A skill your agent uses when auditing a page's heading structure, generating H1 text for landing pages or blog posts, or reviewing a CMS template that may produce empty or missing H1 elements.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install H1

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill h1 -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist h1 --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/h1 .claude/skills/h1 && 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
h1
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~734 tokens
SKILL.md length
403 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 a page's heading structure, generating H1 text for landing pages or blog posts, or reviewing a CMS template that may produce empty or missing H1 elements.

  • Works in 6 steps: Ensure every page template outputs… → The H1 text should describe the page's… → Include the primary target keyword… → …
  • Auditing a pages heading structure
  • 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

What it does

H1 is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing a page's heading structure, generating H1 text for landing pages or blog posts, or reviewing a CMS template that may produce empty or missing H1 elements.

Its SKILL.md is about 730 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 Frontend & Design, covering On-page SEO, Landing pages and Blog and article writing. 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 a pages heading structure
  • Generating H1 text for landing pages
  • Reviewing a CMS template that may produce empty
  • Missing H1 elements

Example prompts

  • “/h1”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Ensure every page template outputs exactly one .
  2. The H1 text should describe the page's specific topic, not just the site name.
  3. Include the primary target keyword naturally in the H1 — do not force it awkwardly.
  4. If the page has multiple sections with separate H1 candidates, choose one main topic and demote others to H2.
  5. Verify the H1 is visible in the rendered DOM (not hidden via CSS display:none or visibility:hidden).
  6. In Next.js/React: ensure the H1 is in the page component, not in the shared layout.

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

H1 loads about 734 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 44 tokens; SKILL.md has 403 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~44
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~734
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.9k

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). 403 words, ~734 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/h1/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
h1
description
Use when auditing a page's heading structure, generating H1 text for landing pages or blog posts, or reviewing a CMS template that may produce empty or missing H1 elements.
metadata.category
seo
metadata.priority
medium
metadata.difficulty
intermediate
metadata.estimatedTime
10
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/h1

Use a single descriptive H1

The H1 is the most prominent heading on a page and a strong on-page ranking signal. Google uses it to understand the page's primary topic. Missing, duplicate, or keyword-free H1 tags reduce topical clarity, hurting rankings for the page's target terms.

Quick Reference

  • Each page should have exactly one <h1> tag that describes the page's primary topic with relevant keywords
  • The H1 does not need to be identical to the <title> tag, but they should be topically consistent
  • Empty <h1> tags, multiple <h1> tags on one page, or H1s containing only the brand name are all issues to fix

Check

Parse the rendered DOM of each page. Count all <h1> elements. Flag: (1) Pages with zero <h1> tags. (2) Pages with more than one <h1> tag. (3) <h1> elements whose text content is empty or contains only whitespace. (4) <h1> elements that contain only the brand name with no page-specific topic. (5) <h1> text that does not reflect the page's primary content topic.

Fix

  1. Ensure every page template outputs exactly one <h1>.
  2. The H1 text should describe the page's specific topic, not just the site name.
  3. Include the primary target keyword naturally in the H1 — do not force it awkwardly.
  4. If the page has multiple sections with separate H1 candidates, choose one main topic and demote others to H2.
  5. Verify the H1 is visible in the rendered DOM (not hidden via CSS display:none or visibility:hidden).
  6. In Next.js/React: ensure the H1 is in the page component, not in the shared layout. Before: <h1>Acme Corp</h1> (brand only) After: <h1>Project Management Software for Enterprise Teams</h1>
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Explain

Google's John Mueller has confirmed that H1 tags help Google understand page structure. While H1 is not the strongest ranking factor in isolation, it contributes to on-page topical relevance signals. Multiple H1 tags on one page dilute the primary topic signal; a missing H1 leaves a structural gap that reduces confidence in what the page is about.

Code Review

Query the DOM for all <h1> elements. Assert exactly one exists per page. Check that innerText.trim() is non-empty. Compare H1 text to the page <title> — they should share core topic keywords. Flag if H1 is inside a <header> element shared across all pages (often the site logo alt text) rather than specific to the page content.


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

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/h1

© 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/h1 of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Questions about H1

What does H1 do?

A skill your agent uses when auditing a page's heading structure, generating H1 text for landing pages or blog posts, or reviewing a CMS template that may produce empty or missing H1 elements. H1 is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing a page's heading structure, generating H1 text for landing pages or blog posts, or reviewing a CMS template that may produce empty or missing H1 elements.

When should I use H1?

H1 fits situations like: auditing a pages heading structure; generating H1 text for landing pages; reviewing a CMS template that may produce empty; missing H1 elements.

How do I install H1 in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill h1 -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/h1 in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .claude/skills/h1 in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install H1 in Codex?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill h1 -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/h1 in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .agents/skills/h1 in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use H1 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 h1 -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/h1, .gemini/skills/h1, .github/skills/h1 and .opencode/skills/h1 in your project.

What does H1 need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: H1 is instructions for the agent only.

Does H1 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 H1 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 H1 use?

H1 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 H1 use?

About 734 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k 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 1.2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to H1?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with H1: Content Writer (ViryaZheng/recomby-geo, 458 stars), Content Writer (aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills, 2.9k stars), Landing Page Generator (buildfastwithai/gen-ai-experiments, 785 stars) and Skill Finder (Affitor/affiliate-skills, 701 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains H1?

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.