and localization
How to Use
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]
Data Sources
See CONNECTORS.md for tool category placeholders.
With ~~web crawler + ~~page speed tool + ~~CDN connected: Claude can automatically crawl the entire site structure via ~~web crawler, pull Core Web Vitals and performance metrics from ~~page speed tool, analyze caching headers from ~~CDN, and fetch mobile-friendliness data. This enables comprehensive automated technical audits.
With manual data only: Ask the user to provide:
- Site URL(s) to audit
- PageSpeed Insights screenshots or reports
- robots.txt file content
- sitemap.xml URL or file
Proceed with the full audit using provided data. Note in the output which findings are from automated crawl vs. manual review.
Instructions
When a user requests a technical SEO audit:
Audit Crawlability
## Crawlability Analysis ### Robots.txt Review **URL**: [domain]/robots.txt **Status**: [Found/Not Found/Error] **Current Content**:[robots.txt content]
| Check | Status | Notes | |-------|--------|-------| | File exists | ✅/❌ | [notes] | | Valid syntax | ✅/⚠️/❌ | [errors found] | | Sitemap declared | ✅/❌ | [sitemap URL] | | Important pages blocked | ✅/⚠️/❌ | [blocked paths] | | Assets blocked | ✅/⚠️/❌ | [CSS/JS blocked?] | | Correct user-agents | ✅/⚠️/❌ | [notes] | **Issues Found**: - [Issue 1] - [Issue 2] **Recommended robots.txt**:User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /admin/ Disallow: /private/
Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
--- ### XML Sitemap Review **Sitemap URL**: [URL] **Status**: [Found/Not Found/Error] | Check | Status | Notes | |-------|--------|-------| | Sitemap exists | ✅/❌ | [notes] | | Valid XML format | ✅/⚠️/❌ | [errors] | | In robots.txt | ✅/❌ | [notes] | | Submitted to ~~search console | ✅/⚠️/❌ | [notes] | | URLs count | [X] | [appropriate?] | | Only indexable URLs | ✅/⚠️/❌ | [notes] | | Includes priority | ✅/⚠️ | [notes] | | Includes lastmod | ✅/⚠️ | [accurate?] | **Issues Found**: - [Issue 1] --- ### Crawl Budget Analysis | Factor | Status | Impact | |--------|--------|--------| | Crawl errors | [X] errors | [Low/Med/High] | | Duplicate content | [X] pages | [Low/Med/High] | | Thin content | [X] pages | [Low/Med/High] | | Redirect chains | [X] found | [Low/Med/High] | | Orphan pages | [X] found | [Low/Med/High] | **Crawlability Score**: [X]/10Audit Indexability
## Indexability Analysis ### Index Status Overview | Metric | Count | Notes | |--------|-------|-------| | Pages in sitemap | [X] | | | Pages indexed | [X] | [source: site: search] | | Index coverage ratio | [X]% | [good if >90%] | ### Index Blockers Check | Blocker Type | Found | Pages Affected | |--------------|-------|----------------| | noindex meta tag | [X] | [list or "none"] | | noindex X-Robots | [X] | [list or "none"] | | Robots.txt blocked | [X] | [list or "none"] | | Canonical to other | [X] | [list or "none"] | | 4xx/5xx errors | [X] | [list or "none"] | | Redirect loops | [X] | [list or "none"] | ### Canonical Tags Audit | Check | Status | Notes | |-------|--------|-------| | Canonicals present | ✅/⚠️/❌ | [X]% of pages | | Self-referencing | ✅/⚠️/❌ | [notes] | | Consistent (HTTP/HTTPS) | ✅/⚠️/❌ | [notes] | | Consistent (www/non-www) | ✅/⚠️/❌ | [notes] | | No conflicting signals | ✅/⚠️/❌ | [notes] | ### Duplicate Content Issues | Issue Type | Count | Examples | |------------|-------|----------| | Exact duplicates | [X] | [URLs] | | Near duplicates | [X] | [URLs] | | Parameter duplicates | [X] | [URLs] | | WWW/non-WWW | [X] | [notes] | | HTTP/HTTPS | [X] | [notes] | **Indexability Score**: [X]/10Audit Site Speed & Core Web Vitals — CWV metrics (LCP/FID/CLS/INP), additional performance metrics (TTFB/FCP/Speed Index/TBT), resource loading breakdown, optimization recommendations
Reference: See references/technical-audit-templates.md for the performance analysis template (Step 3).
Audit Mobile-Friendliness — Mobile-friendly test, responsive design check, mobile-first indexing verification
Reference: See references/technical-audit-templates.md for the mobile optimization template (Step 4).
Audit Security & HTTPS — SSL certificate, HTTPS enforcement, mixed content, HSTS, security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options, etc.)
Reference: See references/technical-audit-templates.md for the security analysis template (Step 5).
Audit URL Structure — URL patterns, issues (dynamic params, session IDs, uppercase), redirect analysis (chains, loops, 302s)
Reference: See references/technical-audit-templates.md for the URL structure template (Step 6).
Audit Structured Data — Schema markup validation, missing schema opportunities. CORE-EEAT alignment: maps to O05.
Reference: See references/technical-audit-templates.md for the structured data template (Step 7).
Audit International SEO (if applicable) — Hreflang implementation, language/region targeting
Reference: See references/technical-audit-templates.md for the international SEO template (Step 8).
Generate Technical Audit Summary — Overall health score with visual breakdown, critical/high/medium issues, quick wins, implementation roadmap (weeks 1-4+), monitoring recommendations
Reference: See references/technical-audit-templates.md for the audit summary template (Step 9).
Validation Checkpoints
Input Validation
- Site URL or domain clearly specified
- Access to technical data (robots.txt, sitemap, or crawl results)
- Performance metrics available (via ~~page speed tool or screenshots)
Output Validation
- Every recommendation cites specific data points (not generic advice)
- All issues include affected URLs or page counts
- Performance metrics include actual numbers with units (seconds, KB, etc.)
- Source of each data point clearly stated (~~web crawler data, ~~page speed tool, user-provided, or estimated)
Example
Reference: See references/technical-audit-example.md for a full worked example (cloudhosting.com technical audit) and the comprehensive technical SEO checklist.
Tips for Success
- Prioritize by impact - Fix critical issues first
- Monitor continuously - Use ~~search console alerts
- Test changes - Verify fixes work before deploying widely
- Document everything - Track changes for troubleshooting
- Regular audits - Schedule quarterly technical reviews
Technical reference: For issue severity framework, prioritization matrix, and Core Web Vitals optimization quick reference, see references/http-status-codes.md.
Reference Materials
- robots.txt Reference — Syntax guide, templates, common configurations
- HTTP Status Codes — SEO impact of each status code, redirect best practices
- Technical Audit Templates — Detailed output templates for steps 3-9 (CWV, mobile, security, URL structure, structured data, international, audit summary)
- Technical Audit Example & Checklist — Full worked example and comprehensive technical SEO checklist
Related Skills
- on-page-seo-auditor — On-page SEO audit
- schema-markup-generator — Fix schema issues
- performance-reporter — Monitor improvements
- internal-linking-optimizer — Fix link issues
- alert-manager — Set up alerts for technical issues found
- content-quality-auditor — Full 80-item CORE-EEAT audit