A skill your agent uses when auditing paginated content (blog archives, product category pages, search results).

MITAuto-check passed

Install Pagination

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist pagination --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/pagination .claude/skills/pagination && 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
pagination
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~699 tokens
SKILL.md length
344 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 paginated content (blog archives, product category pages, search results).

  • Auditing paginated content (blog archives
  • 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
  • Product category pages

What it does

Pagination is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing paginated content (blog archives, product category pages, search results). Applies to any site with lists or grids of content split across multiple pages.

Its SKILL.md is about 700 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`).

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 paginated content (blog archives
  • Product category pages
  • Search results)

Example prompts

  • “/pagination”

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

Pagination loads about 699 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 46 tokens; SKILL.md has 344 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~46
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~699
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2k

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). 344 words, ~699 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pagination/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
pagination
description
Use when auditing paginated content (blog archives, product category pages, search results). Applies to any site with lists or grids of content split across multiple pages.
metadata.category
seo
metadata.priority
medium
metadata.difficulty
intermediate
metadata.estimatedTime
15
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/pagination

Use canonicals on paginated pages

Incorrect pagination canonicalization can prevent pages 2, 3, etc. from being indexed, removing valuable content from search results and breaking user journeys from search queries that match content on later pages.

Quick Reference

  • Each paginated page (/page/2, /page/3) should self-canonicalize to its own URL
  • Do NOT canonicalize all paginated pages to page 1 — this is a common mistake
  • Google dropped support for rel=prev/next in 2019 — don't rely on it
  • Use consistent URL patterns for pagination (?page=2 or /page/2, never both)
  • Infinite scroll and load-more UIs still need crawlable paginated URLs or links

Check

Find paginated page sequences (URLs with ?page=, /page/, /p/, or numbered suffixes). For each page, check the canonical tag. Verify that each page self-canonicalizes (page 2 canonical-url = page 2 URL). Flag any paginated page that incorrectly points canonical-url to page 1. If the UI uses infinite scroll or "load more", verify equivalent crawlable pagination links exist.

Fix

Update canonical tags so each paginated page self-references. For /category?page=2, set <link rel='canonical' href='https://example.com/category?page=2' />. Remove any canonical pointing paginated pages to the first page unless those pages genuinely have duplicate content. Add crawlable paginated URLs or fallback links for infinite-scroll interfaces.

Explain

Pagination canonical tags tell Google which URL is the preferred version of each page. Setting all paginated pages to canonical-url to page 1 tells Google that pages 2, 3, etc. are duplicates of page 1 — so Google stops indexing them. Content that only appears on page 3 (for example) then becomes unreachable from search.

Code Review

Identify paginated URL patterns (URLs with page=, /page/, /p/ parameters). For each paginated page beyond page 1, check the canonical tag. Flag any page 2+ that has a canonical pointing to page 1 (the base URL). Verify that page 1 has a self-referencing canonical. Check that pagination URL format is consistent (no mixing of ?page= and /page/). For JS-driven infinite scroll, verify there is still a crawlable path to page 2+ via real links or paginated URLs.


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

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

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

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Aims Auditalirezarezvani/claude-skills28k—~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Pagination

What does Pagination do?

A skill your agent uses when auditing paginated content (blog archives, product category pages, search results). Pagination is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing paginated content (blog archives, product category pages, search results).

When should I use Pagination?

Pagination fits situations like: auditing paginated content (blog archives; product category pages; search results).

How do I install Pagination in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Pagination in Codex?

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

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

What does Pagination need to run?

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

Does Pagination 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 Pagination 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 Pagination use?

Pagination 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 Pagination use?

About 699 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.8k 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 1.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Pagination?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Pagination: Blog Audit (AgriciDaniel/claude-blog, 2.3k stars), Blog Locale Audit (AgriciDaniel/claude-blog, 2.3k stars), Blog (AgriciDaniel/claude-blog, 2.3k stars) and Production Audit (affaan-m/ECC, 277k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Pagination?

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.