Agent skill

SEO Strategy

by kostja94 in kostja94/marketing-skills

When the user wants to plan SEO strategy, prioritize SEO work, or understand the SEO workflow.

MITAuto-check passedMarketing & SEO

Install SEO Strategy

skills CLI
$ npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill seo-strategy -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install kostja94/marketing-skills seo-strategy --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kostja94/marketing-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/strategies/structure/seo .claude/skills/seo-strategy && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
seo-strategy
GitHub stars
1k
Token cost
~2k tokens
SKILL.md length
863 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
102
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

When the user wants to plan SEO strategy, prioritize SEO work, or understand the SEO workflow.

  • Wants to plan SEO strategy
  • SKILL.md covers Strategic Context: Why SEO, When to Invest in SEO, AI Search Era & Channel… and Workflow Order, plus 7 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Prioritize SEO work

What it does

SEO Strategy is an agent skill from kostja94/marketing-skills. When the user wants to plan SEO strategy, prioritize SEO work, or understand the SEO workflow. Also use when the user mentions "SEO strategy," "SEO plan," "SEO roadmap," "SEO priority," "SEO audit," "SEO workflow," "where to start SEO," "SEO approach," "organic growth strategy," "why SEO," "SEO value," or "search strategy." For technical/crawl audit execution, use seo-audit. For keyword research, use keyword-research. For AI search visibility, use generative-engine-optimization.

Its SKILL.md is about 2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Marketing & SEO, covering AI search optimization, SEO audit and Keyword research. The repository describes itself as: Agent Skills for Marketing — SEO, Social, Influencer & More. 160+ open-source skills for SEO, content, 40+ page types, paid ads, channels, and strategies. Add project context… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Wants to plan SEO strategy
  • Prioritize SEO work
  • Understand the SEO workflow
  • The user mentions SEO strategy

Example prompts

  • “SEO strategy,”
  • “SEO plan,”
  • “SEO roadmap,”
  • “/seo-strategy”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8dd89c5. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • alignify.co
    • backlinko.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

SEO Strategy loads about 2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 124 tokens; SKILL.md has 863 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~124
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from kostja94/marketing-skills at commit 8dd89c5, republished under its MIT licence (© kostja94). 863 words, ~2,044 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/seo-strategy/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
seo-strategy
description
When the user wants to plan SEO strategy, prioritize SEO work, or understand the SEO workflow. Also use when the user mentions "SEO strategy," "SEO plan," "SEO roadmap," "SEO priority," "SEO audit," "SEO workflow," "where to start SEO," "SEO approach," "organic growth strategy," "why SEO," "SEO value," or "search strategy." For technical/crawl audit execution, use seo-audit. For keyword research, use keyword-research. For AI search visibility, use generative-engine-optimization.
metadata.version
1.3.0

Strategies: SEO

Guides SEO strategy: workflow order, prioritization, Product-Led SEO, and when to use which skills. Use this skill when planning SEO from scratch, auditing an existing site, or deciding what to do next.

When invoking: On first use, if helpful, open with 1–2 sentences on what this skill covers and why it matters, then provide the main output. On subsequent use or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output.

Strategic Context: Why SEO

ValueRationale
Traffic control~68% of initial web traffic from search; search aggregates most user intent
Growth channel~87% of consumers prefer Google when discovering new categories; 43% of conversions from organic (vs ~11% social)
Cost efficiencySEO user LTV 3–5× paid ads; rank #1 CTR ~27.6% vs #10 ~2.4%
Long-term assetQuality SEO assets yield 3–5 years of traffic; Core Web Vitals correlate with conversion (e.g., +8% per 0.1s faster)

SEO = Google optimization: Google holds ~91% global search share; B2B buyers use search as research starting point. Optimize for Google first; see localization-strategy for non-Google markets.

Reference: Alignify – SEO Core Value and Challenges in AI Search Era

When to Invest in SEO

StageRecommendation
Cold startUse email, ads, or influencers for first users; SEO takes time (sandbox, 6+ months)
Post-PMFSEO scales; combine with paid for faster feedback; see pmf-strategy, paid-ads-strategy
TeamMany SMBs use contractors; SEO spans content, links, tech, UX—full-time team when scaling

Principle: Don't do SEO for SEO's sake; don't fight Google rules; prioritize real user experience.

AI Search Era & Channel Integration

ChallengeResponse
Zero-click, AI Overviews~30% clicks go to Google-owned properties; AI Overviews ~12–15% SERP share; TOFU (what/why/how) CTR declining
Algorithm volatility5000+ updates/year; traffic swings common; focus on helpful content, E-E-A-T
ResponseElevate SEO to search experience optimization—user-centric, not rank-centric; see generative-engine-optimization for AI visibility

Channel integration: SEO + ads (validate keywords, retarget); SEO + influencers (backlinks, mentions); SEO + social (UGC, embeddable content). Plugins/apps: functional links back to site.

Workflow Order

Fix foundation before optimizing pages. Execute in this order:

PhaseFocusSkills
1. TechnicalCrawlability, indexing, sitemaprobots-txt, xml-sitemap, canonical-tag, indexing, indexnow, site-crawlability
2. On-PageMetadata, structure, schematitle-tag, meta-description, page-metadata, schema-markup, internal-links, url-structure, heading-structure
3. ContentKeywords, clusters, optimizationkeyword-research, content-strategy, content-optimization
4. Off-PageBacklinks, authoritylink-building, backlink-analysis

Technical issues block indexing and crawl; on-page issues limit how well content ranks; content and off-page build authority over time.

