Agent skill

Canonical Header

by thedaviddias in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist

A skill your agent uses when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability related to Sync HTML canonical tags and Link headers.

MITAuto-check passedMarketing & SEO

Install Canonical Header

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill canonical-header -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist canonical-header --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/canonical-header .claude/skills/canonical-header && 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
canonical-header
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~432 tokens
SKILL.md length
176 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 Sync HTML canonical tags and Link headers.

  • 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

Canonical Header is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability related to Sync HTML canonical tags and Link headers. 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 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 Sync HTML canonical tags and Link headers

Example prompts

  • “/canonical-header”

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

Canonical Header loads about 432 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 58 tokens; SKILL.md has 176 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~58
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~432
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.1k

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). 176 words, ~432 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/canonical-header/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
canonical-header
description
Use when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability related to Sync HTML canonical tags and Link headers. Verify the rendered HTML and HTTP response rather than relying only on source files.
metadata.category
seo
metadata.priority
medium
metadata.difficulty
intermediate
metadata.estimatedTime
10
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/canonical-header

Conflicting canonical-url signals can lead search engines to ignore both declarations, potentially causing duplicate content issues and incorrect indexing.

Quick Reference

  • Ensure the rel="canonical" tag in your HTML matches the Link canonical-url header if both are used
  • Avoid sending conflicting signals to search engines about the primary version of a page
  • Maintain consistency across all methods of declaring your canonical URL

Check

Compare the HTML canonical tag with the HTTP Link header to ensure they point to the exact same URL.

Fix

Update either the HTML tag or the HTTP header so that they provide a consistent canonical URL signal.

Explain

Explain the risks of sending conflicting technical SEO signals to search engine crawlers.

Code Review

Review metadata generation, rendered HTML, structured data, and response headers related to Sync HTML canonical tags and Link headers. 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/canonical-header

© 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/canonical-header of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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SEO and GEO Auditdageno-agents/seo-geo-audit176—~2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
SEO Setupalisamadiii/Portfolio180—~1.7kAutomated safety check: PassNone
SEOever-works/ever-works16210 repos~2.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Canonical Header

What does Canonical Header do?

A skill your agent uses when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability related to Sync HTML canonical tags and Link headers. Canonical Header is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability related to Sync HTML canonical tags and Link headers.

When should I use Canonical Header?

Canonical Header fits situations like: auditing metadata; structured data; indexability related to Sync HTML canonical tags and Link headers.

How do I install Canonical Header in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Canonical Header in Codex?

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

Can I use Canonical Header 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 canonical-header -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/canonical-header, .gemini/skills/canonical-header, .github/skills/canonical-header and .opencode/skills/canonical-header in your project.

What does Canonical Header need to run?

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

Does Canonical Header 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 Canonical Header 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 Canonical Header use?

Canonical Header 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 Canonical Header use?

About 432 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 637 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Canonical Header?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Canonical Header: GEO-First SEO Audit Tool (zubair-trabzada/geo-seo-claude, 11k stars), SEO Optimizer (ailabs-393/ai-labs-claude-skills, 455 stars), SEO and GEO Audit (dageno-agents/seo-geo-audit, 176 stars) and SEO Setup (alisamadiii/Portfolio, 180 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Canonical Header?

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.