sitemap - Audit XML sitemaps for technical SEO issues
Audits XML sitemaps for discovery, structure, URL quality, lastmod integrity, CMS patterns, sampling, and robots.txt conflicts.
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Updated: 2026-10-15Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Discover sitemap locations
- Check HTTP status
- Inspect response headers
- Validate XML syntax
- Check sitemap structure
- Audit URL quality
- Verify lastmod values
- Detect robots.txt conflicts
- Identify CMS patterns
- Recommend corrective actions
Inputs
- Sitemap URL
- Sitemap XML
- robots.txt
- HTTP response headers
- Audited site domain
- CMS configuration
Outputs
- Sitemap audit findings
- Issue severity assessments
- Corrective action guidance
Requirements
- HTTP access to sitemap resources