Agent skill

Redirect Chain

by thedaviddias in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist

A skill your agent uses when auditing site redirects after URL migrations, domain changes, or CMS upgrades.

MITAuto-check passed

Install Redirect Chain

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist redirect-chain --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/redirect-chain .claude/skills/redirect-chain && 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
redirect-chain
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~594 tokens
SKILL.md length
307 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 site redirects after URL migrations, domain changes, or CMS upgrades.

  • Auditing site redirects after URL migrations
  • 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

Redirect Chain is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing site redirects after URL migrations, domain changes, or CMS upgrades. Applies to any site that has had multiple rounds of structural changes over time.

Its SKILL.md is about 590 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 site redirects after URL migrations

Example prompts

  • “/redirect-chain”

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

Redirect Chain loads about 594 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 46 tokens; SKILL.md has 307 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
~594
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). 307 words, ~594 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/redirect-chain/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
redirect-chain
description
Use when auditing site redirects after URL migrations, domain changes, or CMS upgrades. Applies to any site that has had multiple rounds of structural changes over time.
metadata.category
seo
metadata.priority
high
metadata.difficulty
intermediate
metadata.estimatedTime
15
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/redirect-chain

Avoid multi-hop redirect chains

Redirect chains waste crawl budget, reduce PageRank flow to destination pages, and add latency that harms user experience—Googlebot may abandon long chains entirely, leaving destination pages undiscovered.

Quick Reference

  • A redirect chain is A→B→C — Googlebot may stop following after 5 hops
  • Each hop loses PageRank and adds page load latency
  • Flatten chains by pointing A directly to C with a single 301
  • Audit after every URL migration to catch newly created chains

Check

Follow all redirect rules configured on the site. Identify any URL where the redirect target itself also redirects (chain of 2+ hops). Report the full chain (URL A → URL B → URL C → final), the number of hops, and the HTTP response code at each step.

Fix

For each redirect chain, update the first redirect to point directly to the final destination URL. Example: if A→B→C, update A's redirect to point directly to C, eliminating the B hop. Verify the chain is gone by following the URL and confirming a single 301 or 302 followed by a 200.

Explain

A redirect chain occurs when page A redirects to page B, which also redirects to page C. Googlebot follows redirect chains up to a certain number of hops (reportedly 5), then stops—meaning the final destination may not be crawled. Each redirect also loses a portion of the PageRank that would have passed through a direct link.

Code Review

Test each redirect rule configured on the server. For each source URL, follow all redirect hops and record the full chain. Flag any chain with 2 or more hops (source → intermediate → final). Check for redirect loops (A→B→A). Verify that the final destination returns 200. Report: source URL, intermediate URLs, number of hops, final URL, and HTTP status at each step.


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

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/redirect-chain

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Files

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

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Redirect Chain 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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Database Migrationsaffaan-m/ECC277k4 repos~3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Database Migrationsaffaan-m/ECC277k1 repos~2.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Cognee Database Migrationstopoteretes/cognee32k—~2.6kAutomated safety check: NotesApache-2.0

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Questions about Redirect Chain

What does Redirect Chain do?

A skill your agent uses when auditing site redirects after URL migrations, domain changes, or CMS upgrades. Redirect Chain is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing site redirects after URL migrations, domain changes, or CMS upgrades.

When should I use Redirect Chain?

Redirect Chain fits situations like: auditing site redirects after URL migrations.

How do I install Redirect Chain in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Redirect Chain in Codex?

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

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

What does Redirect Chain need to run?

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

Does Redirect Chain 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 Redirect Chain 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 Redirect Chain use?

Redirect Chain 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 Redirect Chain use?

About 594 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k 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 Redirect Chain?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Redirect Chain: Cross Chain Relayer Audit (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Reversible Migration (JuliusBrussee/caveman, 111k stars), Database Migrations (affaan-m/ECC, 277k stars) and Database Migrations (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 Redirect Chain?

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.