backlink-audit

Backlink / off-page SEO audit. Works WITHOUT a paid tool by default — it uses the Google Search Console Links report (your top linking sites, most-linked pages, and anchor text) plus any backlink export the user provides (Ahrefs / Semrush / Majestic / DataForSEO CSV). Analyzes referring-domain profile, anchor-text distribution (over-optimized / spammy patterns), most-linked pages vs. money pages (internal-linking opportunity), toxic/spam link signals, and link-building priorities. Use this skill when the user asks about backlinks, link building, off-page SEO, referring domains, anchor text, toxic/spam links, disavow, or their link profile. Trigger on: "backlinks", "backlink audit", "link building", "off- page SEO", "referring domains", "anchor text", "toxic links", "spam links", "disavow file", "who links to me", "link profile", "domain authority". NOTE: rich third-party metrics (DR/DA, full link index) require a paid data source; this skill is explicit about what it can and can't see without one.

Quality

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Quality

Content

51%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is a minimal redirect stub that is token-efficient but functionally hollow: it points to a file that does not exist, leaving no executable guidance, workflow, or resolvable references in the bundle. It works only as a pointer, and the pointer is currently broken.

Suggestions

Resolve or inline the missing target: either restore `../../seo/backlink-audit/SKILL.md` so the redirect resolves, or fold the actual audit workflow into this SKILL.md body so it is self-contained.

If keeping the redirect, add a fallback note describing the core audit steps (referring-domain profile, anchor-text distribution, toxic-link signals, link-building priorities) so the skill is still actionable when the external file is unavailable.

Confirm the cross-bundle reference path is intentional; pointing outside the skill's own directory is unusual and fragile — a same-bundle reference or vendored copy would be more robust.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is three lean lines — 'Read [`../../seo/backlink-audit/SKILL.md`] completely, then follow it as the active workflow. Resolve every relative reference from that file against `../../seo/backlink-audit/`.' — with zero padding or over-explanation.	5 / 5
Actionability	Only a high-level directive ('Read ... then follow it as the active workflow') with no concrete code, commands, or steps in-body, and the referenced target file does not exist in the workspace, so the action cannot actually be executed.	2 / 5
Workflow Clarity	No real step sequence is provided — it delegates entirely to a missing external file. The rough single-step 'read and follow' is present but the actual workflow steps and any checkpoints are absent.	2 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Structure is clean — a short overview pointing to one clearly-signaled reference — but the referenced path `../../seo/backlink-audit/SKILL.md` is broken (no such file exists) and points outside the skill bundle, so navigation dead-ends rather than resolving to real content.	3 / 5
	Total	12 / 20 Passed

Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is excellent: specific, comprehensive in trigger terms, fully answers what-and-when, and occupies a distinct niche. It only marginally risks overlap with broad SEO skills via 'domain authority'/'link building', which does not lower it below the 5 anchor.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions — 'Analyzes referring-domain profile, anchor-text distribution (over-optimized / spammy patterns), most-linked pages vs. money pages (internal-linking opportunity), toxic/spam link signals, and link-building priorities' — giving comprehensive coverage of the skill's capabilities.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ('Analyzes referring-domain profile...') and when ('Use this skill when the user asks about... Trigger on: ...') with concrete trigger phrases, matching the 5 anchor.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Comprehensive natural-term coverage including synonyms and tool-specific phrases: 'backlinks', 'backlink audit', 'link building', 'off-page SEO', 'referring domains', 'anchor text', 'toxic links', 'spam links', 'disavow file', 'who links to me', 'link profile', 'domain authority'.	5 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Occupies a clear off-page SEO / backlinks niche with distinct triggers; the NOTE scoping paid vs. free data further distinguishes it from generic SEO skills, minimizing conflict risk.	5 / 5
	Total	20 / 20 Passed

Validation

87%

Warnings & errors only

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning
relative_links	Relative link issues: 1 suspicious	Warning

	Total	14 / 16 Passed

Repository: nowork-studio/notfair-plugin
Path: skills/backlink-audit/SKILL.md
Commit: 5094263

Reviewed: 5 days ago

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