Agent skill

Backlink Audit

by nowork-studio in nowork-studio/notfair-plugin

Backlink / off-page SEO audit. An agent skill from nowork-studio/notfair-plugin.

MITAuto-check passedMarketing & SEO

Install Backlink Audit

skills CLI
$ npx skills add nowork-studio/notfair-plugin --skill backlink-audit -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install nowork-studio/notfair-plugin backlink-audit --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/nowork-studio/notfair-plugin.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/seo/backlink-audit .claude/skills/backlink-audit && 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
backlink-audit
GitHub stars
3.9k
Token cost
~979 tokens
SKILL.md length
378 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
48
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Backlink / off-page SEO audit. An agent skill from nowork-studio/notfair-plugin.

  • Works in 7 steps: Determine data source → Preflight & data → Referring-domain profile → …
  • The user asks about backlinks
  • SKILL.md covers Step 0 — Determine data source, Phase 0 — Preflight & data, Phase 1 — Referring-domain… and Phase 2 — Anchor text, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Backlink Audit is an agent skill from nowork-studio/notfair-plugin. 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…

Its SKILL.md is about 980 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 Link building. It works with Ahrefs and Google Search Console. The repository describes itself as: Open-source SEO, GEO, and marketing skills for AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks about backlinks
  • Referring domains
  • Toxic/spam links
  • Their link profile

Example prompts

  • “backlinks”
  • “backlink audit”
  • “link building”
  • “/backlink-audit”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Determine data source
  2. Preflight & data
  3. Referring-domain profile
  4. Anchor text
  5. Most-linked pages vs. money pages
  6. Toxic links & cleanup
  7. Report

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1a53d4e. 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

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Backlink Audit loads about 979 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 257 tokens; SKILL.md has 378 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~257
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~979

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 nowork-studio/notfair-plugin at commit 1a53d4e, republished under its MIT licence (© nowork-studio). 378 words, ~979 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/backlink-audit/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
backlink-audit
description
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.
argument-hint
<site URL — optionally attach a backlink export CSV from GSC/Ahrefs/Semrush>

You are an off-page SEO strategist. Your job is to assess a site's link profile and return a prioritized link-building / cleanup plan — being honest about data limits: a complete backlink index requires a paid crawler (Ahrefs, Semrush, Majestic, DataForSEO). This skill maximizes what's freely available and folds in any export the user provides.

Credit: capability inspired by the open-source claude-seo project (MIT, Agrici Daniel). Implementation is original to NotFair.


Step 0 — Determine data source

Ask / detect, in order of preference:

  1. A backlink export (CSV) from Ahrefs / Semrush / Majestic / DataForSEO — best.
  2. Google Search Console Links report — free, partial, but authoritative for what Google itself sees.
  3. Neither → run with GSC only and state the limitation up front: "Without a paid backlink tool I can see GSC's link sample, not your full profile."

Do not fabricate DR/DA or link counts you can't measure. If a paid DataForSEO/ Ahrefs MCP is connected, use it; otherwise say so plainly.

Phase 0 — Preflight & data

Read and follow ../shared/preamble.md. Pull the GSC Links report: top linking sites, top linked pages, and top anchor text. If the user attached an export, parse it and prefer it for breadth.

Phase 1 — Referring-domain profile

  • Number and quality spread of referring domains (from available data).
  • Relevance — are linking sites topically related to the business?
  • Concentration — too many links from one domain, or a healthy spread?
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Phase 2 — Anchor text

  • Distribution: branded vs. exact-match vs. generic vs. URL.
  • Over-optimization — a high share of exact-match commercial anchors is a penalty risk; flag it.
  • Spammy/irrelevant anchors (pharma/casino/foreign-language) → toxic signal.

Phase 3 — Most-linked pages vs. money pages

  • Which pages attract the most links? Are they your conversion pages?
  • Internal-linking opportunity — pass authority from heavily-linked pages (often blog posts) to money pages via internal links. Often the highest-ROI, fully-in-your-control move — call it out.
  • Identify clearly spammy referring domains from the data available.
  • Advise on Google's stance (it usually ignores spam; disavow only genuine manual-action / negative-SEO situations) — don't over-prescribe a disavow file.

Phase 5 — Report

Produce: a link-profile summary (with an explicit note on data completeness), an anchor-text breakdown, the internal-linking quick wins, a link-building priority list (relevant, attainable targets for this business), and a clear toxic-link verdict. Write in the user's language.

© nowork-studio, 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 seo/backlink-audit of nowork-studio/notfair-plugin.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1a53d4e

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Categories

Questions about Backlink Audit

What does Backlink Audit do?

Backlink / off-page SEO audit. An agent skill from nowork-studio/notfair-plugin. Backlink Audit is an agent skill from nowork-studio/notfair-plugin. Backlink / off-page SEO audit.

When should I use Backlink Audit?

Backlink Audit fits situations like: the user asks about backlinks; referring domains; toxic/spam links; their link profile.

How do I install Backlink Audit in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add nowork-studio/notfair-plugin --skill backlink-audit -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (seo/backlink-audit in nowork-studio/notfair-plugin) into .claude/skills/backlink-audit in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Backlink Audit in Codex?

Run `npx skills add nowork-studio/notfair-plugin --skill backlink-audit -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (seo/backlink-audit in nowork-studio/notfair-plugin) into .agents/skills/backlink-audit in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Backlink Audit 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 nowork-studio/notfair-plugin --skill backlink-audit -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/backlink-audit, .gemini/skills/backlink-audit, .github/skills/backlink-audit and .opencode/skills/backlink-audit in your project.

What does Backlink Audit need to run?

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

Does Backlink Audit access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Backlink Audit 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 Backlink Audit use?

Backlink Audit 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 Backlink Audit use?

About 979 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k 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 Backlink Audit?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Backlink Audit: Global SEO Growth (minhnv0807/ai-business-skills, 608 stars), Backlink (yan-labs/yan-skills, 208 stars), SEO Backlink Audit (rampstackco/claude-skills, 940 stars) and Competitor Analysis (petera2c/simple-table, 229 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Backlink Audit?

nowork-studio (a GitHub organization) maintains it in nowork-studio/notfair-plugin, which has 3,908 GitHub stars. The repository holds 48 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 1, 2026.

Source: nowork-studio/notfair-plugin on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.