A skill your agent uses when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability related to Use descriptive anchor text.

MITAuto-check passedMarketing & SEO

Install Anchor Text

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill anchor-text -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist anchor-text --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/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/anchor-text .claude/skills/anchor-text && 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
anchor-text
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~426 tokens
SKILL.md length
170 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
390
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability related to Use descriptive anchor text.

  • Auditing metadata
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Reference, Check, Fix and Explain, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Structured data

What it does

Anchor Text is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability related to Use descriptive anchor text. Verify the rendered HTML and HTTP response rather than relying only on source files.

Its SKILL.md is about 430 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/rule.md`).

It sits in Marketing & SEO, covering Link building, Technical SEO and Schema markup. The repository describes itself as: 🗂 The essential checklist for modern web development, for humans and AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Auditing metadata
  • Structured data
  • Indexability related to Use descriptive anchor text

Example prompts

  • “/anchor-text”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e8d14d0. 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):

    • frontendchecklist.io

    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

Anchor Text loads about 426 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 170 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~53
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~426
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1k

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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist at commit e8d14d0, republished under its MIT licence (© thedaviddias). 170 words, ~426 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/anchor-text/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
anchor-text
description
Use when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability related to Use descriptive anchor text. Verify the rendered HTML and HTTP response rather than relying only on source files.
metadata.category
seo
metadata.priority
medium
metadata.difficulty
beginner
metadata.estimatedTime
5
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/anchor-text

Use descriptive anchor text

Descriptive anchor text helps search engines understand the context of the linked page and significantly improves accessibility for users using screen readers.

Quick Reference

  • Use descriptive text for links instead of generic phrases like 'click here' or 'read more'
  • Ensure the anchor text provides clear context about the linked page's content
  • Avoid over-optimizing with excessive keyword stuffing in your internal links

Check

Verify that all links in the content use descriptive anchor text that accurately describes the target page.

Fix

Replace generic link text like 'click here' with descriptive phrases that include relevant keywords for the destination page.

Explain

Explain how descriptive anchor text improves both SEO crawlability and web accessibility for disabled users.

Code Review

Review metadata generation, rendered HTML, structured data, and response headers related to Use descriptive anchor text. Flag exact routes or templates where search-facing output violates the rule, and describe how to verify the final page output.


For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance, see references/rule.md.

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/anchor-text

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

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/anchor-text of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Anchor Text 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.

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SEO Optimizerailabs-393/ai-labs-claude-skills4551 repos~3.2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
SEO and GEO Auditdageno-agents/seo-geo-audit176—~2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Anchor Text

What does Anchor Text do?

A skill your agent uses when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability related to Use descriptive anchor text. Anchor Text is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability related to Use descriptive anchor text.

When should I use Anchor Text?

Anchor Text fits situations like: auditing metadata; structured data; indexability related to Use descriptive anchor text.

How do I install Anchor Text in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill anchor-text -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/anchor-text in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .claude/skills/anchor-text in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Anchor Text in Codex?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill anchor-text -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/anchor-text in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .agents/skills/anchor-text in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Anchor Text 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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill anchor-text -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/anchor-text, .gemini/skills/anchor-text, .github/skills/anchor-text and .opencode/skills/anchor-text in your project.

What does Anchor Text need to run?

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

Does Anchor Text access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: frontendchecklist.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Anchor Text 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 Anchor Text use?

Anchor Text 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 Anchor Text use?

About 426 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 578 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Anchor Text?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Anchor Text: SEO Audit (unifapi-agent/agents, 589 stars), Paw Mkt SEO (pawbytes/skill-suites, 113 stars), GEO-First SEO Audit Tool (zubair-trabzada/geo-seo-claude, 11k stars) and SEO Optimizer (ailabs-393/ai-labs-claude-skills, 455 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Anchor Text?

thedaviddias (a GitHub user) maintains it in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, which has 74,421 GitHub stars. The repository holds 390 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.