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jdrhyne/agent-skills
Read Google Search Console properties, Search Analytics, URL Inspection, and sitemaps.
A skill your agent uses when auditing a site for accidental noindex directives, investigating why important pages are not appearing in Google Search, or reviewing CMS settings that control indexing…
Install Indexability
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill indexability -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist indexability --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/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/indexability .claude/skills/indexability && 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 "indexability" agent skill from https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist/tree/main/skills/indexability into .claude/skills/indexability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "indexability", 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/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist/tree/main/skills/indexabilityType 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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill indexability -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist indexability --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/indexability .agents/skills/indexability && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "indexability" agent skill from https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist/tree/main/skills/indexability into .agents/skills/indexability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "indexability", 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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill indexability -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist indexability --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/indexability .cursor/skills/indexability && 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 "indexability" agent skill from https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist/tree/main/skills/indexability into .cursor/skills/indexability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "indexability", 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/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git --path skills/indexability--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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill indexability -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist indexability --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/indexability .gemini/skills/indexability && 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 "indexability" agent skill from https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist/tree/main/skills/indexability into .gemini/skills/indexability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "indexability", 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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist indexabilityInstalls 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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill indexability -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/indexability .github/skills/indexability && 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 "indexability" agent skill from https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist/tree/main/skills/indexability into .github/skills/indexability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "indexability", 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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill indexability -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist indexability --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/indexability .opencode/skills/indexability && 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 "indexability" agent skill from https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist/tree/main/skills/indexability into .opencode/skills/indexability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "indexability", 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
indexability- GitHub stars
- 74k
- Token cost
- ~814 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 386 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 site for accidental noindex directives, investigating why important pages are not appearing in Google Search, or reviewing CMS settings that control indexing…
- Works in 5 steps: For pages with → For pages with X-Robots-Tag: noindex… → For pages blocked by robots.txt → …
- Auditing a site for accidental noindex directives
- 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
Indexability is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing a site for accidental noindex directives, investigating why important pages are not appearing in Google Search, or reviewing CMS settings that control indexing at the page or category level.
Its SKILL.md is about 810 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 Web search. It works with Google Search Console. 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 site for accidental noindex directives
- Investigating why important pages are not appearing in Google Search
- Reviewing CMS settings that control indexing at the page
Example prompts
- “/indexability”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- For pages with
- For pages with X-Robots-Tag: noindex HTTP header
- For pages blocked by robots.txt
- After removing blocks, request indexing in Google Search Console (URL Inspection → Request Indexing).
- Monitor the Coverage report over the following weeks to confirm the page moves to "Indexed".
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
Indexability loads about 814 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 386 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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist at commit e8d14d0, republished under its MIT licence (© thedaviddias). 386 words, ~814 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/indexability/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- indexability
- description
- Use when auditing a site for accidental noindex directives, investigating why important pages are not appearing in Google Search, or reviewing CMS settings that control indexing at the page or category level.
- metadata.category
- seo
- metadata.priority
- medium
- metadata.difficulty
- intermediate
- metadata.estimatedTime
- 10
- metadata.source
- frontendchecklist.io
- metadata.url
- https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/indexability
Make important pages indexable
A page blocked from indexing cannot appear in search results, regardless of its content quality or backlinks. Accidentally blocking key landing pages, product pages, or blog posts is one of the most impactful technical SEO errors — often silently losing significant organic traffic.
Quick Reference
- Verify that pages you want ranked are not blocked by
noindex, robots.txt, orX-Robots-Tagheaders - Test indexability with Google Search Console's URL Inspection tool — 'URL is on Google' confirms indexing
- Common accidental blocks: staging environments promoted to production, CMS default noindex settings, and overly broad robots.txt Disallow rules
Check
For each important page (homepage, key landing pages, product pages, top blog posts): (1) Check <meta name='robots' content='...'> — does it contain noindex? (2) Check X-Robots-Tag HTTP response header — does it contain noindex? (3) Check robots.txt — is the URL's path blocked by a Disallow rule? (4) In Google Search Console, use URL Inspection to confirm the page is indexed. Flag any important page with any form of noindex or robots.txt block.
Fix
- For pages with
<meta name='robots' content='noindex'>:- Remove the noindex tag entirely, or change to
content='index, follow'. - In Next.js: remove the
robots: { index: false }from the page's metadata.
- Remove the noindex tag entirely, or change to
- For pages with
X-Robots-Tag: noindexHTTP header:- Remove the header in your server config (Nginx, Apache, CDN rules).
- In Vercel: check
vercel.jsonheaders configuration.
- For pages blocked by robots.txt:
- Remove or narrow the Disallow rule.
- Test with Google's robots.txt tester in Search Console.
- After removing blocks, request indexing in Google Search Console (URL Inspection → Request Indexing).
- Monitor the Coverage report over the following weeks to confirm the page moves to "Indexed".
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Explain
A page that cannot be crawled or indexed cannot rank, no matter how good its content or how many links point to it. Google explicitly states that noindex and robots.txt blocks prevent pages from appearing in search results. Accidental indexing blocks are among the most common causes of sudden, unexplained drops in organic search traffic.
Code Review
Parse every page's HTML for <meta name='robots'> or <meta name='googlebot'> tags containing noindex. Check HTTP response headers for X-Robots-Tag with noindex. Cross-reference with robots.txt Disallow patterns. Flag any route in the application where noindex is set unconditionally (rather than conditionally for draft/private content).
For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance,
see references/rule.md.
Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/indexability
© 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/indexability of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.
- SKILL.md
- references/rule.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0
Compare with similar skills
Indexability 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indexability this skillthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist | 74k | — | ~814 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Gscjdrhyne/agent-skills | 240 | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Google SEO APIsAgriciDaniel/claude-seo | 19k | 1 repos | ~4.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| SEO Coachakseolabs-seo/seo-coach | 146 | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| SEO Setupalisamadiii/Portfolio | 180 | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Google Search SEO Guidelittleben/awesomeAgentskills | 188 | 2 repos | ~4.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Indexability
What does Indexability do?
A skill your agent uses when auditing a site for accidental noindex directives, investigating why important pages are not appearing in Google Search, or reviewing CMS settings that control indexing…. Indexability is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing a site for accidental noindex directives, investigating why important pages are not appearing in Google Search, or reviewing CMS settings that control indexing at the page or category level.
When should I use Indexability?
Indexability fits situations like: auditing a site for accidental noindex directives; investigating why important pages are not appearing in Google Search; reviewing CMS settings that control indexing at the page.
How do I install Indexability in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill indexability -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/indexability in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .claude/skills/indexability in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Indexability in Codex?
Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill indexability -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/indexability in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .agents/skills/indexability in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Indexability 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 indexability -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/indexability, .gemini/skills/indexability, .github/skills/indexability and .opencode/skills/indexability in your project.
What does Indexability need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Indexability is instructions for the agent only.
Does Indexability 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 Indexability 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 Indexability use?
Indexability 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 Indexability use?
About 814 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.3k 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 1.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Indexability?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Indexability: Gsc (jdrhyne/agent-skills, 240 stars), Google SEO APIs (AgriciDaniel/claude-seo, 19k stars), SEO Coach (akseolabs-seo/seo-coach, 146 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 Indexability?
thedaviddias (a GitHub user) maintains it in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, which has 74,412 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.