Product-Led SEO

SEO leverages content you already have—brand, features, scenarios, input, output, prompt, processes, knowledge—published in a structured way. Even without SEO, you'd showcase product features; SEO makes that content benefit you in traffic.

Principle: Do SEO around product/users, not around industry/search engines.

Products Suited for SEO
TypeSuited because
ToolUsers have clear use cases and needs
ContentUsers have clear information needs
E-commerceUsers have clear purchase needs
ServiceUsers have clear service needs

Agent/Copilot products: Pure native Agent hard to grow via SEO; users rarely search "agent." Release related features first (e.g., CRM, sales bot for sales agent) to build traffic, then funnel to Agent product. See keyword-research for product positioning test.

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SEO Audit Approach

ScenarioOrderFocus
New sitedomain-selection → website-structure → Technical → On-Page → ContentChoose domain first (if needed); plan pages; build foundation; add content
Existing siteTechnical audit → On-Page audit → Content gap → Off-PageFix crawl/index first; then metadata, schema; then content gaps; then links
Low traffickeyword-research → content-strategy → content-optimizationOften content or intent mismatch
Not indexingindexing, robots-txt, site-crawlabilityTechnical blockers

SEO Roadmap Priorities

PriorityMeaningExamples
P0Blocker—fix firstCrawlability, indexing, robots blocking
P1Core—do soonTitle, meta, schema, sitemap, internal links
P2Important—not urgentOpen Graph, Twitter Cards, IndexNow
P3Nice to haveRich results, sitelinks optimization

Paid–Organic Alignment

SEO and PPC share the same SERP—ads, AI overviews, videos, organic links. Without alignment, you risk duplication, cannibalization, and wasted spend. Shared keyword data: Use keyword-research for both; google-ads for Search targeting. PPC conversion data can prioritize SEO keywords; organic rank 4+ may reduce need for PPC on those terms.

Reference: Backlinko – SEO and PPC: 8 Smart Ways to Align

Alternative SEO Strategies

StrategyWhenSkill
Programmatic SEOScale pages with template + dataprogrammatic-seo
Parasite SEOLeverage high-authority platformsparasite-seo
GEOAI search visibility, citationsgenerative-engine-optimization
LocalizationMulti-language, internationallocalization-strategy
Multi-domain brand SEOMultiple domains; brand query controlmulti-domain-brand-seo

Output Format

  • Workflow phase (where you are; what's next)
  • Priority list (P0–P3 tasks)
  • Skill mapping (which skill for each task)
  • Recommendation (start with X; then Y)

Task tracking: Use templates/project-task-tracker.md to track task status; references this workflow.

  • domain-selection: Initial domain choice (Brand/PMD/EMD, TLD); do before website-structure for new sites
  • website-structure: Plan which pages to build; do before or alongside Technical phase
  • keyword-research: Discovery; informs content-strategy, content-optimization, and google-ads
  • google-ads, paid-ads-strategy: Paid–organic synergy; cold start; PPC data for SEO priority
  • pmf-strategy: Validate PMF before scaling SEO; cold start uses other channels
  • content-strategy: Topic clusters, pillar pages; content planning
  • programmatic-seo: Template-based scale; alternative to manual content
  • parasite-seo: High-authority platforms; alternative to owned-site SEO
  • generative-engine-optimization: AI search visibility; complements traditional SEO
  • localization-strategy: Multi-language SEO
  • domain-architecture: Domain structure (subfolder/subdomain/independent); do before or with website-structure when multiple products
  • rebranding-strategy: Domain change, 301 redirects; use when rebranding
  • multi-domain-brand-seo: Brand search control when Hub and Spoke domains coexist

© kostja94, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/strategies/structure/seo of kostja94/marketing-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8dd89c5

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Categories

Questions about SEO Strategy

What does SEO Strategy do?

When the user wants to plan SEO strategy, prioritize SEO work, or understand the SEO workflow. SEO Strategy is an agent skill from kostja94/marketing-skills. When the user wants to plan SEO strategy, prioritize SEO work, or understand the SEO workflow.

When should I use SEO Strategy?

SEO Strategy fits situations like: wants to plan SEO strategy; prioritize SEO work; understand the SEO workflow; the user mentions SEO strategy.

How do I install SEO Strategy in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill seo-strategy -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/strategies/structure/seo in kostja94/marketing-skills) into .claude/skills/seo-strategy in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install SEO Strategy in Codex?

Run `npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill seo-strategy -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/strategies/structure/seo in kostja94/marketing-skills) into .agents/skills/seo-strategy in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use SEO Strategy in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add kostja94/marketing-skills --skill seo-strategy -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/seo-strategy, .gemini/skills/seo-strategy, .github/skills/seo-strategy and .opencode/skills/seo-strategy in your project.

What does SEO Strategy need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: SEO Strategy is instructions for the agent only.

Does SEO Strategy access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: alignify.co and backlinko.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is SEO Strategy safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does SEO Strategy use?

SEO Strategy is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does SEO Strategy use?

About 2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to SEO Strategy?

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Who maintains SEO Strategy?

kostja94 (a GitHub user) maintains it in kostja94/marketing-skills, which has 1,025 GitHub stars. The repository holds 102 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: kostja94/marketing-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.