Broken Links
thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist
A skill your agent uses when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability related to Resolve internal broken links.
Crawl all links in a file or project, test each for a valid HTTP response, report broken ones, and fix or remove them.
CC0-1.0Auto-check passed
Install Fixing Broken Links
$ npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill fixing-broken-links -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills fixing-broken-links --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/resources/fixing-broken-links .claude/skills/fixing-broken-links && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "fixing-broken-links" agent skill from https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/main/resources/fixing-broken-links into .claude/skills/fixing-broken-links/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fixing-broken-links", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/main/resources/fixing-broken-linksType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill fixing-broken-links -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills fixing-broken-links --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/resources/fixing-broken-links .agents/skills/fixing-broken-links && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "fixing-broken-links" agent skill from https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/main/resources/fixing-broken-links into .agents/skills/fixing-broken-links/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fixing-broken-links", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill fixing-broken-links -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills fixing-broken-links --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/resources/fixing-broken-links .cursor/skills/fixing-broken-links && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "fixing-broken-links" agent skill from https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/main/resources/fixing-broken-links into .cursor/skills/fixing-broken-links/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fixing-broken-links", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills.git --path resources/fixing-broken-links--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill fixing-broken-links -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills fixing-broken-links --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/resources/fixing-broken-links .gemini/skills/fixing-broken-links && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "fixing-broken-links" agent skill from https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/main/resources/fixing-broken-links into .gemini/skills/fixing-broken-links/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fixing-broken-links", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills fixing-broken-linksInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill fixing-broken-links -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/resources/fixing-broken-links .github/skills/fixing-broken-links && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "fixing-broken-links" agent skill from https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/main/resources/fixing-broken-links into .github/skills/fixing-broken-links/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fixing-broken-links", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill fixing-broken-links -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills fixing-broken-links --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/resources/fixing-broken-links .opencode/skills/fixing-broken-links && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "fixing-broken-links" agent skill from https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/main/resources/fixing-broken-links into .opencode/skills/fixing-broken-links/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fixing-broken-links", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
fixing-broken-links- GitHub stars
- 844
- Token cost
- ~577 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 283 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 60
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- CC0-1.0
At a glance
Crawl all links in a file or project, test each for a valid HTTP response, report broken ones, and fix or remove them.
- Works in 4 steps: Extract All Links → Test Each Link → Fix Broken Links → …
- SKILL.md covers Workflow and Tips
- Calls curl
What it does
Fixing Broken Links is an agent skill from spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills. Crawl all links in a file or project, test each for a valid HTTP response, report broken ones, and fix or remove them.
Its SKILL.md is about 580 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
The repository describes itself as: A curated list of awesome skills for Cursor. The licence is CC0-1.0.
Example prompts
- “/fixing-broken-links”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 99cd265. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
curl
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
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
Fixing Broken Links loads about 577 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 35 tokens; SKILL.md has 283 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills at commit 99cd265, republished under its CC0-1.0 licence (© spencerpauly). 283 words, ~577 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/fixing-broken-links/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- fixing-broken-links
- description
- Crawl all links in a file or project, test each for a valid HTTP response, report broken ones, and fix or remove them.
- user-invocable
- true
Fixing Broken Links
Scan a file (or set of files) for URLs, test every link, and fix any that are broken.
Workflow
1. Extract All Links
Read the target file(s) and collect every URL:
- Markdown links:
[text](url) - Bare URLs:
https://... - HTML
hrefandsrcattributes - Reference-style link definitions:
[id]: url - Local relative paths:
./path/to/file,resources/foo/SKILL.md
2. Test Each Link
For external URLs:
- Use
curl -sL -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 10 "<url>"to get the HTTP status code - Batch independent checks for speed (run multiple curl commands in parallel or in quick succession)
- Classify results:
200–299→ OK301/302→ OK but note the redirect target403→ Might be valid (some sites block curl); try with a browser user-agent header404→ Broken429→ Rate limited; retry once after a short pause000or timeout → Retry once; if still failing, mark as unreachable
For local file paths:
- Check if the file exists on disk with
[ -f "path" ] - If it's a relative path, resolve it from the file's directory
3. Fix Broken Links
For each broken link:
- Search the web for the correct/current URL (the resource may have moved)
- If found, replace the old URL with the new one
- If the resource no longer exists, note it and either:
- Remove the link and leave the text
- Comment it out with a note
- Replace with an archived version (web.archive.org)
4. Report
Produce a summary table:
| URL | Status | Action |
|-----|--------|--------|
| https://example.com/page | 200 | OK |
| https://old.example.com/moved | 404 → 301 | Updated to https://new.example.com/page |
| ./docs/missing.md | MISSING | Removed link |Tips
- For large files with many links, batch curl calls to avoid slowdowns
- Some sites (GitHub, npm) rate-limit aggressively — space out requests
- Always re-read the file after making changes to confirm replacements didn't break formatting
- For Markdown files, verify link syntax is preserved:
[text](url)not[text]( url )(no extra spaces)
© spencerpauly, CC0-1.0. 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 resources/fixing-broken-links of spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 99cd265
Compare with similar skills
Fixing Broken Links next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixing Broken Links this skillspencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills | 844 | — | ~577 | Automated safety check: Pass | CC0-1.0 | |
| Broken Linksthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist | 74k | — | ~412 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Broken External Linksthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist | 74k | — | ~401 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Broken Link Buildinghashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins | 1.3k | — | ~713 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Fixalirezarezvani/claude-skills | 28k | 1 repos | ~765 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Empty Linksthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist | 74k | — | ~508 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Fixing Broken Links
What does Fixing Broken Links do?
Crawl all links in a file or project, test each for a valid HTTP response, report broken ones, and fix or remove them. Fixing Broken Links is an agent skill from spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills. Crawl all links in a file or project, test each for a valid HTTP response, report broken ones, and fix or remove them.
How do I install Fixing Broken Links in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill fixing-broken-links -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (resources/fixing-broken-links in spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills) into .claude/skills/fixing-broken-links in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Fixing Broken Links in Codex?
Run `npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill fixing-broken-links -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (resources/fixing-broken-links in spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills) into .agents/skills/fixing-broken-links in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Fixing Broken Links 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 spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill fixing-broken-links -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/fixing-broken-links, .gemini/skills/fixing-broken-links, .github/skills/fixing-broken-links and .opencode/skills/fixing-broken-links in your project.
What does Fixing Broken Links need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Fixing Broken Links needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl).
Does Fixing Broken Links access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Fixing Broken Links 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 Fixing Broken Links use?
Fixing Broken Links is published under the CC0-1.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Fixing Broken Links use?
About 577 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.3k 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 Fixing Broken Links?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Fixing Broken Links: Broken Links (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars), Broken External Links (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars), Broken Link Building (hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins, 1.3k stars) and Fix (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Fixing Broken Links?
spencerpauly (a GitHub user) maintains it in spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills, which has 844 GitHub stars. The repository holds 60 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 2, 2026.
Source: spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.