seo-sitemap
The seo-sitemap skill analyzes existing XML sitemaps for technical compliance and generates new sitemaps using industry templates. It validates XML structure, checks URL status codes, and enforces sitemap best practices like splitting files exceeding 50,000 URLs.
Is seo-sitemap safe to install?
Review before installing: our audit of seo-sitemap's source files found 0 shell commands, 0 external URLs, file reads and writes (medium risk). Every command and URL listed appears verbatim in the skill's source. The skill reads local files from the ../seo-plan/assets/ directory to load templates and writes output files including sitemap.xml, VALIDATION-REPORT.md, and STRUCTURE.md.
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Who is this skill for?
SEO specialists, web developers, and content managers who need to audit or build XML sitemaps for search engine indexing.
What can you do with it?
- Validating existing XML sitemaps for format errors and broken links.
- Generating new sitemaps based on industry-specific templates.
- Creating sitemap index files for large websites exceeding 50,000 URLs.
- Documenting site architecture in STRUCTURE.md.
- Identifying and removing non-canonical or noindexed URLs from sitemaps.
How good is this skill?
Quality score: 5/10. The skill documentation is clear, provides specific validation criteria, and includes actionable error handling procedures.
What does the skill file contain?
# Sitemap Analysis & Generation ## Mode 1: Analyze Existing Sitemap ### Validation Checks - Valid XML format - URL count <50,000 per file (protocol limit) - All URLs return HTTP 200 - `<lastmod>` dates are accurate (not all identical) - No deprecated tags: `<priority>` and `<changefreq>` are ignored by Google - Sitemap referenced in robots.txt - Compare crawled pages vs sitemap; flag missing pages ### Quality Signals - Sitemap index file if >50k URLs - Split by content type (pages, posts, images, videos) - No non-canonical URLs in sitemap - No noindexed URLs in sitemap - No redirected URLs ...
Frequently asked questions
How does the skill handle sitemaps with more than 50,000 URLs?
The skill enforces the protocol limit by splitting the sitemap into multiple files and generating a sitemap index file.
What specific validation checks does the skill perform?
It checks for valid XML format, verifies that all URLs return HTTP 200, confirms accurate lastmod dates, and ensures the sitemap is referenced in robots.txt.
Does the skill suggest using priority and changefreq tags?
No. The skill flags these tags as deprecated because Google ignores them.
What happens if the skill encounters a URL that is unreachable?
It reports the HTTP status code and suggests verifying if the site is live.
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