AGENT SKILLBY AGRICIDANIEL
SEO sitemap
AT A GLANCE
SEO sitemap is an SEO agent skill from agricidaniel. Validates XML sitemaps for crawlability, URL health, protocol limits, last-modified dates, and deprecated sitemap fields. The agricidaniel/claude-seo repository on GitHub has 10.3K stars and the MIT license. To add it, run npx skills add agricidaniel/claude-seo --skill seo-sitemap
- SOURCE REPOSITORY
- agricidaniel/claude-seo (opens GitHub in a new tab)
- REPO STARS
- SOURCE REPOSITORY
- LICENSE
- MIT
- CATEGORIES
- SKILL.MD SIZE
- 3.5 KB115 LINES
QUICK ANSWER
- WHAT IT IS01
- Validates XML sitemaps for crawlability, URL health, protocol limits, last-modified dates, and deprecated sitemap fields. Its edge is a particular angle on search and SEO workflows, giving the agent tighter constraints than a plain SEO sitemap request.
- INPUTS02
- Context for search and SEO workflows: your goals, audience, constraints, and any source material the skill asks for.
- OUTPUT03
- A ready-to-use result for search and SEO workflows: the analysis, copy, or recommendations the agent produces.
INSTALL
One command adds this skill from its source repository.
npx skills add agricidaniel/claude-seo --skill seo-sitemapREAD THE SKILL.MD BELOW BEFORE YOU RUN IT. SKILLS INSTRUCT YOUR AGENT.
SKILL.MD
The full file, as published in the source repository. Copy it, download it or open it on GitHub.
ON THIS PAGE · 16
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 in sitemap
- HTTPS URLs only (no HTTP)
Common Issues#
| Issue | Severity | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| >50k URLs in single file | Critical | Split with sitemap index |
| Non-200 URLs | High | Remove or fix broken URLs |
| Noindexed URLs included | High | Remove from sitemap |
| Redirected URLs included | Medium | Update to final URLs |
| All identical lastmod | Low | Use actual modification dates |
| Priority/changefreq used | Info | Can remove (ignored by Google) |
Mode 2: Generate New Sitemap#
Process#
- Ask for business type (or auto-detect from existing site)
- Load industry template from
../seo-plan/assets/directory - Interactive structure planning with user
- Apply quality gates:
- ⚠️ WARNING at 30+ location pages (require 60%+ unique content)
- 🛑 HARD STOP at 50+ location pages (require justification)
- Generate valid XML output
- Split at 50k URLs with sitemap index
- Generate STRUCTURE.md documentation
Safe Programmatic Pages (OK at scale)#
✅ Integration pages (with real setup docs) ✅ Template/tool pages (with downloadable content) ✅ Glossary pages (200+ word definitions) ✅ Product pages (unique specs, reviews) ✅ User profile pages (user-generated content)
Penalty Risk (avoid at scale)#
❌ Location pages with only city name swapped ❌ "Best [tool] for [industry]" without industry-specific value ❌ "[Competitor] alternative" without real comparison data ❌ AI-generated pages without human review and unique value
Sitemap Format#
Standard Sitemap#
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
<url>
<loc>https://example.com/page</loc>
<lastmod>2026-02-07</lastmod>
</url>
</urlset>Sitemap Index (for >50k URLs)#
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<sitemapindex xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
<sitemap>
<loc>https://example.com/sitemap-pages.xml</loc>
<lastmod>2026-02-07</lastmod>
</sitemap>
<sitemap>
<loc>https://example.com/sitemap-posts.xml</loc>
<lastmod>2026-02-07</lastmod>
</sitemap>
</sitemapindex>Error Handling#
- URL unreachable: Report the HTTP status code and suggest checking if the site is live
- No sitemap found: Check common locations (/sitemap.xml, /sitemap_index.xml, robots.txt reference) before reporting "not found"
- Invalid XML format: Report specific parsing errors with line numbers
- Rate limiting detected: Back off and report partial results with a note about retry timing
Output#
For Analysis#
VALIDATION-REPORT.md: analysis results- Issues list with severity
- Recommendations
For Generation#
sitemap.xml(or split files with index)STRUCTURE.md: site architecture documentation- URL count and organization summary
Supporting file: LICENSE.txt#
MIT License - see repository root LICENSE file for complete terms.
Copyright (c) 2026 AgriciDaniel
https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-seoFAQ
07 QUESTIONS
01What is the SEO sitemap agent skill?
Validates XML sitemaps for crawlability, URL health, protocol limits, last-modified dates, and deprecated sitemap fields. It is listed under SEO in the 100xLab agent skills directory.
02How do I install SEO sitemap in Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex?
Run npx skills add agricidaniel/claude-seo --skill seo-sitemap in the project where you want it, then ask your agent for the skill by name. The --skill flag installs only SEO sitemap, not every skill in the repository.
03What does the SEO sitemap SKILL.md cover?
The SKILL.md includes sections on Mode 1: Analyze Existing Sitemap, Validation Checks, Quality Signals, Common Issues, Mode 2: Generate New Sitemap and Process. Read the full text on this page or in plain markdown at /resources/agent-skills/agricidaniel-claude-seo--seo-sitemap--b5nych/raw.
04Which agents can use SEO sitemap?
SEO sitemap installs with the cross-agent skills installer (npx skills add), which sets it up for agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. Each agent loads the SKILL.md when you ask for the skill by name.
05What license is SEO sitemap under?
The agricidaniel/claude-seo repository declares the MIT license. Read the license file in the repository before you copy or redistribute the skill.
06Is SEO sitemap free to use?
Reading, copying and installing SEO sitemap costs nothing: it is published in a public GitHub repository under the MIT license. Reuse and redistribution follow that license.
07Where is the source of SEO sitemap?
SEO sitemap comes from https://github.com/agricidaniel/claude-seo, which has 10.3K GitHub stars. The SKILL.md is at https://github.com/agricidaniel/claude-seo/blob/HEAD/skills/seo-sitemap/SKILL.md. The author is agricidaniel.
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ATTRIBUTION
SEO sitemap was written by its original authors and is published in agricidaniel/claude-seo (opens GitHub in a new tab) under the MIT license. All rights stay with the original authors.
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